Paul Rudolph (14 November 1858 – 8 March 1935) was a German physicist who designed the first anastigmatic lens while working for Carl Zeiss. After World War I, he joined the Hugo Meyer optical company, where he designed most of their cine lenses.Bolex Collector | Lenses | Hugo Meyer
Work 1890: First anastigmat lens "protar" lenshistory.html 1895: Planar design 1899: Unar design 1902: Tessar design 1918: Plasmat design 1922: Kino-Plasmat design 1926: Makro-Plasmat design 1931: Kleinbild-Plasmat design
See also
Meyer Optik Görlitz
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