AGFA

The name of Agfa comes from the German ACTINE GESELLSCHAFT who founded the company and the cooperative businessman Anna Lin. ANALINFA BRICATION is spelled out by several letters in the two names.

BONBO

It is composed of the first part of the two words BENT and BOLT. BONBO’s trademark is an irregular triangle.

CONTAX

In 1926, the German CONTESSA manufactured a ZEISS IKON lens with diffuser blades. camera. The camera brand is composed of the first four letters of Contessa's name, plus the suffix AX. As for AX, it is a common usage among Germans when naming cameras. For example TENAX, BALDAX.

NIKON

The name Nikon is taken from the prefix of NIPPON KOGAKU, the name of the company that produces Nikon cameras.

OLYMPUS

The company that produces Olympus cameras is called TAKACHIHO, and TAKACHIHO is actually a company located in southwest Japan. The name of the mountain is that the Japanese believe that gods live on the mountain, somewhat similar to the Olympus gods in Greek mythology. In order to pray for God's protection, the camera was named Olympus. The lens on the Olympus camera is named after ZUIKO, which means the radiance of God.

PENTAX

Pentax cameras are produced by ASAHI Optical Company. The PENTA in PENTAX comes from the English pentaprism (PENTA PRISM). ), and X is taken from the reflection (REFLEX). The company's early pentaprism SLR cameras were named ASAHIFLEX.

POLAROID

The company’s original name was LAND WHEELWRIGT. From 1937 onwards, the company named the camera POLARIOD. . Polarizing lenses (POLARIZING) are widely used in military equipment and sunglasses. The company took the first half of the letters of polarizing lenses and added the suffix OID. OID means "similar" in Greek. So it means something similar to a polarizer.