A Zeiss compendium - preferably a book but website would do (1 Viewer)

What I'm after if possible is an easy and informative reference book with the Carl Zeiss binoculars' range over recent years - it would be great if it went back a long way but anything from the 50s or 60s onwards would be fine. Illustrations too.

There are many legendary design names: Marines, Dialyt, etc. It would be great to know which magnifications and which objective sizes are best respected for each model. For instance, which magnifications were produced for the Dialyts, what was each most respected for? How much did the optics and cosmetics change over a production run?

Also if there is a website with this sort of information, could someone remind me? I am sure one of you gave me it before and I'm sorry my memory is so fleeting sometimes.

A Google search for Zeiss compendium brought up the Carl Zeiss AG website, but unless I'm dim and the right tab was staring me in the face it didn't seem to have what I was looking for.

Tom

There are links to very comprehensive sets of specifications and production statistics here:
http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm

This labor of love by the late Peter Abrahams includes much more than merely pictures and statistics. It invites browsing, there is always something new to learn.

Company Seven, a very highly regarded retailer in Laurel, MD, has a splendid website and a library which offers historical data and recollections from many of the leaders in optics.
See: http://www.company7.com/libraries.html

etudiant said:

There are links to very comprehensive sets of specifications and production statistics here:
http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm

This labor of love by the late Peter Abrahams includes much more than merely pictures and statistics. It invites browsing, there is always something new to learn.

Company Seven, a very highly regarded retailer in Laurel, MD, has a splendid website and a library which offers historical data and recollections from many of the leaders in optics.
See: http://www.company7.com/libraries.html

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Thank you, Etudiant. Will treat myself to these sites tomorrow...

Tom

The development of the 10x40 Zeiss West roof models is well covered in this allbinos article: https://www.allbinos.com/169.1-article-History_of_Zeiss_10x40_binoculars%E2%80%93_from_the_beginning_of_the_twentieth_century_to_contemporary_times_.html

The 10x40 is now not as desired as the 7x42 but is still regarded as one of the great classic birders' binoculars and I still think it is superbly packaged and probably my favourite binocular in terms of feel "in the hand".

The extensive books by Dr. Hans Seeger are also very informative about the different Zeiss models in history and there is a special Zeiss Historia journal that can also be of help.
Gijs van Ginkel

Gijs van Ginkel said:

The extensive books by Dr. Hans Seeger are also very informative about the different Zeiss models in history and there is a special Zeiss Historia journal that can also be of help.
Gijs van Ginkel

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Thank you, everybody, and for your post just now, Gijs.

Tom

Here is a great bilingual site from Austria: Some virtual binoculars museum with a lot of Zeiss info as well:

http://www.fernglasmuseum.at/index.html