Zeiss Binoculars

Zeiss Ikon represented a significant part of the production along with dozens of other brands and factories, and also had major works at Dresden.The most important Zeiss lens by Rudolph was the Tessar, first sold in 1902 in its Series IIb f/6. This situation sometimes resulted in the somewhat odd situation that the same products were offered under both the Hensoldt and Zeiss brand names.

Zeiss nonetheless still continues to be a camera manufacturer, and still produces the Pentacon, Praktica, and special-use lenses (e. West German Zeiss products were labelled Opton for sale in the Eastern bloc, while East German Zeiss products where labelled "Zeiss Jena" for sale in Western countries. There was great respect for the engineering innovation that came out of Dresden—before the war the world's first 35 mm single-lens reflex camera, the Kine Exakta, and the first miniature camera with good picture quality were developed there.7 in 1930.Rudolph left Zeiss after the First World War, but many other competent designers such as Merté, Wandersleb, etc.With the advent of the Contax by Zeiss-Ikon, the first serious challenge to the Leica in the field of pro.