Today, like-minded enthusiasts gather together in virtual chat rooms, message boards, and online groups using social media. If you have a passion for Corelle dishware, antique board games, or 1980 Chevrolet Citations, there’s going to be a group for you.
Back in 1979, it wasn’t so easy. If you wanted to socialize and collaborate with other people with the same interests as you, you had to seek them out through classifieds in magazines, local church groups, or simply, word of mouth.
This is how the story of the Zeiss Historica Society began…
Introduction by Larry Gubas (November 2019)
The year was 1979, and Tom Schreiner was a upstate New York media consultant who had a strong Germanic bent. There had long been a Leica Society and he felt that Zeiss was just as important if not more so. Tom started to contact folks via the local photo societies, people who posted want ads in the Shutterbug magazine and local used photo shows that seemed to surround the larger US cities.
Tom set up a primary meeting in Toronto and an organizational meeting in Rochester in 1979. He published a set of pamphlets following each meeting, and during the Rochester meeting organized the society and elected officers. Tom Schreiner felt that he had done his part in the original organization and did not stand for office but encouraged others to do so.
From the beginning, most of the members were photo enthusiasts but there were also people who collected Microscopes, Binoculars, Astronomical Instruments, Military Devices and catalogs while others were interested in company history and personalities. The firm’s organization and sister/merger firms expand the initial perspective. We produced our first magazine format journal soon after at the initiative of Randall Scheid of Toronto, but he did not survive an automobile accident and Bill Stone stepped in to publish articles from interested members on all sorts of subjects. We published twice yearly at first at 16 pages, and grew to 28 pages and added color to the cover under the next editor, Dr. John Scott. We also published high quality copies of interesting Zeiss catalogs and documents.
We grew from 20 interested folks to nearly 500 on an international basis and attracted competent and knowledgeable authors. We survived with paying members until 2016 when Father Time gradually took most of our members from us and we ran out of authorities. We were still financially sound but decided to not continue publication of a product not worthy of our subject. Our two remaining officers were now 77 and 80+ years of age.
Table of Contents
Below is a list of major topics from all 73 issues of Zeiss Historica. They were produced from 1979 to 2016 when the group was dissolved. The first two issues from 1979 and 1980 were called “Folios” and are indicated as such. In every year between 1981 and 2016, there was a Spring and a Fall issue, except in 2014 which only had a single Spring/Fall issue.
At about 25 pages each, there’s over 1,800 pages of information compiled by Larry and other Zeiss historians for members in the Zeiss Historica Society. The people who wrote the articles in each Zeiss Historica newsletter were experts in their particular area, and in most cases, witnessed the “golden era” of Zeiss-Ikon first hand. Sadly, as people tend to do, many of them have since passed away and these articles are the only remnants of these stories available on the Internet today.
In early 2019, I talked to Larry Gubas who was the last President of the Zeiss Historica Society and got his blessing for sharing this information online. His only request was to make it freely available and that I don’t charge anything for it. Larry has been a Zeiss historian for a large part of his life and is considered by many to be an authority on all things Zeiss.
If you are interested in more of Larry’s work, I strongly recommend checking out his 890 page hard cover book, Zeiss and Photography. This book is the culmination of Larry’s lifetime worth of research into Zeiss.
Each article has it’s own page and will eventually have a searchable table of contents and short intro. Re-typing summaries for all 73 issues has proven to be very time consuming, so as of November 2019, I have only completed a portion of the issues. I will continue to update these as time permits.
| Article Title | Author | Issue |
| A | ||
| Abbe: A Rare Glimpse (History) | Editor | Spring 1992 |
