Charles Dias <deepblue972000@yahoo.com> writes: > Yesterday the doughter of a friend of mine (14 y.o.) asked me why the zoom lenses has this name ... and I couldn't answer because I myself don't have idea why this name is used. > Anybody have a clue of the origem of the ZOOM name for variable focal distance lenses ??? The first instance of 'zoom' noted in the Oxford dictionary is 1886, and it just says "echoic" - it's onomatopeia for moving fast, as in an aircraft. So this presumably got transferred to the action of a zoom lens. (Not much of a story... ^_^) > N縊 deixe de visitar o http://www.loucoporfotografia.net, sua revista de fotografia na web, a única da internet brasileira. Hmm. Infelizmente, the first word appears in my mail reader as "N" + Chinese character for strangling oneself... Brian Chandler ---------------- geo://Sano.Japan.Planet_3 Jigsaw puzzles from Japan at: http://imaginatorium.org/shop/
