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7 unusual facts about Carl Zeiss


Andrew Godfrey

During his university studies he was awarded the 1997 Carl Zeiss (Aust) Pty Ltd Award, the 1998 Kenneth B Ward Memorial Prize, and the 2000 University Medal in the Faculty of Health.

I.O.R.

Originally created by Malaxa-Carp, Optique De Le Vollois, and Bernard-Turnne, I.O.R. continued production under Soviet domination yet maintained links to famous Western European firms such as Carl Zeiss and Leica.

Ingrain, Inc.

Utilizing their technologies, expertise in reservoir rock analysis, and equipment from Carl Zeiss, Ingrain will characterize thousands of meters of whole core currently being stored at ANH’s National Core Repository (Litoteca Nacional de Colombia).

Nokia N93

The phone had a 3.2-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom (the first Nokia phone to have it) as well as a 30 fps 640×480 (VGA) MPEG-4 video recording capability.

Nokia N93i

The Nokia N93i features a 3.2-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, 3x optical zoom and digital video stabilization.

Nokia N950

Both camera modules have similar image quality (Carl Zeiss branding in the Nokia N9) and both modules support 8 Mpix image mode.

Photographic lens design

Carl Zeiss was an entrepreneur who needed a competent designer to take his firm beyond just another optical workshop.


Carl Pulfrich

Carl Pulfrich (September 24, 1858, Burscheid, Rhine Province – August 12, 1927) was a German physicist, noted for advancements in optics made as a researcher for the Carl Zeiss company in Jena around 1880, and for documenting the Pulfrich effect, a psycho-optical phenomenon that can be used to create a type of 3-D visual effect.

High-Tech Gründerfonds

Investors include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the KfW Banking Group, and twelve industrial groups of ALTANA, BASF, B. Braun, Robert Bosch, CEWE Color, Daimler, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom, Qiagen, RWE Innogy, Tengelmann and Carl Zeiss.

Kurd Kisshauer

Afterwards Kisshauer moved to the near Jena where he worked at Carl Zeiss and wrote first publications on astronomy and projection planetaria designed by Walther Bauersfeld.

Lotfernrohr 7

The Carl Zeiss Lotfernrohr 7, or Lotfe 7, was the primary bombsight used in most Luftwaffe level bombers, similar to the United States' Norden bombsight, but much simpler to operate and maintain.

Nokia Nseries

The better-than-average cameras often found on Nseries devices (with many using the higher-quality Carl Zeiss optics) are one such example, as are the video and music playback and photo viewing capabilities of these devices, which resemble those of standalone portable media devices.

Pentax K-mount

Carl Zeiss 21mm f2.8 Distagon T* (September 2008)(Europe Only)


see also

1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup

Dinamo Tbilisi's spectacular side already had defeated West Ham United away before beating Carl Zeiss Jena in a final watched by 9,000 people in Dusseldorf.

Cytometry

In 1904, Moritz von Rohr and August Köhler at Carl Zeiss constructed the first ultraviolet microscope.

to Carl Zeiss; C Reichert, Optische Werke AG in Vienna, which today is a part of Leica Microsystems.

Nokia N86 8MP

It was Nokia's first camera phone to have an 8 megapixel sensor, and features both multiple aperture settings and a mechanical shutter (uncommon features by the standards of camera phones), and a Carl Zeiss lens with a wide angle of view (28 mm equivalent).

Zeiss Biogon

The first Biogon (2.8 / 3.5 cm, unbalanced) was created in 1935 by Ludwig Bertele, then referenced by designer Zeiss Ikon Dresden, the Contax created as a modification of the then Sonnar. It was developed by Carl Zeiss in approximately 1949 and manufactured in Jena, then a redesign in Oberkochen. In 1951 a new Biogon with a 90 ° angle (Super Wide Angle) was also designed by Ludwig Bertele for Carl Zeiss, which opened the way to extreme wide angle lenses.