The company acquired the optics manufacturer Hensoldt AG in 1928 and started producing sport optics equipment not long after. Some products were also manufactured at the Dresden city factory, such as the first 35-mm single-lens reflex camera. Zeiss Ikon and d ozens of camera products were part of the manufacturing lines, including products for other brands and factories. Zeiss is one of the oldest and important manufacturer s to incorporate the “Made in Germany” slogan on its products.īefore the advent of World War I, Zeiss became a household name in the production of cameras and optics equipment. In 1889, the name of the company was changed to Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. Ernst Abbe became the director and subsequently, the co-owner of the company in later years. Together, the three optics experts worked on several optical instruments and various glass components, like the Abbe-Koenig prism, apochromatic lens, and the first refractometer. It was not much later when Ernst Abbe, a renowned German optical scientist, and Otto Schott, a notable glass technologist became part of the company in 18 respectively. The microscope business gained further momentum and by the year 1 8 66, the Zeiss had already sold their 1000 th microscope. He originally worked on creating microscopes in his small workshop but by 1861, the workshop grew into a small factory of around 20 workers and came to be known as one of the best optics-instrument maker s of the time. In 1846, the foundation of Carl Zeiss AG was laid in the form of an optics workshop by optician Carl Zeiss in Jena, the largest city in Thuringia, Germany. Another feature of this concept is a large and ultra-smooth focusing wheel which offers an easy grip and precise control of the focus setting, thereby enabling the user to pinpoint details on varying distances easily.
This position aligns with the usual position of index fingers and makes focusing seamless. SF Concept: The Smart-Focus Concept, or SF, features the focusing wheel positioned on the newly designed triple-link bridge on binoculars. The FL concept features objective lenses made of low-dispersion fluoride-ion glass and is usually paired with T* lens coatings for minimized reflection and P* phase -corrective coatings for prisms to provide an unparalleled hunting experience.
It is now proudly used in all Zeiss products, including sport optics, digital camera lenses, and movie film lenses.įL Concept : The FL Concept by Zeiss is an optics technology that guarantees a unique viewing experience for long-distance objects by minimizing chromatic aberration and providing high color fidelity. Since its invention, Zeiss has continued to enhance this coating and in the 1990s, the multi-coating was officially rebranded as T* coating. It is said to transform the glass surfaces to be completely transparent to light. T* Coatings : Introduced in the 1930s, the T (transparent) coating was Zeiss’s signature multi-coating technology for minimizing the 3-8% loss of light when it hits surfaces of optical components, such as lenses and prisms. The Abbe-Koenig prisms were invented by two scientists, Ernst Abbe and Albert Koenig, who worked together on the development of prismsat Zeiss in the 1800s. Unlike the Schmidt-Pechan roof prisms, these binoculars have fewer reflective surfaces which is the reason behind their supremacy in light transmittance. Notable inventions by Zeiss scientists include:Ībbe-Koenig prisms: Abbe-Koenig prisms are a special sub-category of roof prisms that are predominantly used in sport optics for inverting the image captured by the objective lens by 180 degrees. Currently, the company’s headquarters is located in Oberkochen, a small town in southern Germany. Since its conception, Zeiss has invented and patented several products an d features in the optics domain, which other premium brands have since introduced in their line of premium products. Founded back in 1846 by optics expert Carl Zeiss, it is considered as one of the oldest manufacturer s of binoculars that are still operating on the top of the sport optics market. Carl Zeiss AG, often shortened as Zeiss, is a Germany-based manufacturer of optoelectronics and optics systems.