| Ernst Abbe and the (Zeiss) Foundation (History) | Takeda, S. | Fall 1988 |
| Ernst Abbe, a man ahead of his time | Keller, H. E. | Fall 2009 |
| In the House that Abring Built (History) | Husid, M. | Fall 1992 |
| Advertisements from the 1930’s (Cameras) | Baca, J. | Fall 2000 |
| After Dresden: The migration to Jena & Kiev (cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2001 |
| A Zeiss Album from the Thirties (History)(Cameras | Brown, J. | Spring 1983 |
| Zeiss Historica Society Annual Meeting, 2001 (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2002 |
| “Anonymous” Zeiss Ikon Cameras | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| Three early Zeiss Apochromats | Schulze, F. | Spring 2013 |
| Fritz Jakobsmeier – a Zeiss Apprentice | Gubas, L. | Spring 2004 |
| Restoring an ANSALVENLO Telescope | Gould, J. | Spring 1987 |
| The Aseros | Gubas. L; | Spring 2013 |
| The Astro Department (Telescopes) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| The Astronomical Department’s First Catalog – 1899 | Grossman, N. | Fall 1990 |
| Felix Auerbach (Author of the Zeissworks and Ernst Abbe) | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| Automobile Headlights from Carl Zeiss | Mirsching, Dr. G | Fall 1993 |
| Automobile Turn Signals from Zeiss | Speidel, D. | Fall 2013 |
| Four Pages from an 1938 Automobile Accessory Catalog | Worsley, S. | Fall 2013 |
| B | ||
| Zeiss Ikon Baby Cameras | Brown, J. | Spring 1998 |
| The Canadian $100 Banknote | Schulze, F. | Spring 2013 |
| We’re certainly not afraid of Zeiss, Barr & Stroud (Binoculars) | Watson, F. | Spring 2002 |
| Walter Bauersfeld (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 2000 |
| Zeiss Bausch & Lomb Binoculars (History) | Neupert, P. | Fall 1987 |
| Battling Binoculars | Reid, W. | Fall 1995 |
| Zeiss and Bausch & Lomb Chronology (History) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1987 |
| Zeiss Bausch & Lomb Binoculars (History) | Neupert, P. | Fall 1987 |
| Zeiss Ikon’s Photo Bedarf (Accessories) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1996 |
| Bestellnummern Revisited (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1987 |
| Battling Binoculars | Reid, W. | Fall 1995 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars | Zartarian, E. | Fall 1983 |
| Important Zeiss Books (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1983 |
| Zeiss Ikon Barometer from Goerz | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| The Barringer Lens List | Buck, J. | Fall 2010 |
| The Elusive Bifort | Gubas, L. | Fall 2016 |
| More on Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars | Zartarian, E. | Fall 1988 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars of WW II | Zartarian, E. | Fall 1990 |
| Book Review – German Military Optical Technology | Seeger, H. | Spring 1998 |
| Book Review – “If Only I Had My Camera” – 1939 | Sheehy, T. | Spring 1998 |
| 100 Years of Carl Zeiss Binoculars | Zeiss Oberkochen | Fall 1994 |
| Turn-Of-The-Century Zeiss Binoculars in England | Gould, J. | Fall 1986 |
| Zeiss Theater Binoculars | Grossman, N. | Fall 2004 |
| Zeiss Binoculars London Debut | Watson, F. | Fall 1999 |
| A Short History of Zeiss Binoculars | Gubas, L. | Spring 1990 |
| More on Zeiss Binoculars | Gubas, L. | Fall 1991 |
| Postwar Hand-Held Binoculars from Jena | Grossman, N. | Spring 1993 |
| A New Zeiss Binocular | Gubas, L. | Spring 1998 |
| Zeiss binoculars – The early years | Kelly, J. | Fall 2003 |
| Zeiss Jena 10 x 70 H, an unknown member of the H binocular family | Calen, B.,Seeger, H. | Fall 2006 |
| Zeiss binoculars – preferred instruments for birdwatching?? | Vuilleumier, F. | Spring 2007 |
| Best “pattern binoculars” for the British Royal Flying Corps | Finisio, G. | Fall 2007 |
| More Zeiss Books – Reviews (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1984 |
| Book Review: “Zeiss Feldstecher, Handferngläser von 1894–1919” by Dr. Hans Seeger | Schwartzman, F. | Spring 2011 |
| Book Review: “Zeiss Feldstecher, Handferngläser von 1819–1946” by Dr. Hans Seeger | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena Photo Department 1945 Report | Gubas, L. | Spring 2011 |
| By Any Other Name (Cameras) | Zubatkin, M. | Spring 1986 |
| C | ||
| California Museum of Photography (Cameras) | Stone, W. | Fall 1984 |
| The Zeiss Cartel | Grossman, N. | Spring 1999 |
