Re: [Rollei] Nikon, Ikon, and Nippon Kogaku

["Dan Kalish" <kaliushkin >]

Hi, Bob:

I've already violated Nikon's self proclaimed privacy by sharing this note
with the RUG. <g>  However, I did delete the special code associated with
it; I'll forward to you the complete note by private e-mail.

> Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:49:03 -0500
> From: Bob Shell <bob  >
> Subject: Re: [Rollei] Nikon, Ikon, and Nippon Kogaku
> Message-ID: <B8A6DD2F.4F66%bob  >
> References:
>
> Dan,
>
> I don't know who the hell this Dave with no last name is.  I had dinner
last
> Sunday evening with Richard LoPinto, head of the camera division at Nikon
> Inc.  We discussed just these matters, since Richard goes back many years
> with Nikon and is somewhat of a historian himself.  His responses to me
were
> quite different from Dave's note, so much so that I have forwarded this
post
> to him asking just who Dave is and why someone who doesn't know what he is
> talking about is allowed to speak for Nikon.
>
> Bob
>
> on 3/2/02 5:24 PM, Dan Kalish at kaliushkin   wrote:
>
> > Not to beat a dead horse, kick a sleeping dog or rekindle a flame, but
here
> > is Nikon USA's official position on naming the Nikon F:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Nikon - Photography" <photography  >
> > To: "Dan Kalish" <kaliushkin  >
> > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 1:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: SLR Film Cameras Other (xxx)
> >
> > Thank you for your e-mail regarding the use of the letter
> > letter F for the first SLR cameras.  Since there is no
> > exact answer, we kinda like the name "flex", as in Single
> > Lens ReFLEX.
> >
> > Our understanding is that the letter F was used since the
> > letter was already common in photography: Focal length,
> > focus, f-stop, flash, film, flare, etc.., it made sense.
> >
> > Nikon is, and has been since the beginning, part of the
> > Mitsubishi Trust.  Nikon made up the term Nikkor.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Thank you for contacting Nikon, Inc.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Dave
> > Technical Relations
> > Nikon, Inc.
> >
> > I'm ignoring this:
> > Any use, dissemination, distribution, posting on Internet bulletin
> > boards, disclosure or copying of this E-mail or any information
> > contained herein by or to anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is
> > strictly prohibited.  ...
> >
> > Dan Kalish <kaliushkin  >

Dan Kalish <kaliushkin  >
Flushing, NYC, USA
"Nothing is ever the same as they said it was."   Diane Arbus

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