Zeiss Historica (1979 – 2016)

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.

This group photo, taken in August 1989 at Zeiss Historica’s annual meeting at Carl Zeiss headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany.

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.

Larry Gubas was a charter member of Zeiss Historica in 1979.  Along the way he was an Archivist, Secretary, Editor, and in 2001, became the President, a role he held until the group’s end.

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
Ernst Abbe and the (Zeiss) Foundation (History)
Takeda, S.
Ernst Abbe, a man ahead of his time
Keller, H. E.
In the House that Abring Built (History)
Husid, M.
Advertisements from the 1930’s (Cameras)
Baca, J.
After Dresden: The migration to Jena & Kiev (cameras)
Gubas, L.
A Zeiss Album from the Thirties (History)(Cameras
Brown, J.
Zeiss Historica Society Annual Meeting, 2001 (History)
Gubas, L.
Anonymous” Zeiss Ikon Cameras
Gubas, L.
Three early Zeiss Apochromats
Schulze, F.
Fritz Jakobsmeier – a Zeiss Apprentice
Gubas, L.
Restoring an ANSALVENLO Telescope
Gould, J.
The Aseros
Gubas. L;
The Astro Department (Telescopes)
Gubas, L.
The Astronomical Department’s First Catalog – 1899
Grossman, N.
Felix Auerbach  (Author of the Zeissworks and Ernst Abbe)
Gubas, L.
Automobile Headlights from Carl Zeiss
Mirsching, Dr. G
Automobile Turn Signals from Zeiss
Speidel, D.
Four Pages from an 1938 Automobile Accessory Catalog
Worsley, S.
B
Zeiss Ikon Baby Cameras
Brown, J.
The Canadian $100 Banknote
Schulze, F.
We’re certainly not afraid of Zeiss, Barr & Stroud (Binoculars)
Watson, F.
Walter Bauersfeld (History)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Bausch & Lomb Binoculars (History)
Neupert, P.
Battling Binoculars
Reid, W.
Zeiss and Bausch & Lomb Chronology (History)
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Bausch & Lomb Binoculars (History)
Neupert, P.
Zeiss Ikon’s Photo Bedarf (Accessories)
Gubas, L.
Bestellnummern Revisited (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Battling Binoculars
Reid, W.
Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars
Zartarian, E.
Important Zeiss Books (History)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon Barometer from Goerz
Gubas, L.
The Barringer Lens List
Buck, J.
The Elusive Bifort
Gubas, L.
More on Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars
Zartarian, E.
Carl Zeiss Jena Binoculars of WW II
Zartarian, E.
Book Review – German Military Optical Technology
Seeger, H.
Book Review – “If Only I Had My Camera” – 1939
Sheehy, T.
100 Years of Carl Zeiss Binoculars
Zeiss Oberkochen
Turn-Of-The-Century Zeiss Binoculars in England
Gould, J.
Zeiss Theater Binoculars
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Binoculars London Debut
Watson, F.
A Short History of Zeiss Binoculars
Gubas, L.
More on Zeiss Binoculars
Gubas, L.
Postwar Hand-Held Binoculars from Jena
Grossman, N.
A New Zeiss Binocular
Gubas, L.
Zeiss binoculars – The early years
Kelly, J.
Zeiss Jena 10 x 70 H, an unknown member of the H binocular family
Calen, B.,Seeger, H.
Zeiss binoculars – preferred instruments for birdwatching??
Vuilleumier, F.
Best “pattern binoculars” for the British Royal Flying Corps
Finisio, G.
More Zeiss Books – Reviews (History)
Gubas, L.
Book Review: “Zeiss Feldstecher, Handferngläser von 1894–1919” by Dr. Hans Seeger
Schwartzman, F.
Book Review: “Zeiss Feldstecher, Handferngläser von 1819–1946” by Dr. Hans Seeger
Gubas, L.
Carl Zeiss Jena Photo Department 1945 Report
Gubas, L.
By Any Other Name (Cameras)
Zubatkin, M.