| Zeiss Ikon Catalog Numbers (Cameras) | Zubatkin, M. | Spring 1982 |
| Zeiss Ikon Camera Catalogs | Gubas, L. | Fall 1984 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena Early Photo Catalogs | Gubas, L. | Fall 2013 |
| Carl Zeiss Kamera (Camera) Register 1902-2012 | Herrmann | Spring 2013 |
| The 1927 Zeiss Ikon Camera Catalog | Gubas, L. | Fall 2010 |
| 150 Years of Carl Zeiss (History) | Editor | Fall 1996 |
| The Challenge of Wide-Angle Lenses in the Early Contax | Barringer/Ghisetti | Spring 2000 |
| For China | Worsley, S. | Spring 2015 |
| Charivari (Cameras) | Brown, J. K. | Fall 2000 |
| Christie’s Catalog Surprises (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1997 |
| Cloud Projector | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| The Coburg Connection | Barringer, C. | Fall 2005 |
| Zeiss Codewords (Telescopes) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1982 |
| Cold Weather Symbols – More Evidence (Binoculars) | Husid, M. | Spring 1992 |
| Article Commentary | Worlsey, S. | Spring 2011 |
| A Contaflex Prototype | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1983 |
| Two Compurs for the Contaflex I | Bisschops, J. | Fall 1986 |
| More on the Contaflex I | Takeda, S. | Spring 1989 |
| The Zeiss Ikon Contaflex TLR | Kibbey, M. | Spring 1981 |
| The Zeiss Ikon twin lens Contaflex | Kibbey,M., Barringer,C | Fall 2008 |
| Identifying Contaflex I Variations | Edstrom, P. | Fall 1987 |
| Another Contaflex Curiosity | Small, M. J. | Spring 1995 |
| The Contaflex and the Teleskop (Cameras) | Brown, J. | Fall 1997 |
| Contaflex SLR instruction books | Edstrom, P. | Spring 2004 |
| Contaflex 126: My Internet Journey | Schilling, J. | Fall 2005 |
| Contaflex 126: The story continues | Schilling, J. | Spring 2009 |
| Contamatic? – Bessamatic? (Cameras) | Kuc,/Barringer, C. | Fall 1987 |
| Contarex prototypes | Otto, B. | Spring 2002 |
| Contarex prototypes Part II | Otto, B. | Fall 2002 |
| Contarex and Contax RTS, Comparing the Lenses | Kämmerer, J. | Spring 1992 |
| The Contarex Super and Super Electronic | Otto, B. | Spring 2003 |
| The Contarex Family of Cameras | Gubas, L. | Spring 2007 |
| The Contarex Book – a review | Gubas, L. | Spring 2013 |
| The Contarex Continued | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| Contax CGCM Camera | Grossman, N. | Spring 1997 |
| Contax Chronicle | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1982 |
| Contax I – Mysterious Version 7 | Schlegel, S. | Spring 1985 |
| Contax Military Cameras | Pins, R. | Spring 1984 |
| Some Contax Notes | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1984 |
| Contax SLR Cameras | Kuc, H. J. | Fall 1982 |
| Zeiss Ikon Stereo Equipment for the Contax | Pilecki, G. | Fall 1981 |
| Review: On the Trail of the Contax, Vol. II | Gubas, L. | Fall 1997 |
| Who Invented the Contax | Gubas, L. | Spring 1985 |
| Contax Curiosities | Schaub, S. | Spring 1985 |
| The Black Contax II Is Not a Myth. | Baumgartner, S. | Fall 1991 |
| A Black Contax II | Mahler, D. | Fall 1999 |
| Another Contax Identification Method | Gubas, L. | Fall 1985 |
| Contax – Clovermeter and Knurling Questions | Barringer, C. | Spring 1996 |
| Identifying the Contax I | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1993 |
| An Unusual Contax I | Baumgartner, | Spring 2001 |
| Other Dummy Contax I‘s | Barringer, C. | Fall 2001 |
| Comparing Prewar Leica and Contax Part 1 & 2 | Helm, Dr. | Spring / Fall 1988 |
| More on the Great Contax Mystery | Sherman, S. | Fall 1990 |
| Pitfalls in Contax Collecting | Fearn, R. | Fall 1991 |
| Contax T – Up to Date in Camera City | Grossman, N. | Spring 1994 |
| A Contax – Dedicated Exposure Meter | Zubatkin, M. | Spring 1994 |
| Contax – The Birth of the Name | Jüttner, K. | Spring 1994 |
| In Search of the Contax IV | Wehran, W. | Fall 1999 |
| Confirmation of the Contax IV | Gubas, L. | Fall 2004 |
| Henry Ford II’s Contax III | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1998 |
| From draft to model: The first steps toward the Contax S | Schulz, A. | Spring 2002 |
| Contax G-1: Return of the Rangefinder | Stone, W. | Fall 1994 |
| Contax Prototype Viewfinder | Arnz, J. & Gubas, L. | Fall 2001 |
| Prewar Contax Viewfinders (Part I) | Barringer, C. | Fall 1996 |
| Prewar Contax Viewfinders (Part II) | Barringer, C. | Spring 1997 |
| Postwar Contax Viewfinders | Barringer, C. | Spring 1997 |
