Compared to Carl Zeiss Jena, who was a market leader at the time, the lenses were usually offered at a slightly lower price. In the 1930s Meyer-Optik already had a wide range of high-quality interchangeable lenses. Another important step was the delivery of OEM-lenses for camera manufacturers - such as the Exakta from Ihagee. Rudolph, the famous Plasmat lenses were developed and the Kino-Plasmat was the world's fastest lens at the time. Paul Rudolph, who had previously been involved in some of Carl Zeiss Jena's most important lens developments (Protar, Planar, Tessar), should be emphasized here. The company expanded further by taking over the "Optische Anstalt Schulze und Billerbeck" - manufacturer of the then well-known Euryplan lenses.īetween 19, important foundations for further growth were laid. Successful developments such as the Aristostigmat, a 6-lens Anastigmat, the wide-angle-Aristostigmat and the first projection lenses quickly increased Meyer-Optik's name recognition. In the first 20 years, Meyer-Optik quickly become known as a lens manufacturer. In 1896 the optician Hugo Meyer, together with the merchant Heinrich Schätze, founded the "Optisch-Mechanische Industrie-Anstalt Hugo Meyer & Co." in Görlitz. Nevertheless, the approach is identical today as it was then - to manufacture high-quality, innovative and yet affordable lenses in Germany. In the long history, various external circumstances have shaped the path of the lens manufacturers from Görlitz and have usually not made it easier. The unique visual language offered by Meyer-Optik lenses enables photographers to stand out from the crowd in times of smartphone photos and pixel battles by large manufacturers. In the now more than 120 years of company history Meyer-Optik was able to inspire many photographers for its products and to win a worldwide large fan community. Founded in 1896, the Görlitz-based company was able to offer innovative, high-quality lenses at a very early stage and to continue this tradition even in a divided Germany for many years. Meyer-Optik looks back on an eventful history.
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