C
California Museum of Photography (Cameras)
Stone, W.
The Zeiss Cartel
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Ikon Catalog Numbers (Cameras)
Zubatkin, M.
Zeiss Ikon Camera Catalogs
Gubas, L.
Carl Zeiss Jena Early Photo Catalogs
Gubas, L.
Carl Zeiss Kamera (Camera) Register 1902-2012
Herrmann
The 1927 Zeiss Ikon Camera Catalog
Gubas, L.
150 Years of Carl Zeiss (History)
Editor
The Challenge of Wide-Angle Lenses in the Early Contax
Barringer/Ghisetti
For China
Worsley, S.
Charivari (Cameras)
Brown, J. K.
Christie’s Catalog Surprises (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Cloud Projector
Gubas, L.
The Coburg Connection
Barringer, C.
Zeiss Codewords (Telescopes)
Grossman, N.
Cold Weather Symbols – More Evidence (Binoculars)
Husid, M.
Article Commentary
Worlsey, S.
A Contaflex Prototype
Kuc, H. J.
Two Compurs for the Contaflex I
Bisschops, J.
More on the Contaflex I
Takeda, S.
The Zeiss Ikon Contaflex TLR
Kibbey, M.
The Zeiss Ikon twin lens Contaflex
Kibbey,M., Barringer,C
Identifying Contaflex I Variations
Edstrom, P.
Another Contaflex Curiosity
Small, M. J.
The Contaflex and the Teleskop (Cameras)
Brown, J.
Contaflex SLR instruction books
Edstrom, P.
Contaflex 126: My Internet Journey
Schilling, J.
Contaflex 126: The story continues
Schilling, J.
Contamatic? – Bessamatic? (Cameras)
Kuc,/Barringer, C.
Contarex prototypes
Otto, B.
Contarex prototypes Part II
Otto, B.
Contarex and Contax RTS, Comparing the Lenses
Kämmerer, J.
The Contarex Super and Super Electronic
Otto, B.
The Contarex Family of Cameras
Gubas, L.
The Contarex Book – a review
Gubas, L.
The Contarex Continued
Gubas, L.
Contax CGCM Camera
Grossman, N.
Contax Chronicle
Kuc, H. J.
Contax I – Mysterious Version 7
Schlegel, S.
Contax Military Cameras
Pins, R.
Some Contax Notes
Kuc, H. J.
Contax SLR Cameras
Kuc, H. J.
Zeiss Ikon Stereo Equipment for the Contax
Pilecki, G.
Review: On the Trail of the Contax, Vol. II
Gubas, L.
Who Invented the Contax
Gubas, L.
Contax Curiosities
Schaub, S.
The Black Contax II Is Not a Myth.
Baumgartner, S.
A Black Contax II
Mahler, D.
Another Contax Identification Method
Gubas, L.
Contax – Clovermeter and Knurling Questions
Barringer, C.
Identifying the Contax I
Kuc, H. J.
An Unusual Contax I
Baumgartner,
Other Dummy Contax I‘s
Barringer, C.
Comparing Prewar Leica and Contax Part 1 & 2
Helm, Dr.
More on the Great Contax Mystery
Sherman, S.
Pitfalls in Contax Collecting
Fearn, R.
Contax T – Up to Date in Camera City
Grossman, N.
A Contax – Dedicated Exposure Meter
Zubatkin, M.
Contax – The Birth of the Name
Jüttner, K.
In Search of the Contax IV
Wehran, W.
Confirmation of the Contax IV
Gubas, L.
Henry Ford II’s Contax III
Kuc, H. J.
From draft to model: The first steps toward the Contax S
Schulz, A.
Contax G-1: Return of the Rangefinder
Stone, W.
Contax Prototype Viewfinder
Arnz, J. & Gubas, L.
Prewar Contax Viewfinders (Part I)
Barringer, C.
Prewar Contax Viewfinders (Part II)
Barringer, C.
Postwar Contax Viewfinders
Barringer, C.
