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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Hmm, looks around the room, Pentax, Kodak, Graflex, Burke and James, nope no problem here

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    And just think Ken, English is a Germanic language.

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Funny, I never realised there could be a problem.

    Then again I speak Norwegian, English, German, and a little French, Italian and Russian - and only English pronunciation has ever given me difficulties.

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Quote Originally Posted by tim atherton View Post
    Brits tend to say Ni-kon (short "i" as in sit) N. Americans tend to say Niikon (long "i" as in eye)
    And in Japanese, Nikon is written phonetically, and spoken, as nee-kon.

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    From:

    http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/pronounce.html

    "accura - AH kyoo ruh
    Adox - AY docks
    Aetna - etna
    Agfa - AHG fuh
    Aires - EYE ress
    Angenieux - ahn jhen YEW
    Asahi - AH sa hee
    Atoron - AH toe run
    Baia - bah EE ah
    Beaulieu - bowl YEW
    Berthiot - bear tee YO
    Beseler - BESS ler
    Bewi - BEE wee
    Bilora - bee LAU ra
    Bolex - BO lecks
    Braun - brown
    Bronica - bu RON i ca
    Brovira - bro VIE ruh
    Canon - cannon
    capro - CAP ro
    Carena - kuh REE nuh
    Cinovid - SEE no vid
    Contarex - CON ta recks
    Copal - CO pah ru
    Cosina - co SHEE na
    Dacora - dah CO ruh
    De Jur - duh Jhoor
    Eclair - ay Clare
    Edixa - eh DICK suh
    Eumig - OY mig
    Exakta - egg ZOCK tuh
    Ehrenreich - AY ren reyesh
    Fujica - FOO jee kuh
    Fuji - FOO jee
    Gevaert - GAY vart
    Gitzo - JIT so
    Gossen - GAH sin
    Hasselblad - HAH sill blahd
    Heitz - heights
    Hektor - HECK tore
    Heurtier - ER tee ay
    Hexanon - heh KSA non
    Hologon - ho lah GOAN
    Horizont - go rih ZONT
    Icarex - EE kar ecks
    Ihagee - ee HAH gay
    Jena - YAY nuh
    Kako - KAH ko
    Kilar - KEE lahr
    Kindermann - KIN der mahn
    Kodak - co DAK
    Komura - KO mu ra
    Konica - KO nee ca
    Kowa - KO wa
    Leica - LIE kuh
    Leicina - lie SEE nuh
    Leitz - lights
    Liesegang - LEE zuh gahng
    Linhof - LIN hof
    Lubitel - LOO bih tsill
    Mamiya - MA mee yah
    Marubeni - mah roo BEH nee
    Meopta - may OP tuh
    Miida - mee EE da
    Minolta - mi no ROO ta
    Minox - MIH nocks
    Miranda - mee Rahn duh
    Mirrotach - mir ro TATCH
    multimage - mult ee MAHJ
    nikkor - nih KO roo
    nikkormat - nih ko ru MAH toe
    nikon - NIH kone
    Nizo - NIT so
    Norita - NO ree ta
    Olympus - o LIM pus
    omega - o MAY guh
    omnica - OM nih kuh
    Opemus - o PAY muss
    Optima - op TEE muh
    Orwo - OR vo
    Paillard - PIE yare
    Pentax - pen TOCK soo
    Pentacon - PEN tuh kahn
    Petri - pe TO ri
    Photomic - fo TAH mick
    Perkeo - PEAR kee o
    Planar - PLAH nahr
    Pradovit - prah doe VIT
    Praktica - prack TEE kuh
    Praktisix - PRACK ti six
    Regula - re GOO luh
    Ricoh - ree CO
    Rodenstock - RO den shtock
    Rokkor - ro KAW roo
    Rokunar - RO koo nar
    Rolleiflex - RO lie flecks
    Rowi - RO wee
    Sakura - sa KOO ra
    Samigon - SAH me gahn
    Sankyo - sahn KYO
    Schneider - SHNEYE der
    Sekonica - say KO nih koo
    Sekor - say KO roo
    Sinar - SEE nar
    Soligor - SO lee gore
    Sonnar - so Nahr
    Spiratone - SPY ra tone
    Steinheil - SHTINE highl
    Summicron - SOO mih crahn
    Summilux - SOO mih looks
    Susis - SOO see
    Switar - SWEE tar
    Takumar - TAH ku mah
    Tamron - ta MU ron
    Technika - tek NEE kuh
    Telesar - TEL eh sahr
    Telyt - tay LIT
    Tessar - TEH sahr
    Tessina - teh SEE nuh
    Topcon - TO poo kon
    Toshiba - TO shee ba
    Ultima - OOL tee muh
    Visoflex - VEE zo flecks
    Vivitar - VIH vee tahr
    Voigtlander - FAWCHT lahn der
    Wratten - RAH tin
    Xenar - ZEE nahr
    Xenon - ZEE non
    Yashica - YAH she Ka
    Yashinon - YAH she known
    Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone
    Zenit - zeh NEAT
    Zorki - ZOR kee
    Zuiko - zoo ee KOH

    Adapted from pp. 16, 76, June 1974, Modern Photography, David Miller."

    I still pronounce things the way I've said them for years ...

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Somebody has WAY too much time on his hands.


