Photo: Child that flies a kite with ZEISS logo. Technical Milestones
1930 until 1949
1943
The first film on cell division is made with the aid of a phase contrast microscope

1936
First prototype of Zernike’s phase contrast microscope (Frits Zernike was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1953)

1935
Coating technique for reducing reflections on glass surfaces (Carl Zeiss T* coating: patented in 1936)

Topogon – first wide-angle lens for photogrammetric photography

1933
Comberg’s slit lamp featuring a common axis of rotation for the microscope and the slit illuminator

1932
Sonnar®
The Sonnar® lens (f/2 and f/1.5) considerably extends the range of applications for the 35 mm camera


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