The Jena Contax: Brief History and Spotters Guide
Barringer, C.
The Contax IV Prototype
Hennig, P & Mladek, M.
Pre-war Contax Prototypes
Gubas, L.
A strange Nazi Contax
Baumgartner, S.
A new Contax-mount rangefinder camera (Cosina)
Scott, J.
Contax SLR cameras Alexander Schulz  (a book review)
Scott, J.
The Trail of the Contax continues
Gubas, L
Contax II & III film flatness
Hennig, P.
“Hybrid Contax IIIa” and dual range exposure meters
Montgomery, R.H.,
Contax & Leitz turn signals
Gubas, L.
Sixteen Contax lens cap variants
Barringer, C.
The Contax I and its “pimple” versions
Baumgartner, S.
The Contax Bayonet Lens Mount
Kleinfelt, V.
Benchmark for Contax Prototype Lenses
Baumgartner, S.
Contax Specialty Cases
Gubas, L.
Three Contax I Cameras Exploring Alaska
Gubas, L.
Odd numbering of Carl Zeiss Jena Contaxes
Baumgartner, S.
Contessa trademarks
Gubas, L.
Contessa – The jewel from Zeiss Ikon
Otto, B.
Lens Curiosities from Jena (Cameras)
Kuc, H. J.
D – F
Two Carl Zeiss Departments (Measuring Instr.)
Grossman, N.
Diesel Engines from Zeiss Jena
Arnz, J.
A sentimental journal to Dresden and Jena
Stutterheim, F.
Zeiss in Dresden
Buckland, M.
The Ercona Family
Ghisetti, P.
Heinrich Valentin Erfle (History)
Gubas, L.
The Ergo (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
The Evolution of the Ergo “Monocular” Camera
Gubas, L.
Heinrich Ernemann (History)
Gubas, L.
Ernemann’s Advertising Stamps
Göllner, P.
Variations of Ernemann’s Goddess of Light
Gubas, L.
Ernemann Special Instrument for Theater Photography
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon Prewar Exposure Meters
Gubas, L.
Zeiss on Everest (Cameras)
Small, M. J.
Zeiss Ikon Family Trees
Gubas, L.
The 500 mm Fernobjektiv in a Panflex Mount
Loder, W.
Fernrohrlupen (Binoculars)
Kelly. J.
Zeiss Ikon Film Sizes
Kibbey, M.
Advertising Zeiss Ikon’s Films
Otto, B.
Zeiss Filters
Gubas, L.
A 21 mm Finder – why?
Baumgartner, S.
Zeiss Photographic Firsts (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
The transition from the Flektoskop to the Flektometer
Baumgartner
G
Zeiss Galilean Field Glasses
Grossman, N.
Alfred Gauthier, Calmbach 1902-2002
Winter, W.
Giant Contax in Philadelphia
Barringer, C.
Dr. Erhardt Glatzel (History)
Gubas, L.
Carl Paul Goerz (1854-1923) (History)
Gubas, L.
The Rise and Fall of the C.P. Goerz company
Mix, Thomas
The Goerz WorkSpring 1945
Gubas, L.
Emmanuel Goldberg (History)
Gubas, L.
Grind Another Ground Glass (Cameras)
Keesing, J.
H
Hahn AG für Optik und Mechanik, Kassel
Gubas, L.
1947 Export Fair in Hanover
H. Keiren
Revisiting Hensoldt  (Binoculars)
Grossman, N.
Hensoldt in Wetzlar (History)
Gubas, L.
Hensoldt 7×56 Military Binoculars
Paca, F.
Hensoldt, but not Hensoldt (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
The Herar
Gubas, L.
Filling the Gaps in Zeiss History
Sherman, S.
History of the Dresden Photo Industry (Book Review)
Gubas, J.
Zeiss in Hungary (History)
Grossman, N.
Hymn to a Small Camera
Christen, H.
I
Camera Identification Systems
Grossman, N.
Ikoflex Cameras
Gubas, L.
