Am I the only one who doesn't understand this? Why "Mark I", "Mark II", "Mark III," etc.? Can anyone point me in the direction of the origin, or explain it? Thanks so much.
I guess this could go into the lenses or even general talk.
segasaturn Senior Member 849 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii More info | Oct 18, 2007 04:31 | #1 Am I the only one who doesn't understand this? Why "Mark I", "Mark II", "Mark III," etc.? Can anyone point me in the direction of the origin, or explain it? Thanks so much.
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simwells Goldmember 1,504 posts Joined Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK More info | Oct 18, 2007 04:34 | #2 Hehe, it's not called Mark persay, it's just it's easier to differentiate from the other models by saying it's the mark II rather than just II (a bit like issue II or similar)
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me  34,090 posts Likes: 44 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Oct 18, 2007 04:35 | #3 Same thought process as the Ford Motor Company's Lincolns. Just a fancy way of saying "Version" Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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fordmondeo I was Soupdragon in a former life. More info | I thought it was derived from the word Marque! Vaginator9000
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SOT I make up stuff about Cameras 915 posts Joined Oct 2007 More info | Oct 18, 2007 04:59 | #5 I think it is per se... but Mk /Mark is version another way to say version sort of in the same class and to differentiate a classs. http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8646/capture1o.jpg
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xarqi Cream of the Crop  10,435 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand More info | Oct 18, 2007 05:01 | #6 Interesting question.
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xarqi Cream of the Crop 10,435 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand More info | Oct 18, 2007 05:05 | #7 Just an aside - I guess if you had 3 sons, you could call them Mark I, Mark II, and Mark III.
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Choderboy I like a long knob More info | 1DGeorge3. 1DPeter3. 1DKaren3. I prefer Mark. Dave
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ebann Once an ugly duckling  3,396 posts Joined Jan 2003 Location: Chimping around Brazil since 1973! (Sometimes NYC) More info | Oct 18, 2007 05:46 | #9 Historically it has been used before by Germany in WWII to identify the revisions of their submarine torpedos. Ellery Bann
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segasaturn THREAD STARTER Senior Member 849 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2006 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii More info | Oct 18, 2007 05:54 | #10 I guess no one really knows, or it's just used as a mark placer. I thought maybe a Canon executive had a nephew that liked photography who was named Mark, or liked Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, or something cool like that.
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cdifoto Don't get pissy with me 34,090 posts Likes: 44 Joined Dec 2005 More info | Oct 18, 2007 06:02 | #11 segasaturn wrote in post #4145941  I guess no one really knows, or it's just used as a mark placer. I thought maybe a Canon executive had a nephew that liked photography who was named Mark, or liked Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, or something cool like that. No because Canon isn't the only company that does it. Did you lose Digital Photo Professional (DPP)? Get it here
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xarqi Cream of the Crop 10,435 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand More info | Oct 18, 2007 06:07 | #12 segasaturn wrote in post #4145941 I guess no one really knows, or it's just used as a mark placer. I thought maybe a Canon executive had a nephew that liked photography who was named Mark, or liked Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, or something cool like that. Stranger things have happened. "Mercedes" was named after the daughter of one of the founders of the Daimler company!
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KeithR Goldmember 2,856 posts Likes: 1 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, NE England More info | Oct 18, 2007 06:08 | #13 segasaturn wrote in post #4145941 I guess no one really knows Yes they do.
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ashdavid Osteoglossum bicirrhosum  986 posts Joined Aug 2006 Location: Japan More info | Oct 18, 2007 06:12 | #14 cdifoto wrote in post #4145970 No because Canon isn't the only company that does it. Maybe all those said companies by chance had a nephew named mark. 1Ds MKIII, 5D, 30D, EF 50mm f/1.2L , EF 85mm f/1.2L , EF 24-70mm f/2.8L , EF 80-200mm f2.8L, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS , EF 300mm f/2.8L , EF 400mm f2.8L IS, EF 800mm f5.6L IS EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro , EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro ..... Speedlite 580EX II x 4, Speedlite 430EX x 1, ST-E2 , Remote Switch,
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xarqi Cream of the Crop 10,435 posts Likes: 2 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand More info | Oct 18, 2007 06:13 | #15 Keith R wrote in post #4145998 Yes they do. https://photography-on-the.net …php?p=4145707&postcount=3 Yeah, but how and when did "mark" become a synonym for "revision"?
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