firoze Posted March 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've wanted to know for the longest time, why is the X Vario code named Paula? We know "Henri" for the Monochrom is named after HCB. But why "Paula" for the XV? Can anyone enlighten? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mrware Posted March 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted March 6, 2014 I've wanted to know for the longest time, why is the X Vario code named Paula? We know "Henri" for the Monochrom is named after HCB. But why "Paula" for the XV? Can anyone enlighten? AFAIK, it was nothing to do with Leica. It was a name given to the camera by Jono Slack, an individual Leica gave an advance copy to. I'm not sure what his inspiration was for picking Paula. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted March 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 6, 2014 I'm not sure what his inspiration was for picking Paula. It was Leica … but I don’t know what inspired Leica to choose this name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted March 7, 2014 Thanks for the replies... This is all very mysterious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted March 7, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 7, 2014 Well they had to call the project something during development, so why not? And does it really matter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted March 7, 2014 Well they had to call the project something during development, so why not? And does it really matter? It doesn't matter, but all the same they must have had a reason to use that name, as in the case of the Monochrom. So it would be nice to know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 7, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 7, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) They named it in memory of my Mum, which was nice of them. Shame it turned out to be the XV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
firoze Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted March 7, 2014 They named it in memory of my Mum, which was nice of them. Shame it turned out to be the XV. A lot many users think the XV is a superb camera, so maybe it's not a shame after all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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