| The Jena Contax: Brief History and Spotters Guide | Barringer, C. | Spring 1999 |
| The Contax IV Prototype | Hennig, P & Mladek, M. | Fall 2002 |
| Pre-war Contax Prototypes | Gubas, L. | Fall 2016 |
| A strange Nazi Contax | Baumgartner, S. | Fall 2002 |
| A new Contax-mount rangefinder camera (Cosina) | Scott, J. | Spring 2003 |
| Contax SLR cameras Alexander Schulz (a book review) | Scott, J. | Fall 2003 |
| The Trail of the Contax continues | Gubas, L | Spring 2005 |
| Contax II & III film flatness | Hennig, P. | Spring 2005 |
| “Hybrid Contax IIIa” and dual range exposure meters | Montgomery, R.H., | Spring 2005 |
| Contax & Leitz turn signals | Gubas, L. | Spring 2008 |
| Sixteen Contax lens cap variants | Barringer, C. | Spring 2009 |
| The Contax I and its “pimple” versions | Baumgartner, S. | Fall 2011 |
| The Contax Bayonet Lens Mount | Kleinfelt, V. | Spring 2012 |
| Benchmark for Contax Prototype Lenses | Baumgartner, S. | Spring 2016 |
| Contax Specialty Cases | Gubas, L. | Spring 2016 |
| Three Contax I Cameras Exploring Alaska | Gubas, L. | Fall 2016 |
| Odd numbering of Carl Zeiss Jena Contaxes | Baumgartner, S. | Spring 2011 |
| Contessa trademarks | Gubas, L. | Spring 2008 |
| Contessa – The jewel from Zeiss Ikon | Otto, B. | Fall 2010 |
| Lens Curiosities from Jena (Cameras) | Kuc, H. J. | Fall 1987 |
| D – F | ||
| Two Carl Zeiss Departments (Measuring Instr.) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1987 |
| Diesel Engines from Zeiss Jena | Arnz, J. | Spring 1993 |
| A sentimental journal to Dresden and Jena | Stutterheim, F. | Fall 2008 |
| Zeiss in Dresden | Buckland, M. | Spring 2012 |
| The Ercona Family | Ghisetti, P. | Fall 2006 |
| Heinrich Valentin Erfle (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2000 |
| The Ergo (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1998 |
| The Evolution of the Ergo “Monocular” Camera | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| Heinrich Ernemann (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 2001 |
| Ernemann’s Advertising Stamps | Göllner, P. | Fall 2001 |
| Variations of Ernemann’s Goddess of Light | Gubas, L. | Spring 2014 |
| Ernemann Special Instrument for Theater Photography | Gubas, L. | Spring 2016 |
| Zeiss Ikon Prewar Exposure Meters | Gubas, L. | Fall 1981 |
| Zeiss on Everest (Cameras) | Small, M. J. | Fall 1993 |
| Zeiss Ikon Family Trees | Gubas, L. | Spring 2016 |
| The 500 mm Fernobjektiv in a Panflex Mount | Loder, W. | Spring 2014 |
| Fernrohrlupen (Binoculars) | Kelly. J. | Spring 2002 |
| Zeiss Ikon Film Sizes | Kibbey, M. | Spring 1981 |
| Advertising Zeiss Ikon’s Films | Otto, B. | Spring 2011 |
| Zeiss Filters | Gubas, L. | Fall 2001 |
| A 21 mm Finder – why? | Baumgartner, S. | Fall 2015 |
| Zeiss Photographic Firsts (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1986 |
| The transition from the Flektoskop to the Flektometer | Baumgartner | Spring 2003 |
| G | ||
| Zeiss Galilean Field Glasses | Grossman, N. | Fall 1985 |
| Alfred Gauthier, Calmbach 1902-2002 | Winter, W. | Fall 2003 |
| Giant Contax in Philadelphia | Barringer, C. | Spring 1985 |
| Dr. Erhardt Glatzel (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| Carl Paul Goerz (1854-1923) (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2001 |
| The Rise and Fall of the C.P. Goerz company | Mix, Thomas | Fall 2010 |
| The Goerz WorkSpring 1945 | Gubas, L. | Fall 2011 |
| Emmanuel Goldberg (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1985 |
| Grind Another Ground Glass (Cameras) | Keesing, J. | Fall 1996 |
| H | ||
| Hahn AG für Optik und Mechanik, Kassel | Gubas, L. | Fall 2012 |
| 1947 Export Fair in Hanover | H. Keiren | Spring 2010 |
| Revisiting Hensoldt (Binoculars) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1993 |
| Hensoldt in Wetzlar (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1997 |
| Hensoldt 7×56 Military Binoculars | Paca, F. | Fall 1999 |
| Hensoldt, but not Hensoldt (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2001 |
| The Herar | Gubas, L. | Spring 2009 |
| Filling the Gaps in Zeiss History | Sherman, S. | Fall 1991 |
| History of the Dresden Photo Industry (Book Review) | Gubas, J. | Fall 2001 |
| Zeiss in Hungary (History) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1990 |
| Hymn to a Small Camera | Christen, H. | Spring 1997 |
| I | ||