Ikoflex III
Gubas, L.
The Ikoflex III – almost a Veraflex
Otto, B.
Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex, 1934-1945
Worsley, S
Ikonette: The first Zeiss Ikon camera
Worsley, S.
The Icarette-Ikonta Connection (Cameras)
Brown, J.
Development of Ikonta and Super Ikonta Part 1
Otto, B.
Development of Ikonta and Super Ikonta Part 2
Otto, B.
ISO Reporter (Cameras)
Ghisetti, P.
Ivory Contax
Barringer, J.
J
Wolfgang F Jacobi (History)
Herrman, M.
Japanese Photographic Objectives  (History)
———-
The Bombing of Jena (History)
Husid, M.
The Seven Wonders of Jena – a Pictorial (History)
———-
Adding to the Wonders of Jena – Zeiss Planetaria
Brown, J.
Jena’s Optical Museum
Beez, H.
Jena At Last (History)
Gubas, L.
Americans and Russians at Jena
Nuttall, B
The early postwar years at Carl Zeiss Jena (Jena Contax)
Widder, W.
The Jenaflex AM-1 and the Jenaflex AC-1 (Cameras)
Hennig, P.
K
Kaprelian Files: Zeiss Lens Collection – three examples
Gubas, L.
Kaprelian FIles: Other Contax Shutters
Gubas, L.
Kiev Cameras
Kuc, H. J.
The No-Name Kiev
Hennig, P.
The Kinamo movie camera
Buckland, M.
Kolibri 1930-1932 (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Heinz Küppenbender (History)
Gubas, L.
Heinz Kuppenbender’s role in Contax history
Berthet, F.
L
A New Concept: The L-Stand (Microscopes)
Gellis, C.
Zeiss Ikon Small Lab Instruments (Measuring Instr.)
Stone, W.
The Lehrlings (History)
Nerwin, H.
Zeiss Sonnar Lens in Leica Mount
Brown, J.
Zeiss Lenses in Leica screw mount
Gubas, L.
The Development of Lens Coating (History)
Bisschops, J.
A Century of Carl Zeiss Camera Lenses
Zeiss Oberkochen
Carl Zeiss Jena Photographic Lens Production Figures
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Jena Lenses for Exakta & Praktica Cameras
Kuttner, R.
The lens coating patent by Zeiss (T coating)
Hennig, P/Mladek, M.
Zeiss 300 mm F/4 lenses: A visual history
Ghisetti, P.
Zeiss Lighting Products
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Locks
Gubas, L.
(Zeiss Ikon) Logo – Designs as Historical Evidence
Gubas, L.
Longevity of a camera design (Ica)
Scott, J.
M
Carl Zeiss Jena low-ower binocular Magnifiers
Winter, W.
MF and M Markings on Contax and other cameras (WWII)
Baumgartner , S.
Matters arising (commentary on prior articles)
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Mechanical Measuring Instruments
Grossman/Abe
Zeiss Optical Measuring InstrumentSpring 1883-1983
Schulze, F.
Zeiss Medical Instruments
Trevelyan, C.
Guido Mengel: An Appreciation
Wandersleb, E.
Zeiss Ikon’s Last Hand Held Meters (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Meyer Megoflex (Cameras)
Ghisetti, P.
Dr. Kurt Michel (History)
Gubas, L.
An Optical Gear Tooth Micrometer
Grossman, N.
A Brief History of the Microscope
Pfeiffer, W.
Early Zeiss Microscopes
Gubas, L.
Carl Zeiss Microscope Catalogs
Grossman, N.
Hensoldt’s Baby Microscopes
Gellis, C.
Basic Guide to Vintage Zeiss Microscopes
Walker, R.
Zeiss Stereo Microscopes (non identical twins from Jena and Oberkochen)
Schilling, J.
A Tale of Two Zeiss Microscopes
Gubas, L.
Unusual Zeiss Microscope Objectives
Grossman, N.
The Four Horsemen of Microscopy
Smith, Dr. R.
