The Photopian Way

[RaglanSurf]

A few of you of a certain age may remember a photographic retailer called Photopia, well tucked in a box with a load of other stuff I found the Photopian Dictionay

Photopia Front by Raglansurf, on Flickr

It's the sort of thing that would have been tucked inside your copy of Amateur Photographer.

It's basically a way of promoting their products but it has a fantastic 1960's and 70's tone to it.

For example does anybody know the definition of the words helfative (adj), lood (noun) and uttendable (adj)?

 

[FujiLove]

Loods...no.

Ludes...yes

[NSFW!]

 

[joxby]

Helfative (def): A health food additive used to reduce the fat absorption of tubby photographers living in the South Eastern Counties.

well whoda guessed it......

 

[RaglanSurf]

Helfative (def): A health food additive used to reduce the fat absorption of tubby photographers living in the South Eastern Counties.

well whoda guessed it......

Almost right

helfative (adj), is helpful and informative
lood (noun) is a lens hood
and uttendable (adj) is obviously Utterly dependable, a term applicable to all Photopia equipment (their words. not mine)

 

[RaglanSurf]

So how about ulticase (noun), infinable (adj) and loncus (adj)?

 

[Andysnap]

I think I know loncus. Is it a trough of crème anglais?

 

[Strapps]

So how about ulticase (noun), infinable (adj) and loncus (adj)?

A peli case - the ultimate case for your camera
Part of the subject view which will be in focus if the lens is set to infinity
Focusing with a big telephoto lens (from long focus)


Or, in other words, I've no idea