| Camera Identification Systems | Grossman, N. | Spring 1981 |
| Ikoflex Cameras | Gubas, L. | Spring 1983 |
| Ikoflex III | Gubas, L. | Spring 1998 |
| The Ikoflex III – almost a Veraflex | Otto, B. | Fall 2004 |
| Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex, 1934-1945 | Worsley, S | Spring 2014 |
| Ikonette: The first Zeiss Ikon camera | Worsley, S. | Spring 2008 |
| The Icarette-Ikonta Connection (Cameras) | Brown, J. | Fall 1989 |
| Development of Ikonta and Super Ikonta Part 1 | Otto, B. | Fall 2009 |
| Development of Ikonta and Super Ikonta Part 2 | Otto, B. | Spring 2010 |
| ISO Reporter (Cameras) | Ghisetti, P. | Fall 2001 |
| Ivory Contax | Barringer, J. | Spring 1987 |
| J | ||
| Wolfgang F Jacobi (History) | Herrman, M. | Fall 1998 |
| Japanese Photographic Objectives (History) | ———- | Spring 2002 |
| The Bombing of Jena (History) | Husid, M. | Spring 1991 |
| The Seven Wonders of Jena – a Pictorial (History) | ———- | Spring 1994 |
| Adding to the Wonders of Jena – Zeiss Planetaria | Brown, J. | Spring 1994 |
| Jena’s Optical Museum | Beez, H. | Fall 1995 |
| Jena At Last (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1997 |
| Americans and Russians at Jena | Nuttall, B | Fall 2002 |
| The early postwar years at Carl Zeiss Jena (Jena Contax) | Widder, W. | Spring 2003 |
| The Jenaflex AM-1 and the Jenaflex AC-1 (Cameras) | Hennig, P. | Fall 2000 |
| K | ||
| Kaprelian Files: Zeiss Lens Collection – three examples | Gubas, L. | Spring 2005 |
| Kaprelian FIles: Other Contax Shutters | Gubas, L. | Spring 2005 |
| Kiev Cameras | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1984 |
| The No-Name Kiev | Hennig, P. | Fall 2001 |
| The Kinamo movie camera | Buckland, M. | Spring 2009 |
| Kolibri 1930-1932 (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1982 |
| Heinz Küppenbender (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2000 |
| Heinz Kuppenbender’s role in Contax history | Berthet, F. | Fall 2000 |
| L | ||
| A New Concept: The L-Stand (Microscopes) | Gellis, C. | Spring 1991 |
| Zeiss Ikon Small Lab Instruments (Measuring Instr.) | Stone, W. | Fall 1987 |
| The Lehrlings (History) | Nerwin, H. | Folio 1 |
| Zeiss Sonnar Lens in Leica Mount | Brown, J. | Fall 2001 |
| Zeiss Lenses in Leica screw mount | Gubas, L. | Fall 2006 |
| The Development of Lens Coating (History) | Bisschops, J. | Fall 1989 |
| A Century of Carl Zeiss Camera Lenses | Zeiss Oberkochen | Spring 1990 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena Photographic Lens Production Figures | Gubas, L. | Spring 1999 |
| Zeiss Jena Lenses for Exakta & Praktica Cameras | Kuttner, R. | Fall 2001 |
| The lens coating patent by Zeiss (T coating) | Hennig, P/Mladek, M. | Spring 2004 |
| Zeiss 300 mm F/4 lenses: A visual history | Ghisetti, P. | Spring 2008 |
| Zeiss Lighting Products | Gubas, L. | Spring 2015 |
| Zeiss Locks | Gubas, L. | Fall 2001 |
| (Zeiss Ikon) Logo – Designs as Historical Evidence | Gubas, L. | Fall 1996 |
| Longevity of a camera design (Ica) | Scott, J. | Spring 2009 |
| M | ||
| Carl Zeiss Jena low-ower binocular Magnifiers | Winter, W. | Spring 2012 |
| MF and M Markings on Contax and other cameras (WWII) | Baumgartner , S. | Spring 2015 |
| Matters arising (commentary on prior articles) | Grossman, N. | Spring 2003 |
| Zeiss Mechanical Measuring Instruments | Grossman/Abe | Fall 1988 |
| Zeiss Optical Measuring InstrumentSpring 1883-1983 | Schulze, F. | Spring 2009 |
| Zeiss Medical Instruments | Trevelyan, C. | Spring 1998 |
| Guido Mengel: An Appreciation | Wandersleb, E. | Fall 2010 |
| Zeiss Ikon’s Last Hand Held Meters (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1995 |
| Meyer Megoflex (Cameras) | Ghisetti, P. | Fall 1997 |
| Dr. Kurt Michel (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| An Optical Gear Tooth Micrometer | Grossman, N. | Spring 1997 |
| A Brief History of the Microscope | Pfeiffer, W. | Fall 1985 |
| Early Zeiss Microscopes | Gubas, L. | Spring 1999 |
| Carl Zeiss Microscope Catalogs | Grossman, N. | Fall 1984 |
| Hensoldt’s Baby Microscopes | Gellis, C. | Fall 1983 |
| Basic Guide to Vintage Zeiss Microscopes | Walker, R. | Spring 1981 |
| Zeiss Stereo Microscopes (non identical twins from Jena and Oberkochen) | Schilling, J. | Spring 2007 |
| A Tale of Two Zeiss Microscopes | Gubas, L. | Spring 2010 |
| Unusual Zeiss Microscope Objectives | Grossman, N. | Spring 1985 |
