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Camera Lens News No. 10
Sommer 2000 |
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Dr. Scherle to lead the Zeiss Camera Lens Division
Dr. Winfried Scherle (45) has recently been appointed Vice President and General Manager Camera Lens Division as of August 1, 2000.
Dr. Scherle, who graduated with a Ph.D. in physics and electron microscopy from the University of Tuebingen south of Stuttgart joined Carl Zeiss in 1984 to work as a lens designer. He soon specialised in designs that particularly meet the needs of optical manufacturing in industrial size operations.
Dr. Scherle then was appointed head of development for high performance aerial cameras, a challenging field where Zeiss has been a leading player supplying both aerial mapping systems and aerial reconnaissance equipment, utilizing either silver halide film or digital image receivers. Dealing for years with these challenging high performance systems, where detail resolutions beyond 100 linepairs per millimeter are the standard requirement and proven reliability under adverse operating conditions is indispensable, Dr. Scherle built a very solid foundation for his next carreer step.
In 1996 Dr. Scherle became head of product development with the Zeiss camera lens division and deputy vice president of the division. Within only four years he ramped up the development capacity of the division to more than twice its former size, enabling Zeiss to engage in a cooperation with Sony and equipping top-of-the-line Sony digital camcorders and technically demanding still cameras with high quality Carl Zeiss lenses. In addition to this the camera lens division was able to develop and introduce a new generation of CFE/CFi lenses for the Hasselblad medium format SLR system, and a new generation of ULTRA PRIME lenses for super 35 mm Arriflex cine cameras, four new lenses for the Rolleiflex medium format SLR system, and the optical arsenal for a completely new Contax medium format autofocus SLR.
Now Dr. Winfried Scherle succeeds Ralf Coenen who renewed the Zeiss camera lens division over the course of the past four years and who took on a new role in the photo industry.
Now that the Zeiss camera lens division has stood its ground in many imaging fields like 35 mm photography, medium format, digital still, digital video, and professional cine, Dr. Scherle will lead the division to add more high performance links to the imaging chain and providing demanding users with convincing solutions. He will see that camera lens division's activities are sound businesswise thus securing the health and future of the division. Continuity and an even closer cooperation with Zeiss' partners are particularly important to him. | |
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