Ektar, Vitax, Lanthar, Claron, Heliar, Plasmat, Aerogor, Verito, Dagor, Xenar, Raptar, Artar, Dogmar, Versar, Helios, Tessar, Copal (oops, how'd that get in there?), Protar .........Why? Why?
Seriously, I understand that many of these names refer to lens designs or lines but do the actual words signify anything or are they just some late nineteenth and early twentieth century marketing scheme to make the lenses sound exotic or scientific? Were the lens designers just having fun? (sort of a esoteric optical designer's "weird name game"?) Is there possibly some formula for lens design naming - many of the suffixes are similar (especially 'ar')? Are those pesky ancient Greek and Latin languages involved?
Or, my choice, the Klingons really are here but instead of conquest they got caught up in some sort of weird Klingon optical design fetish cult. ........please advise.
-Chris
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