| The Four Horsemen of Microscopy | Smith, Dr. R. | Spring 1988 |
| Zeiss Microscope Adorns Bank Note | Kuc, H. J. | Fall 1993 |
| The Early Postwar Development of Zeiss Microscopes | Gellis, C. | Spring 1997 |
| Zeiss Microscopes on Stamps | Schulze, F. | Spring 2010 |
| Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen) transmitted light Microscopes in the 1960s | Schilling, J. | Fall 2012 |
| The Zeiss Operating Microscopes | Schulze, F | Fall 2013 |
| The Mikrotar macro lenses | Barringer, C. | Fall 2007 |
| New Shutter & Tapes for a Zeiss Miroflex | Paca, F. | Fall 1990 |
| Möller and Zeiss Compact Binoculars | Kelly, J. | Spring 1999 |
| A Multipurpose Monocular | Brown, J. | Spring 1995 |
| The Movikon 16 System (Cameras) | Barringer, C. | Spring 1998 |
| The pre-war Movikon 8 Cine Camera | Worsley, S. | Fall 2013 |
| Movikon K 8 | Worsley, S. | Spring 2015 |
| The Oberkochen Optical Museum (History) | Pfeiffer, Dr. W. | Spring 1983 |
| Zeiss Rollei-Mutars (Cameras) | Sheehy, T. | Fall 1991 |
| Zeiss Leica Mystery Lens | Sherman, S. | Spring 1990 |
| Mystery Lens from the Zeiss Collection (Early Orthometar) | Baumgartner, S. | Spring 2016 |
| N | ||
| Zeiss Ikon and Dr. August Nagel (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1984 |
| August Nagel and the Retina | Wallage, P. | Fall 2005 |
| Further Thoughts on August Nagel | Gubas, L. | Fall 2007 |
| The Zeiss Neophot (Microscopes) | Danner, W. | Fall 1981 |
| 1980 Talk by Hubert Nerwin (Cameras) | Scheid/Grossman | Spring 1981 |
| Carl Zeiss in the Netherlands | Grossman, N. | Fall 2003 |
| A Nettar B (Cameras) | Zubatkin, M. | Spring 1986 |
| Tracking the Nettar 516 (Cameras) | Sundberg/Ghisetti | Fall 1996 |
| Further Nettar Nattering (Cameras) | Brown, J. | Spring 1997 |
| A Nettar Mystery | Worsley, S. | Fall 2013 |
| New Beginnings in Stuttgart (History) | Kuc, H. J. | Spring 1998 |
| New Publications-History of Contax ’32-’62 & Spiegel-Contax | Gubas, L. | Spring 2001 |
| O | ||
| A Visit to Oberkochen (History) | Kibbey, M. | Folio 2 |
| The Oberkochen Optical Museum | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| The Growth of Carl Zeiss Oberkochen 1947-2013 | Schulze, F | Spring 2014 |
| German Optical Codes (Military Optics) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1982 |
| New Light on German Optical Codes (Military Optics) | Grossman, N. | Fall 1983 |
| The Optovar | Schulze, F. | Spring 2013 |
| The Original Contax focal-plane shutter (Cameras) | Hennig, P. | Spring 2002 |
| WWII German Manufacturers Optical Codes | Grossman, N. | Fall 1990 |
| P | ||
| Pencils and Pipes are not always what they appear | Nerwin, H. | Folio 2 |
| The Planar | Nasse, H. | Spring 2013 |
| 125 Years of Zeiss Photo Lenses | Gubas, L. | Spring 2015 |
| Zeiss Planetaria | Gubas, L. | Spring 1983 |
| A Cosmic View From Earth – Zeiss Planetaria | Husid, M. | Spring 1994 |
| Polygons, Arcs & Ikons (Camera Design) | Brown, J. | Spring 1998 |
| Rene Ahrle and his artistic Poster Ddesigns | Otto,B. | Fall 2012 |
| Zeiss Precision Gauge Blocks | Grossman, N | Spring 1996 |
| Preserve or Restore (All Collectibles) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1991 |
| Pre-Zeiss Ikon Camera Design | Gubas, L. | Spring 2000 |
| Zeiss related Printers’ blocks | Gubas, L. | Fall 2009 |
| Zeiss Ikon camera production | Worsley, S. | Spring 2008 |
| Prototype Lenses for Contax, Contaflex & Contarex | Kämmerer, J. | Spring 2001 |
| Zeiss Ikon catalog publication numbers | Worsley, S. | Fall 2008 |
| Punktal Lenses (Eyeglasses) | Pfeiffer, Dr. W. | Spring 1993 |
| Q – R | ||
| Prime Quality Symbol (Binoculars) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1988 |
| More on Quality Symbols (Telescopes) | Stone, W. | Fall 1989 |
| Quartermaster Forward This Instrument to Jena (Binoculars) | Ringler, W. | Folio 1 |
| Zeiss Rangefinders for the Czar’s Army | Grossman, N. | Fall 1984 |
| Zeiss Four Meter Stereo Rangefinder | Grossman, N. | Spring 1987 |
| William Reid – Binocular Collector Extraordinaire | Watson, F. | Fall 2016 |
| Retrofocus Lenses – why they were invented | Nasse, H. | Spring 2012 |
| Rifle Telescope sights from Zeiss | Schilling, J. | Fall 2004 |
| Zeiss Magnars (for Rollei TLRs)(Cameras) | Sheehy, T. | Fall 1992 |
| More on Zeiss Tele Lenses for Rollei TLRs (Cameras) | Pins, R. | Spring 1993 |
| Paul Rudolph | Gubas | Fall 2000 |