    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Hamiel View Post
    From:

    http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/pronounce.html

    "accura - AH kyoo ruh
    Adox - AY docks
    Aetna - etna
    Agfa - AHG fuh
    Aires - EYE ress
    Angenieux - ahn jhen YEW
    Asahi - AH sa hee
    Atoron - AH toe run
    Baia - bah EE ah
    Beaulieu - bowl YEW
    Berthiot - bear tee YO
    Beseler - BESS ler
    Bewi - BEE wee
    Bilora - bee LAU ra
    Bolex - BO lecks
    Braun - brown
    Bronica - bu RON i ca
    Brovira - bro VIE ruh
    Canon - cannon
    capro - CAP ro
    Carena - kuh REE nuh
    Cinovid - SEE no vid
    Contarex - CON ta recks
    Copal - CO pah ru
    Cosina - co SHEE na
    Dacora - dah CO ruh
    De Jur - duh Jhoor
    Eclair - ay Clare
    Edixa - eh DICK suh
    Eumig - OY mig
    Exakta - egg ZOCK tuh
    Ehrenreich - AY ren reyesh
    Fujica - FOO jee kuh
    Fuji - FOO jee
    Gevaert - GAY vart
    Gitzo - JIT so
    Gossen - GAH sin
    Hasselblad - HAH sill blahd
    Heitz - heights
    Hektor - HECK tore
    Heurtier - ER tee ay
    Hexanon - heh KSA non
    Hologon - ho lah GOAN
    Horizont - go rih ZONT
    Icarex - EE kar ecks
    Ihagee - ee HAH gay
    Jena - YAY nuh
    Kako - KAH ko
    Kilar - KEE lahr
    Kindermann - KIN der mahn
    Kodak - co DAK
    Komura - KO mu ra
    Konica - KO nee ca
    Kowa - KO wa
    Leica - LIE kuh
    Leicina - lie SEE nuh
    Leitz - lights
    Liesegang - LEE zuh gahng
    Linhof - LIN hof
    Lubitel - LOO bih tsill
    Mamiya - MA mee yah
    Marubeni - mah roo BEH nee
    Meopta - may OP tuh
    Miida - mee EE da
    Minolta - mi no ROO ta
    Minox - MIH nocks
    Miranda - mee Rahn duh
    Mirrotach - mir ro TATCH
    multimage - mult ee MAHJ
    nikkor - nih KO roo
    nikkormat - nih ko ru MAH toe
    nikon - NIH kone
    Nizo - NIT so
    Norita - NO ree ta
    Olympus - o LIM pus
    omega - o MAY guh
    omnica - OM nih kuh
    Opemus - o PAY muss
    Optima - op TEE muh
    Orwo - OR vo
    Paillard - PIE yare
    Pentax - pen TOCK soo
    Pentacon - PEN tuh kahn
    Petri - pe TO ri
    Photomic - fo TAH mick
    Perkeo - PEAR kee o
    Planar - PLAH nahr
    Pradovit - prah doe VIT
    Praktica - prack TEE kuh
    Praktisix - PRACK ti six
    Regula - re GOO luh
    Ricoh - ree CO
    Rodenstock - RO den shtock
    Rokkor - ro KAW roo
    Rokunar - RO koo nar
    Rolleiflex - RO lie flecks
    Rowi - RO wee
    Sakura - sa KOO ra
    Samigon - SAH me gahn
    Sankyo - sahn KYO
    Schneider - SHNEYE der
    Sekonica - say KO nih koo
    Sekor - say KO roo
    Sinar - SEE nar
    Soligor - SO lee gore
    Sonnar - so Nahr
    Spiratone - SPY ra tone
    Steinheil - SHTINE highl
    Summicron - SOO mih crahn
    Summilux - SOO mih looks
    Susis - SOO see
    Switar - SWEE tar
    Takumar - TAH ku mah
    Tamron - ta MU ron
    Technika - tek NEE kuh
    Telesar - TEL eh sahr
    Telyt - tay LIT
    Tessar - TEH sahr
    Tessina - teh SEE nuh
    Topcon - TO poo kon
    Toshiba - TO shee ba
    Ultima - OOL tee muh
    Visoflex - VEE zo flecks
    Vivitar - VIH vee tahr
    Voigtlander - FAWCHT lahn der
    Wratten - RAH tin
    Xenar - ZEE nahr
    Xenon - ZEE non
    Yashica - YAH she Ka
    Yashinon - YAH she known
    Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone
    Zenit - zeh NEAT
    Zorki - ZOR kee
    Zuiko - zoo ee KOH

    Adapted from pp. 16, 76, June 1974, Modern Photography, David Miller."

    I still pronounce things the way I've said them for years ...
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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    "Copal - CO pah ru"

    really?

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Quote Originally Posted by BrianShaw View Post
    "Copal - CO pah ru"

    really?

    ru is the Japanese "L", the u is almost silent when at the end

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    See-nar...? (bah, I'm gonna stick to sin-are)

    And, what about Wisner? Whiz-ner? or, wise-ner?

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    Re: PRONUNCIATION of Camera names?

    Some 45 years ago a now deceased amateur filmmaker friend of mine made a short about two people filming along the Seine. They were hand holding their 8mm cameras while slowly walking backward when they finally bumped into each other. After quickly turning face to face, the man said " Ah, I see you have Bolex!" The woman replied "Zay are not, my legs are perfectly straight!".

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