Zeiss Microscope Adorns Bank Note
Kuc, H. J.
The Early Postwar Development of Zeiss Microscopes
Gellis, C.
Zeiss Microscopes on Stamps
Schulze, F.
Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen) transmitted light Microscopes in the 1960s
Schilling, J.
The Zeiss Operating Microscopes
Schulze, F
The Mikrotar macro lenses
Barringer, C.
New Shutter & Tapes for a Zeiss Miroflex
Paca, F.
Möller and Zeiss Compact Binoculars
Kelly, J.
A Multipurpose Monocular
Brown, J.
The Movikon 16 System (Cameras)
Barringer, C.
The pre-war Movikon 8 Cine Camera
Worsley, S.
Movikon K 8
Worsley, S.
The Oberkochen Optical Museum (History)
Pfeiffer, Dr. W.
Zeiss Rollei-Mutars (Cameras)
Sheehy, T.
Zeiss Leica Mystery Lens
Sherman, S.
Mystery Lens from the Zeiss Collection (Early Orthometar)
Baumgartner, S.
N
Zeiss Ikon and Dr. August Nagel (History)
Gubas, L.
August Nagel and the Retina
Wallage, P.
Further Thoughts on August Nagel
Gubas, L.
The Zeiss Neophot (Microscopes)
Danner, W.
1980 Talk by Hubert Nerwin (Cameras)
Scheid/Grossman
Carl Zeiss in the Netherlands
Grossman, N.
A Nettar B (Cameras)
Zubatkin, M.
Tracking the Nettar 516 (Cameras)
Sundberg/Ghisetti
Further Nettar Nattering (Cameras)
Brown, J.
A Nettar Mystery
Worsley, S.
New Beginnings in Stuttgart (History)
Kuc, H. J.
New Publications-History of Contax ’32-’62 & Spiegel-Contax
Gubas, L.
O
A Visit to Oberkochen (History)
Kibbey, M.
The Oberkochen Optical Museum
Gubas, L.
The Growth of Carl Zeiss Oberkochen 1947-2013
Schulze, F
German Optical Codes (Military Optics)
Grossman, N.
New Light on German Optical Codes (Military Optics)
Grossman, N.
The Optovar
Schulze, F.
The Original Contax focal-plane shutter (Cameras)
Hennig, P.
WWII German Manufacturers Optical Codes
Grossman, N.
P
Pencils and Pipes are not always what they appear
Nerwin, H.
The Planar
Nasse, H.
125 Years of Zeiss Photo Lenses
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Planetaria
Gubas, L.
A Cosmic View From Earth – Zeiss Planetaria
Husid, M.
Polygons, Arcs & Ikons (Camera Design)
Brown, J.
Rene Ahrle and his artistic Poster Ddesigns
Otto,B.
Zeiss Precision Gauge Blocks
Grossman, N
Preserve or Restore (All Collectibles)
Grossman, N.
Pre-Zeiss Ikon Camera Design
Gubas, L.
Zeiss related Printers’ blocks
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon camera production
Worsley, S.
Prototype Lenses for Contax, Contaflex & Contarex
Kämmerer, J.
Zeiss Ikon catalog publication numbers
Worsley, S.
Punktal Lenses (Eyeglasses)
Pfeiffer, Dr. W.
Q – R
Prime Quality Symbol (Binoculars)
Grossman, N.
More on Quality Symbols (Telescopes)
Stone, W.
Quartermaster Forward This Instrument to Jena (Binoculars)
Ringler, W.
Zeiss Rangefinders for the Czar’s Army
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Four Meter Stereo Rangefinder
Grossman, N.
William Reid – Binocular Collector Extraordinaire
Watson, F.
Retrofocus Lenses – why they were invented
Nasse, H.
Rifle Telescope sights from Zeiss
Schilling, J.
Zeiss Magnars (for Rollei TLRs)(Cameras)
Sheehy, T.
More on Zeiss Tele Lenses for Rollei TLRs (Cameras)
Pins, R.