| Paul Rudolph’s Photographic Lenses | Gubas, L. | Fall 1983 |
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| Zeiss Ikon Safelight (Cameras) | Morton, L. | Spring 1997 |
| Hans Sauer (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2002 |
| Otto Schott (History) | Schreiner, T. | Fall 1981 |
| Otto Schott, an innovative glassmaker | Gubas, L. | Fall 2009 |
| Zeiss Ikon Serial Numbers 1926 to 1939 (Cameras) | Worsley, S. | Fall 1993 |
| Zeiss Ikon folders with “starred” serial numbers | Barringer, C. | Fall 2006 |
| Follow-up on “starred” serial numbers | Barringer, C. | Fall 2007 |
| Siegfried’s Journey (History) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1993 |
| The Simplex 511/2 Zeiss Ikon’s only bakelite camera | Otto, B. | Spring 2012 |
| The Zeiss – Gullstrand Slitlamp | Schulze, F. | Fall 2005 |
| SLR Contax oFall 1949 | Schulz, A. | Fall 2001 |
| Alexandar Smakula (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1999 |
| The Olympia Sonnar (Cameras) | Barringer, C. | Spring 1989 |
| The F/1.5 20 cm Sonnar | Gubas, L. | Fall 2012 |
| Zeiss Ikon’s Statistical Machine | Buckland, M. | Spring 1995 |
| The C Sonnar F/1.5 50 mm T* ZM | Hennig, P. | Fall 2006 |
| Postwar Carl Zeiss Stereo Device (Cameras) | Ghisetti, P. | Spring 1998 |
| A Zeiss/B&L Stereo Microscope | Matthies, F. | Fall 1989 |
| From binoculars to microscopes | Grossman, N. | Spring 2005 |
| Prewar and postwar Stereo Devices from Zeiss Ikon | Barringer, C. | Spring 2003 |
| Stereo devices from Kiev | Ghisetti, P. | Spring 2003 |
| Postwar stereo devices from Carl Zeiss Jena | Otto, B. | Fall 2003 |
| Dr. Rudolph Straubel (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1999 |
| Kodak Zeiss Ikon and Camera Style | Brown, J. | Spring 1986 |
| Zeiss Super Ikonta B | Brown, J. & Baca, J. | Fall 1999 |
| The Super Ikontas (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1982 |
| The development of the Ikonta and Super Ikonta (I) | Otto, B. | Fall 2009 |
| Disassembly of the Super Nettel I (Cameras) | Alvarado, S. | Fall 1992 |
| Early Zeiss Surveying Instruments | Grossman, N. | Fall 1984 |
| From Syntax to Praktina | Schulz, A. | Spring 2008 |
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| The Tengoflex | Ghisetti, P. | Fall 2004 |
| The Tenax I and its Successors (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1983 |
| The Tenax X-Ray Camera | Gubas, L. | Spring 1983 |
| New Work for an Old Tenax (Cameras) | Kibbey, M. | Spring 1993 |
| The Tenax II – some interesting novelties | Gubas, L. | Fall 2011 |
| The Teleplast Binoculars (1907-1910??) | Gubas, L. | Fall 2015 |
| A Military Mast Telescope | Grossman, N. | Fall 1989 |
| Large Zeiss Observatory Telescopes in the U.S. | Grossman, N. | Spring 1981 |
| A Carl Zeiss Telescope | Grossman, N. | Fall 1982 |
| A 60mm Zeiss Telescope | Gorgon, R. | Fall 1988 |
| Zeiss Telescope at Augustana College | Grossman, N. | Fall 1990 |
| Zeiss Telescope Production in Jena | Grossman, N. | Spring 1989 |
| Zeiss Telescopes – Bergedorf’s Hamburger Sternwarte | Husid, M. | Fall 1994 |
| A Zeiss Folding Stereo Telescope | Surmont, A. | Fall 1995 |
| A Walking-stick Telescope | Gubas, L. | Spring 1999 |
| The early observatory telescopes of Carl Zeiss | Abrahams, P. | Spring 2006 |
| Zeiss Terrestrial Telescopes Illustrated | Gubas, L. | Spring 2014 |
| Zeiss Turret Terrestrial binocular telescopes | Doherty, F.,Rohan, S. | Fall 2008 |
| Zeiss Tele Tessar 30 cm f/8 | Ghisetti, P. | Spring 2002 |
| The Tenax | Dechert, P. | Spring 2006 |
| Further notes on the Tenax | Worsley, S. | Fall 2006 |
| The rare Tengoflex | Otto, B. | Fall 2011 |
| Happy Birthday, Tessar | Otto, B. | Fall 2002 |
| The Tessar | H. Nasse | Fall 2012 |
| 115 mm f3.5 Tessar for the Panflex [5522/23] | Loder, W. | Fall 2015 |
| Zeiss Ikon and Television: Fernseh AG | Buckland, M. | Fall 1995 |
| Zeiss Tele-Microscope | Kelly, J. | Spring 2007 |
| Depth Perception and the Zeiss Teleplast | Watson, F. | Fall 2016 |
| Teleweit and Telekipp (Early prismatic riflescopes) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2014 |
| Hartmut Thiele’s Fabrikationsbuch Photooptik Carl Zeiss revisited | Barringer, C. | Spring 2004 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena lenses for Contax after Thiele | McSharry | Spring 2006 |
| In the Footsteps of the Zeiss Theodolite D | Grossman, N. | Fall 1996 |
