Carl Zeiss Products Notes & Interesting Articles

CARL ZEISS GENERAL INTEREST ARTICLES:

• Zeiss: A History of the Most Respected Name in Optics a brief color-illustrated overview of the history of the Zeiss company.

• Binocular Care And Service Interval Advice: Suggestions by Company Seven An illustrated overview discussing the mechanisms that compromise the performance or longevity of binoculars. We provide some tips about preventive maintenance, identifying problems, and what to do when your binocular is damage or in need of servicing.

• "Company Seven: Zeiss Lens Cleaning Fluid Materials Safety Data Sheet", our six (6) page color illustrated document explaining the health and safety implications of the Zeiss Lens Cleaning Fluid distributed by Company Seven and as is referred to in our article "Cleaning Telescopes And Most Consumer Optics". This document includes advice for medical professionals regarding treatment of accidental exposure to the eyes or ingestion. From Company Seven's Archives. Download size is 10,109,563 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
  

• "Company Seven: Zeiss Lens Cleaning Towelette Materials Safety Data Sheet", our six (6) page color illustrated document explaining the health and safety implications of the Zeiss Lens Cleaning Towlettes distributed by Company Seven and as is referred to in our article "Cleaning Telescopes And Most Consumer Optics". This document includes advice for medical professionals regarding treatment of accidental exposure to the eyes or ingestion. From Company Seven's Archives. Download size is 9,669,387 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).
  

• Carl Zeiss Planetarium Instruments Overview thirty-nine page color illustrated document provided to clients contracting for a new planetarium. Includes a brief overview of planetarium facility determination factors, complete with seating arrangements, architectural considerations, explanations of the technologies provided with modern Zeiss planetarium systems, and reviews of the major current production systems.

  Document is an Adobe .pdf file in English, available to clients only for download upon request with the acquisition of a new system. From Company Seven's Library. Download size is 5,004,486 bytes (in Acrobat Reader ".pdf" format).

C7 MUSEUM COLLECTION CARL ZEISS ITEMS ARTICLES & ARCHIVES

Under Construction: over time we intend to show antique items exhibited at our showroom display and in our collection, and we will host more and more of the many documents in our archives.
• Carl Zeiss Jena Prism Binoculars pamphlet and price list of 1937 published in 1937, document in English language. Published by by Carl Zeiss, Inc. then the United States based distributor for Zeiss Jena.
  Moderate resolution scan of original twelve (12) page illustrated pamphlet (formatted here for 2 oversize pages) from 1937 that describes the consumer oriented Carl Zeiss Jena prism binoculars and monoculars marketed then in the U.S.A. through Carl Zeiss, Inc. This includes their two page price list of 1 February 1937 that mentions their binocular telescopes too. As a added bonus, the original set includes documents that we have scanned and combined in this set including those of the original 19 April 1938 cover letter on Carl Zeiss, Inc. New York letterhead with the stamped and postmarked mailing envelope, plus our cover sheet.
  The (then) new “featherweight” series binoculars and monoculars described and illustrated include: 3-½x Theatis opera glass, 6x Telita, compact binocular, 8x Turita compact binocular, 2-½x (and 6x) Tellup monocular pocket scope, 6x 30 mm Simpsilv monocular, 7x 50 Binoctarmo, 8x 21 Turmon, 8x 30 Deltrintmo, 10x 50 Dekarismo, 18x 50 Telarmo, 6x 24 Sportur, 6x 30 Silvarem and Silvamar, 8x 30 Deltrintem and Deltrentis, 8x 40 Delar and Deltarem, 7x 50 Binoctar and Binoctem, 10x 50 Dekaris and Dekarem. Also included in the price list are Carl Zeiss Jena binocular telescopes including the Asem, Asembi, Asenglar, Aseros, Asimara, Asinaba, Starmor, and Starmorbi.
  Scan prepared by Company Seven for educational purposes, helpful in comparing the technologies of the era compared to those of today, and following the history of one of the world-s most important optical companies. Content scanned from originals in our archives, in moderate resolution web optimized and provided by Company Seven as an Adobe .pdf file (18,961,358 bytes) for Acrobat Reader versions 7 or later.

• Carl Zeiss Jena Feldstecher Und Zubehör Katalog (Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars And Accessories Catalog), published in 1958, German language. Published by VEB Carl Zeiss JENA, of Democratic Republic of Germany. VEB Carl Zeiss JENA. Printed publication No. 50-047-1 - Lot number 37 15 13 10/20, 111-6-15 20 1058 5348 Ag 10 · 0589-58 DDR

  Moderate resolution scan of complete twenty-four (24) page color illustrated booklet describing the Carl Zeiss Jena (DDR/East Germany) consumer oriented binoculars, accessories, and monoculars product lines. Each model of binocular and monocular is described and illustrated including: 6x 30 mm Silvarem and Silvamar, 7x 50 Binoctem and Binoctar, 8x 30 Deltrintem and Deltrentis, 10x 50 Dekarem and Dekaris, and 15x 50 Pentekarem and Pentekar, and monoculars including the 8x 30 Deltrintmo, 6x 30 Simpsilv, 7x 50 Binoctarmo, 10x 50 Dekarismo, and 15x 50 Pentekarmo, 8x 21 Turmon, and 2.5x Tellup. Their accessories are explained as well.

  Scan prepared for educational purposes, helpful in comparing the technologies of the era compared to those of today, and following the history of one of the world-s most important optical companies. Content scanned from an original in our archives, in moderate resolution and provided by Company Seven as an Adobe .pdf file (2,133,838 bytes) for Acrobat Reader versions 7 or later.