Tessar History

[ChipMcD]

For German speakers (readers), here's a link to the history of the Tessar lens written by a Zeiss scientist.

<http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/CLN_39_de_Tessar/$File/CLN39_dt_tessar.pdf>

I didn't poke around on the Zeiss site to see if there is a translation. I would not be surprised.

 

[FPjohn]

http://www.zeiss.de/C125716F004E0776/0/3E640231096E4B6AC125717500672495/$File/Innovation_11_32.pdf

yours
FPJ

 

[ChipMcD]

http://www.zeiss.de/C125716F004E0776/0/3E640231096E4B6AC125717500672495/$File/Innovation_11_32.pdf

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FPJ

Interesting. The English article is completely different from the German.

 

[FPjohn]

Rigour

Rigour

Interesting. The English article is completely different from the German.

Well, yes. Quantitative. 🙂

I appreciate the MTF curves in the German version.

yours
FPJ

 

[charjohncarter]

I've always wondered about this design, thank you so much for posting this. I have a bunch of these lenses on various cameras, but only one Zeiss (Rolliflex).

 

[ChipMcD]

Well, yes. Quantitative. 🙂

I appreciate the MTF curves in the German version.

yours
FPJ

As well as having a different author and different content.

 

[Steve M.]

There's always Google Translate for us that are German impaired.

 

[Darshan]

Interesting read, thx.

 

[ChipMcD]

Ken Rockwell posted the link to the English translation. The link is

<http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B8B6F/EmbedTitelIntern/CLN_39_en_Tessar/$File/CLN39_en_tessar.pdf>