Paul Rudolph (physicist)

Paul Rudolph 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.

Work

1890: First anastigmat lens "protar"
1895: Planar design
1899: Unar design
1902: Tessar design
1918: Plasmat design
1922: Kino-Plasmat design
1926: Makro-Plasmat design
1931: Kleinbild-Plasmat design