
Paul Rudolph (14 November 1858 – 8 March 1935) was a
German physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
who designed the first
anastigmatic lens while working for Carl
Zeiss. After
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
, he joined the
Hugo Meyer optical company, where he designed most of their
cine lenses.
Work
* 1890: First
anastigmat lens "protar"
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* 1895: Planar design
* 1899: Unar design
* 1902: 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''. Sinc ...
design
* 1918: Plasmat design
* 1922: Kino-Plasmat design
* 1926: Makro-Plasmat design
* 1931: Kleinbild-Plasmat design
See also
* Meyer Optik Görlitz
References
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1858 births
1935 deaths
19th-century German inventors
19th-century German physicists
German optical physicists
Optical engineers
20th-century German inventors
20th-century German physicists