My working copy of the massive 990-page Zeiss Index of Photographic Lenses compiled by Willy Merte in the late 1940's under the supervision of Ed Kaprelian while working with the US Army Signal Corps. On the left is a legendary Carl Zeiss Sphaerogon 1.9cm f/9 ultra wide-angle lens, and on the right an experimental variant of the Hugo Meyer Makro-Plasmat 3.5cm f/2.7 lens in modified Leica screw mount. Here are two influential wide-angle designs from the Zeiss collection. Several Versuch and other prototype lenses from the Goerz lens collection, which Carl Zeiss eventually absorbed, including Dagor and Celor variants, and a very unusual Quarz Anastigmat for ultra-violet light. Here is a number of Carl Zeiss designated Versuch experimental lenses from 1918 to 1925, possibly the first time in over 60 years that so many original "V-lenses" have been assembled in one place at the same time.
Ernst Abbe for Zeiss, predating Rudolph's anastigmat (Protar) patent by several months. In this grouping, second from the left in the front row is one of the few surviving examples of the Triplet Achromat (aka Triplet Apochromat), the very first optical design patented in 1890 by Dr. FROM LOST PORTIONS OF THE COLLECTION REDISCOVERED AND ASSEMBLED OVER TIME BY DAVID SILVER FOR RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY AND ORIGINS OF THE LEGENDARY COMPANY'S EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS PRODUCTIONĪ first glance, a random selection of interesting treasures from the Carl Zeiss Jena lens collection, showing historically significant optical designs from many of their competitors, as well as some of their own pieces. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CARL ZEISS JENA LENS COLLECTION
Highlights from the famous CARL ZEISS JENA lens collection Copyright © 2012, 2015 David Silver.
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