Paul Rudolph
Gubas
Paul Rudolph’s Photographic Lenses
Gubas, L.
S
Zeiss Ikon Safelight (Cameras)
Morton, L.
Hans Sauer (History)
Gubas, L.
Otto Schott (History)
Schreiner, T.
Otto Schott, an innovative glassmaker
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon Serial Numbers 1926 to 1939 (Cameras)
Worsley, S.
Zeiss Ikon folders with “starred” serial numbers
Barringer, C.
Follow-up on “starred” serial numbers
Barringer, C.
Siegfried’s Journey (History)
Grossman, N.
The Simplex 511/2 Zeiss Ikon’s only bakelite camera
Otto, B.
The Zeiss – Gullstrand Slitlamp
Schulze, F.
SLR Contax oFall 1949
Schulz, A.
Alexandar Smakula (History)
Gubas, L.
The Olympia Sonnar (Cameras)
Barringer, C.
The F/1.5 20 cm Sonnar
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon’s Statistical Machine
Buckland, M.
The C Sonnar F/1.5 50 mm T* ZM
Hennig, P.
Postwar Carl Zeiss Stereo Device (Cameras)
Ghisetti, P.
A Zeiss/B&L Stereo Microscope
Matthies, F.
From binoculars to microscopes
Grossman, N.
Prewar and postwar Stereo Devices from Zeiss Ikon
Barringer, C.
Stereo devices from Kiev
Ghisetti, P.
Postwar stereo devices from Carl Zeiss Jena
Otto, B.
Dr. Rudolph Straubel (History)
Gubas, L.
Kodak Zeiss Ikon and Camera Style
Brown, J.
Zeiss Super Ikonta B
Brown, J. & Baca, J.
The Super Ikontas (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
The development of the Ikonta and Super Ikonta (I)
Otto, B.
Disassembly of the Super Nettel I (Cameras)
Alvarado, S.
Early Zeiss Surveying Instruments
Grossman, N.
From Syntax to Praktina
Schulz, A.
T
The Tengoflex
Ghisetti, P.
The Tenax I and its Successors (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
The Tenax X-Ray Camera
Gubas, L.
New Work for an Old Tenax (Cameras)
Kibbey, M.
The Tenax II – some interesting novelties
Gubas, L.
The Teleplast Binoculars (1907-1910??)
Gubas, L.
A Military Mast Telescope
Grossman, N.
Large Zeiss Observatory Telescopes in the U.S.
Grossman, N.
A Carl Zeiss Telescope
Grossman, N.
A 60mm Zeiss Telescope
Gorgon, R.
Zeiss Telescope at Augustana College
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Telescope Production in Jena
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Telescopes – Bergedorf’s Hamburger Sternwarte
Husid, M.
A Zeiss Folding Stereo Telescope
Surmont, A.
A Walking-stick Telescope
Gubas, L.
The early observatory telescopes of Carl Zeiss
Abrahams, P.
Zeiss Terrestrial Telescopes Illustrated
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Turret Terrestrial binocular telescopes
Doherty, F.,Rohan, S.
Zeiss Tele Tessar 30 cm f/8
Ghisetti, P.
The Tenax
Dechert, P.
Further notes on the Tenax
Worsley, S.
The rare Tengoflex
Otto, B.
Happy Birthday, Tessar
Otto, B.
The Tessar
H. Nasse
115 mm f3.5 Tessar for the Panflex  [5522/23]
Loder, W.
Zeiss Ikon and Television: Fernseh AG
Buckland, M.
Zeiss Tele-Microscope
Kelly, J.
Depth Perception and the Zeiss Teleplast
Watson, F.
Teleweit and Telekipp (Early prismatic riflescopes)
Gubas, L.
Hartmut Thiele’s Fabrikationsbuch Photooptik Carl Zeiss revisited
Barringer, C.
Carl Zeiss Jena lenses for Contax after Thiele
McSharry
In the Footsteps of the Zeiss Theodolite D
Grossman, N.
