Roddy Frame, co-founder of the 80s pop band Aztec Camera, said in a Top of the Pops X post "It was in one of my deep thinking, psychedelic periods when I was about 15… because the bands we were listening to had names like The 13th Floor Elevators and all that ridiculous crap, we came up with the name Aztec Camera.".
Leica released an "Aztec" limited edition presentation case and attache case for its R-3 and R-3 MOT cameras in 1979, which would have been around when Frame was 15. The only thing particularly Aztec about them were they were made from amatl wood, the bark of which the Aztec used to make paper.
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