02-26-2017, 09:44 PM
:lol: Good one, obican! I think, the name and it's reputation came originally from Carl Zeiss, the microscope makers. Back in 1890, when they made micrsocopes which were better than others, just by try and error.
Roger Cigalla wrote interesting blog articles about their history with names like Schott, Abbé, Petzval, Rudolph.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/10...es-number/
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11...the-world/
So, it was Zeiss Jena until the company split to Zeiss Jena (GDR) and Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen (FRG), now I lost interest for the network of the company. I once was in Oberkochen to have a lens fixed. The focus point for infinity at the time was on a different building 60 or 70 metres away. My business letter was handwritten at the time, my parents and neither me had a typewriter at hand. I still have the copy of it. But they took care, the guys from Zeiss. I think it was Zeiss Oberkochen developing the T* coating they benefitted a lot from - the 85/1.4 Zeiss Jena was a very "normal glass" looking not magenta coloured. A friend adapted it to his Rolleiflex (135 film, yes, there was one SLR from them, made in Singapore). Great resolution, horrible contrast. But cheap like dirt.
As Fuji lists the Touits on their lens line-up, I think you're not far away from the truth. Haven't seen Nikon listing Tamrons or Sigmas...
Roger Cigalla wrote interesting blog articles about their history with names like Schott, Abbé, Petzval, Rudolph.
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/10...es-number/
https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11...the-world/
So, it was Zeiss Jena until the company split to Zeiss Jena (GDR) and Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen (FRG), now I lost interest for the network of the company. I once was in Oberkochen to have a lens fixed. The focus point for infinity at the time was on a different building 60 or 70 metres away. My business letter was handwritten at the time, my parents and neither me had a typewriter at hand. I still have the copy of it. But they took care, the guys from Zeiss. I think it was Zeiss Oberkochen developing the T* coating they benefitted a lot from - the 85/1.4 Zeiss Jena was a very "normal glass" looking not magenta coloured. A friend adapted it to his Rolleiflex (135 film, yes, there was one SLR from them, made in Singapore). Great resolution, horrible contrast. But cheap like dirt.
As Fuji lists the Touits on their lens line-up, I think you're not far away from the truth. Haven't seen Nikon listing Tamrons or Sigmas...