Remember that Japanese lacks an "L" or el sound, though you can often pronounce it and get by (e.g., Minolta). Letter "r" in french is rolled or trilled, while gutturalized in German. Chances you will find a few surprises in the listing below.
accura - AH kyoo ruh Adox - AY docks Aetna - etna Agfa - AHG fuh Aires - EYE ress Angenieux - ahn jhen YEW Asahi - AH sa hee Atoron - AH toe run Baia - bah EE ah Beaulieu - bowl YEW Berthiot - bear tee YO Beseler - BESS ler Bewi - BEE wee Bilora - bee LAU ra Bolex - BO lecks Braun - brown Bronica - bu RON i ca Brovira - bro VIE ruh Canon - cannon capro - CAP ro Carena - kuh REE nuh Cinovid - SEE no vid Contarex - CON ta recks Copal - CO pah ru Cosina - co SHEE na Dacora - dah CO ruh De Jur - duh Jhoor Eclair - ay Clare Edixa - eh DICK suh Eumig - OY mig Exakta - egg ZOCK tuh Ehrenreich - AY ren reyesh Fujica - FOO jee kuh Fuji - FOO jee Gevaert - GAY vart Gitzo - JIT so Gossen - GAH sin Hasselblad - HAH sill blahd Heitz - heights Hektor - HECK tore Heurtier - ER tee ay Hexanon - heh KSA non Hologon - ho lah GOAN Horizont - go rih ZONT Icarex - EE kar ecks Ihagee - ee HAH gay Jena - YAY nuh Kako - KAH ko Kilar - KEE lahr Kindermann - KIN der mahn Kodak - co DAK Komura - KO mu ra Konica - KO nee ca Kowa - KO wa Leica - LIE kuh Leicina - lie SEE nuh Leitz - lights Liesegang - LEE zuh gahng Linhof - LIN hof Lubitel - LOO bih tsill Mamiya - MA mee yah Marubeni - mah roo BEH nee Meopta - may OP tuh Miida - mee EE da Minolta - mi no ROO ta Minox - MIH nocks Miranda - mee Rahn duh Mirrotach - mir ro TATCH multimage - mult ee MAHJ nikkor - nih KO roo nikkormat - nih ko ru MAH toe nikon - NIH kone Nizo - NIT so Norita - NO ree ta Olympus - o LIM pus omega - o MAY guh omnica - OM nih kuh Opemus - o PAY muss Optima - op TEE muh Orwo - OR vo Paillard - PIE yare Pentax - pen TOCK soo Pentacon - PEN tuh kahn Petri - pe TO ri Photomic - fo TAH mick Perkeo - PEAR kee o Planar - PLAH nahr Pradovit - prah doe VIT Praktica - prack TEE kuh Praktisix - PRACK ti six Regula - re GOO luh Ricoh - ree CO Rodenstock - RO den shtock Rokkor - ro KAW roo Rokunar - RO koo nar Rolleiflex - RO lie flecks Rowi - RO wee Sakura - sa KOO ra Samigon - SAH me gahn Sankyo - sahn KYO Schneider - SHNEYE der Sekonica - say KO nih koo Sekor - say KO roo Sinar - SEE nar Soligor - SO lee gore Sonnar - so Nahr Spiratone - SPY ra tone Steinheil - SHTINE highl Summicron - SOO mih crahn Summilux - SOO mih looks Susis - SOO see Switar - SWEE tar Takumar - TAH ku mah Tamron - ta MU ron Technika - tek NEE kuh Telesar - TEL eh sahr Telyt - tay LIT Tessar - TEH sahr Tessina - teh SEE nuh Topcon - TO poo kon Toshiba - TO shee ba Ultima - OOL tee muh Visoflex - VEE zo flecks Vivitar - VIH vee tahr Voigtlander - FAWCHT lahn der Wratten - RAH tin Xenar - ZEE nahr Xenon - ZEE non Yashica - YAH she Ka Yashinon - YAH she known Zeiss Ikon - tsice EE cone Zenit - zeh NEAT Zorki - ZOR kee Zuiko - zoo ee KOHAdapted from pp. 16, 76, June 1974, Modern Photography, David Miller.