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Tessar

The Tessar is a photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Dr. Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented by Zeiss in Germany; the lens type is usually known as the Zeiss Tessar. Since its introduction, millions of Tessar and Tessar-derived lenses have been manufactured by Zeiss and other manufacturers…

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Author
Paul Rudolph
Construction
4 elements in 3 groups
Introduced in
1902

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Tessar

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Triples133
Avg. degree1.96
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related to Tessar-derived lenses · 21
Tessar → Bausch, Berthiot Olor, Florian, France, Gundlach Radar, Hasselkus, In, Krauss, Lomb, Many, Only, Patent, Ross, Ross Xpress, Rudolph's, Stuart, The, The Tessar, United Kingdom, United States
related to Further reading · 19
Tessar → Archived, Camera Lens Division, Camera Lens News, Carl Zeiss AG, CLN, English, External, From, German, Hubert, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, March, Nasse, NB, PDF, Retrieved, Wikisource-logo
related to Licensed Tessar lenses / Vario-Tessar · 18
Tessar → DSC-P200, DSC-W330, E-mount, FE, HDR-CX405, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Other Tessar, Pureview, Sony, Sony Alpha Carl Zeiss, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P100, Sony SEL-1670Z, The Vario-Tessar, They, Vario-Tessar, ZA OSS, Zeiss
related to Beginnings · 15
Tessar → Aldis, Anastigmat, Cooke, Dallmeyer, Despite, Greek, Hugh, In, Instead, Later, Paul Rudolph's, Rudolph, Stigmatic, The, Unar
related to Design · 14
Tessar → Carl Zeiss, Carl Zeiss Tessar, DRP, Jena, Minox MDC Minoxar, Nr, Pro Tessar, Rollei, Tele Pro Tessar, The, Unit, Wide, Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super, Zeiss Ikon Contessa
has method · 10
Tessar → All, As, Contaflex Super, Maximar, Rolleiflex TLR, Some, Tessars, The, Unit-focusing Tessars, Zeiss Ikon
related to history · 9
Tessar → Aldis, Anastigmat, Cooke Triplet, Dallmeyer Stigmatic, Protar, Rudolph, Taylor, Zeiss Tessar, Zeiss Unar
related to Improvements and evolutions · 8
Tessar → Biotessar, Ernst Wandersleb, In, Merté, The, Wandersleb, Willy Merté, Zeiss
related to Pro Tessar · 6
Tessar → Carl Zeiss, In, Pro Tessar, SLR Zeiss Ikon Contaflex, Super, The
Aperture · 1
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lens lenses zeiss design elements cemented element rudolph front elmar groups anastigmat many camera used leica two carl cameras optical

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TessarAuthorPaul Rudolph1.00infobox
TessarConstruction4 elements in 3 groups1.00infobox
TessarIntroduced in19021.00infobox
Tessaris aphotographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Dr0.90text
Sony Alpha Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Tinstance ofand DSC-W330 as well as the E-mount lenses0.80text
the HDR-CX405 extending the wide angle view with 1.9mm to 57mm zoom rangeinstance ofSony also uses Vario-Tessar lens branding for their consumer camcorders0.80text
the Contaflex Super Binstance ofUnit-focusing Tessars were used on higher-end cameras0.80text
Rolleiflex TLRinstance ofUnit-focusing Tessars were used on higher-end cameras0.80text
and larger-format plate cameras such as the Maximar.Some lensesinstance ofUnit-focusing Tessars were used on higher-end cameras0.80text
including Tessarsinstance ofUnit-focusing Tessars were used on higher-end cameras0.80text
can be focused by moving lens elements relative to each otherinstance ofUnit-focusing Tessars were used on higher-end cameras0.80text

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