Zeiss lens names

[Roger Hicks]

Some may find this (from the latest Zeiss newsletter) of interest: http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/EF94E7B49F6583DCC12577F8004A232E

Cheers,

R.

 

[varjag]

Roger,

Zeiss Newsletter is not entirely factual here

For example, Carl Zeiss designed the Planar 1:0,7/50—the fastest lens in the world—for NASA, enabling photos to be taken of the dark side of the Moon for the very first time.

The first photos of the dark side of the Moon were taken by a Soviet probe with honest-to-atheist-gods Soviet lens. That's how we ended up with so many Russian-sounding features on the Moon map.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Dear Eugene,

Ah, well. They're probably telling the truth about the lens names, though...

Cheers,

R.

 

[QUAsit]

Dear Eugene,

Ah, well. They're probably telling the truth about the lens names, though...

Cheers,

R.

Afaik, the camera system used in Luna-3 probe was called Енисей-2 (Yenisey-2) and it used scanning approach for making images.
Lens used in this system were 200/5.6 and 500/9.5 lens.

 

[ZeissFan]

Zeiss probably was referring to a photo taken by a human being, not an unmanned probe.

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Ah!....now I understand about the 'astronomical' prices!

 

[varjag]

Zeiss probably was referring to a photo taken by a human being, not an unmanned probe.

Then it must be Zeiss equivalent of "first man on the moon with moustache".

http://mhbo.hbo.com/little-britain-usa/cast-and-crew/bing-gordyn/bio/bing-gordyn.html

 

[Stravinsky]

It was an interesting read, thanks for sharing.
I was impressed to learn the Nokia N8 has a Tessar!

 

[Phew!finder]

The 50/0,7 Planar was adapted by Kubrick for Barry Lyndon - the famous candle-lit scene being an oft-quoted example...

 

[lxmike]

thanks a very interesting article

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Interesting read. I did chuckle a little on the part about the Sonnar revival and "Vario-Sonnar T* DT 3,5-4,5/16-80 ZA for Sony DSLRs".