Leica LTM Leica Product Codes as Acronyms

[KoNickon]

OK, this may be one of the more extreme geek contests on this forum (and for all I know it's been done before). But the idea of coming up with mythical organizations with acronyms that are also from the crazy E. Leitz product coding system struck me as a potential source of amusement. Here are two I've come up with:

ABLON -- Association for Bottom Loader Orthodoxy and Nitpicking

VIDOM -- Viewfinder Individualists Destined for Optical Miscalculations

Anyone have others they've come up with? I know; I need to get out more.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

If you are interested in a bit of related geekery, you should visit my Random Leica Accessory Generator.

Meanwhile, NOOKY = Nude Orgiastic Orangutan Kevlar Yurt.

 

[payasam]

FOOKH don't need none.

 

[Luddite Frank]

Perhaps this is already known, but Leitz's "crazy coding system" was not unique to E. Leitz, and not so crazy once upon a time.

These codes were "telegraphic codes", used to reference specific items in the pre Internet / Facsimile age...

I have seen similar "crazy" product codes in any variety of factory parts catalogs from the 1930's & '40s for Chrysler, Chevrolet , and other auto-makers.

Apparently, in the days of Morse code, word codes worked better than alpha-numerics... ?

 

[Dralowid]

NOOKY HESUM is a menage a trois.

Using a Visoflex would be a humourless experience without the codes

Michael

 

[Rob-F]

What was the code for the M8: FUBAR?

 

[Rob-F]

IROOA the day I lost that particular lens hood. It took a long time to find a replacement.