| Tiny Trademarks (Cameras) | Barringer, C. | Spring 1995 |
| The Topogon Wide-angle (Cameras) | Arnz, J. | Fall 1990 |
| The Topogon – A Footnote (Cameras) | Barringer, C. | Spring 1991 |
| The Topogon Story Episode Three (Cameras) | Arnz, J. | Spring 1996 |
| A 25 mm Topogon finder | Baumgartner, S. | Spring 2007 |
| Keeping the Tradition (Telescopes) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1989 |
| Zeiss Wooden Tripods | Grossman, N. | Fall 2005 |
| The Triotar | Ghisetti, P. | Spring 2006 |
| Turmon Monoculars | Brown, J. | Fall 1989 |
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| The UHU: An owl’s eye for your camera | Barringer, C. | Fall 2005 |
| Zeiss in the UK, part 1 | Ober, H. | Spring 2011 |
| Zeiss in the UK, part 2 | Ober, H. | Fall 2011 |
| VEB Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart | Gubas, L | Spring 2015 |
| Mystery Zeiss Viewfinder | Barringer, C. | Fall 2006 |
| A strange 436/70 Viewfinder – precursor of 440 finder | Baumgartner, S. | Spring 2009 |
| A Voice from 1937 (Cameras) | Anonymous | Fall 2000 |
| The Voigtländer Prototype 132 | Otto, B. | Spring 2004 |
| Zeiss cameras adapted from Voigtländer | Nannichi, Y. | Fall 2007 |
| Moritz Von Rohr (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1999 |
| Ernst Wandersleb (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1999 |
| Photographs by Ernst Wandersleb (pre-1910) | Wandersleb, E. | Spring 2004 |
| Wica & Unica: Experimental Cameras from Jena | Arnz, J. | Fall 1992 |
| Werra: Ingenuity Behind the Iron Curtain (Cameras) | Nannichi, Y. | Fall 1992 |
| The US Army and “We take the brain“ | Gubas, L. | Fall 2016 |
| The Werra: Some Interesting rarities | Arnz, J. | Fall 2012 |
| The Werra – the design miracle from East Germany | Herrmann, M. | Spring 2013 |
| Reminiscences of Zeiss Ikon with Wolf Wehran (History) | Kuc, H. J. | Fall 1993 |
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| Zeiss and the Teleater (Binoculars) | Kelley, J. | Fall 1998 |
| A Hybrid Zeiss/Ross Lens (Cameras) | Morton, L. | Spring 1992 |
| Zeiss & Ross, London & Mill Hill (Binoculars) | Reid, W. | Spring 2001 |
| Zeiss Abroad (History) | Grossman, N. | Spring 1984 |
| The Birth of Zeiss Ikon (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1984 |
| Prewar Zeiss Ikon 35mm (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1988 |
| Zeiss Memoirs (History) | Herzberger, M. | Folio 1 |
| Zeiss Universarium (Planetarium) | Gubas, L. | Fall 2000 |
| Zeiss – The Postwar Years (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1984 |
| Products from Zeiss Vienna (Binoculars) | Grossman, N. | Fall 1985 |
| A 1963 Visit to Zeiss Ikon in Stuttgart (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1986 |
| Zeiss by Mail (History) | Gellis/Grossman | Fall 1988 |
| Zeiss Ikon’s First Postwar Camera Family | Gubas, L. | Spring 1991 |
| How good are the prewar Zeiss lenses | Scott, J./ Hennig P,/ | Spring 2003 |
| Zeiss Trademark (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1998 |
| Something Zeiss to Say (Cameras) | Bedore, G. | Spring 1991 |
| Zeiss Ikon at the Fleetwood (Cameras) | Helmke, G. | Spring 1994 |
| A new Zeiss Ikon – new Zeiss M mount lenses | Barringer, C. | Fall 2004 |
| Zeiss Ikon: The Golden Age Part 1 (History) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1994 |
| Zeiss Ikon, The Golden Age Part 2 (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1995 |
| Zeiss Ikon, Roots & Origins (History) | Brown, J. K. | Fall 2000 |
| Zeiss Serial Number Sequence (Binoculars) | Kelly, J. | Spring 2000 |
| All Zeiss Ikon All the Time! (Cameras) | Gubas, L. | Fall 1998 |
| Some Unusual Zeiss Ikon Cameras | Gubas, L. | Spring 2000 |
| Changing Times, new styles for Zeiss Ikon Advertising | Brown, J. | Fall 2002 |
| Zeiss Ikon and the Third Reich | Otto, B. | Spring 2005 |
| The new Zeiss Ikon camera and lenses | Scott, J. | Fall 2007 |
| Zeiss Ikon – The Early Years (marking time) | Gubas, L | Spring 2016 |
| Larry Gubas’ Zeiss and Photography – a review | Carter, R. | Spring 2014 |
| Zeiss factories and offices prior to World War I | Gubas, L | Spring 2014 |
| Zeiss Ikon 1926-1971 | Letsche, H. | Fall 2007 |
| Zeiss Ikon’s Zeitlupe (High Speed Cine Camera) | Gubas, L. | Spring 1996 |
| Two interesting ZIAG cameras | Ghisette | Spring 2007 |
| Harry Zöllner (History) | Gubas, L. | Spring 2002 |