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iwatkins
7th of January 2004 (Wed), 09:45
This is a thread that came up on another (non-photog related) forum.

Thought you might like to see some of the answers:

Serious Ones:
Jozef Maximilian Petzval (1807-1891)

Not so serious ones:
Yul Bryner
Gert Closer
Fahrer Way (German)
Per Vert (Finish)
Isaac Hantsee
Walter Fookisdat (Irish)

:D

Cheers

Ian
IanD
7th of January 2004 (Wed), 10:22
Gitzo!
:lol:
Ian
CyberDyneSystems
7th of January 2004 (Wed), 11:12
It was Reginald Lord Wimbeldom VonZoom... in 1897
defordphoto
7th of January 2004 (Wed), 11:14
Robert Zoominski

We call him Bob for short.
IanD
7th of January 2004 (Wed), 12:09
Thank you Bob
Ian
nosquare2003
8th of January 2004 (Thu), 01:16
Interesting. Is it a 2X zoom?
where1
8th of January 2004 (Thu), 13:43
Lenard Legless.
IndyJeff
8th of January 2004 (Thu), 23:28
Actually the zoom lense was invented by a team of researchers. Their names were John Zebroski, Ernest Olsen, Arnold Offenhut and Michael Morris.






Welllllll thats how I heard it.