Tiny Trademarks (Cameras)
Barringer, C.
The Topogon Wide-angle (Cameras)
Arnz, J.
The Topogon – A Footnote (Cameras)
Barringer, C.
The Topogon Story Episode Three (Cameras)
Arnz, J.
A 25 mm Topogon finder
Baumgartner, S.
Keeping the Tradition (Telescopes)
Grossman, N.
Zeiss Wooden Tripods
Grossman, N.
The Triotar
Ghisetti, P.
Turmon Monoculars
Brown, J.
U – Y
The UHU: An owl’s eye for your camera
Barringer, C.
Zeiss in the UK, part 1
Ober, H.
Zeiss in the UK, part 2
Ober, H.
VEB Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Zeiss Ikon Stuttgart
Gubas, L
Mystery Zeiss Viewfinder
Barringer, C.
A strange 436/70 Viewfinder – precursor of 440 finder
Baumgartner, S.
A Voice from 1937 (Cameras)
Anonymous
The Voigtländer Prototype 132
Otto, B.
Zeiss cameras adapted from Voigtländer
Nannichi, Y.
Moritz Von Rohr (History)
Gubas, L.
Ernst Wandersleb (History)
Gubas, L.
Photographs by Ernst Wandersleb (pre-1910)
Wandersleb, E.
Wica & Unica: Experimental Cameras from Jena
Arnz, J.
Werra: Ingenuity Behind the Iron Curtain (Cameras)
Nannichi, Y.
The US Army and “We take the brain
Gubas, L.
The Werra: Some Interesting rarities
Arnz, J.
The Werra – the design miracle from East Germany
Herrmann, M.
Reminiscences of Zeiss Ikon with Wolf Wehran (History)
Kuc, H. J.
Z
Zeiss and the Teleater (Binoculars)
Kelley, J.
A Hybrid Zeiss/Ross Lens (Cameras)
Morton, L.
Zeiss & Ross, London & Mill Hill (Binoculars)
Reid, W.
Zeiss Abroad (History)
Grossman, N.
The Birth of Zeiss Ikon (History)
Gubas, L.
Prewar Zeiss Ikon 35mm (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Memoirs (History)
Herzberger, M.
Zeiss Universarium (Planetarium)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss – The Postwar Years (History)
Gubas, L.
Products from Zeiss Vienna (Binoculars)
Grossman, N.
A 1963 Visit to Zeiss Ikon in Stuttgart (History)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss by Mail (History)
Gellis/Grossman
Zeiss Ikon’s First Postwar Camera Family
Gubas, L.
How good are the prewar Zeiss lenses
Scott, J./ Hennig P,/
Zeiss Trademark (History)
Gubas, L.
Something Zeiss to Say (Cameras)
Bedore, G.
Zeiss Ikon at the Fleetwood (Cameras)
Helmke, G.
A new Zeiss Ikon – new Zeiss M mount lenses
Barringer, C.
Zeiss Ikon: The Golden Age Part 1 (History)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon, The Golden Age Part 2 (History)
Gubas, L.
Zeiss Ikon, Roots & Origins (History)
Brown, J. K.
Zeiss Serial Number Sequence (Binoculars)
Kelly, J.
All Zeiss Ikon All the Time! (Cameras)
Gubas, L.
Some Unusual Zeiss Ikon Cameras
Gubas, L.
Changing Times, new styles for Zeiss Ikon Advertising
Brown, J.
Zeiss Ikon and the Third Reich
Otto, B.
The new Zeiss Ikon camera and lenses
Scott, J.
Zeiss Ikon – The Early Years (marking time)
Gubas, L
Larry Gubas’ Zeiss and Photography – a review
Carter, R.
Zeiss factories and offices prior to World War I
Gubas, L
Zeiss Ikon 1926-1971
Letsche, H.
Zeiss Ikon’s Zeitlupe (High Speed Cine Camera)
Gubas, L.
Two interesting ZIAG cameras
Ghisette
Harry Zöllner (History)
Gubas, L.