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It's all Greek to me!

Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 2:58 pm
by David Kilpatrick
Sony owns the first letter of the Greek alphabet now, in the world of photo equipment. When will we eventually fill out the entire list from Alpha to Omega?

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Olympus camera series branding
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Help fill out the list!

David

Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:50 pm
by Bengeo

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:08 am
by David Kilpatrick
Added! Omicron was also a brand name associated with Beseler, I think for their own enlarger lenses or perhaps one of the enlargers. Someone will have to help me on that.

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:04 am
by Greg Beetham
How about a
Zeta photo laser printer by Agfa-Gevaert and Durst, they claim 1,178 unique 8X10's per hour.
Greg

Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:10 pm
by David Kilpatrick
Done - ta!

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 1:29 am
by David Kilpatrick
Got another today: Durst Rho Pictor, large format flatbed printer:

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Rho - Durst large format inkjet system
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Yet another Durst

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:03 am
by David Kilpatrick
Theta - Durst printer again (they will probably complete the entire lineup)

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Theta - Durst digital printer
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Rho - Durst large format inkjet system
Omega - enlargers and cameras

How about compact Minolta

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:28 am
by osquar
Hi,

I believe Minolta had a compact camera model Dimage Xi. Does it qualify?

Cheers.

Re: How about compact Minolta

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:43 am
by harveyzone
osquar wrote:I believe Minolta had a compact camera model Dimage Xi. Does it qualify?
:D

Lateral thinking - I like it. My vote is that it goes in.

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:48 am
by David Kilpatrick
Agreed!

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Theta - Durst digital printer
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Xi - the Minolta suffix for Maxxum/Dynax models using the Creative Expansion Card system and compatible with power zoom auto zooming
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Rho - Durst large format inkjet system
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Greek alphabet

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:14 pm
by Greg Beetham
I don't know if this one does anything for you, but they do make cameras.
http://www.kappa.de/en/Home/?SID=624300 ... e77f2b2c54

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:07 pm
by David Kilpatrick
Agreed - they are cameras, even if still capture is by freezing a frame.

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Theta - Durst digital printer
Kappa - http://www.kappa.de, maker of miniature CCTV type web-cams
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Xi - the Minolta suffix for Maxxum/Dynax models using the Creative Expansion Card system and compatible with power zoom auto zooming
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Rho - Durst large format inkjet system
Omega - enlargers and cameras

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:12 pm
by preemio
Will this qualify as the first iota canditate: The IOTA Occultation Camera http://www.iota-es.de/ioc.html?

Panu

Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:58 pm
by David Kilpatrick
Definitely! It's a camera, and not one jot else :-)

Revised -

Alpha - Sony camera line
Beta - the version of your software which is even less reliable than final release
Gamma - filched by photo science to describe the contrast curve function
Delta - Ilford film technology
Epsilon - the between the lens shutter made by Wray
Zeta - Agfa-Gevaert/Durst colour photo printer
Theta - Durst digital printer
Iota - the IOTA Occultation Camera http://www.iota-es.de/ioc.html
Kappa - http://www.kappa.de, maker of miniature CCTV type web-cams
Lambda - Durst digital photo printer
Mu - Ol*mp*s camera series branding
Omicron - enlarger/groundglass focusing finder and brand name used by Beseler
Xi - the Minolta suffix for Maxxum/Dynax models using the Creative Expansion Card system and compatible with power zoom auto zooming
Sigma - a well-known lens and camera line; Durst's rollfilm scanner; a Fuji film-grain technology
Rho - Durst large format inkjet system
Omega - enlargers and cameras

And I had Epsilon in the wrong place - typical minus minus semi-moron behaviour on my part, thinking of Upsilon.

David

List them all maybe

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:44 am
by Greg Beetham
I was thinking, what about listing the entire rest of the alphabet and just leave a blank line to the right of the letter, perhaps, and fill it in if something becomes available.
Greg