For over one and a half centuries now, Carl Zeiss has shown others the way in the field of precision optics. Time and time again, the technology pacesetter has succeeded in pushing back the frontiers of precision technology.
| . | Today, as in the past, the name Carl Zeiss is a byword for pioneering performance in camera lenses – a long tradition that dates back to an invention of Prof. Dr. Ernst Abbe, the scientific and entrepreneurial genius of Carl Zeiss.
As far back as 1886, he recognized the unique suitability of calcium fluoride crystals for the chromatic correction of lenses and
| . | invented what is now known as ”apochromatic correction”.
To this very day, this forms the basis of the premium lenses praised by so many discerning and demanding photographers all over the world.
Worthy of special mention here is the fact that Carl Zeiss actually invented the antireflective coating of optical surfaces in 1935 and was the first manufacturer to commence the industrial production of aspheric lenses in 1937.
Carl Zeiss has always risen to even the most daunting challenges in camera lens production – and with resounding success. |