Qkano wrote: > As to Zoomar lenses: I don't think they led to the word. The question > >is whether the company was named after the word, or whether there >actually was a Herr Zoomar ... > >Bob > > > > I direct you to the following URL which gives a history of Dr. Back, the American who designed the first zoom lens, and the company which involved Kilfitt. It's interesting to know. I had no idea where the name came from either. Don http://www.cameraquest.com/kilzoom.htm -- ======================================================= Don Roberts * Bittersweet Productions * Iowa City, IA * * Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. ----George Bernard Shaw =======================================================
