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Zeiss

Zeiss

5 7.2
A company that makes very good lenses and microscopes
  • proper noun
  • /zaɪs/
: Zeiss
  • I'm just a happy camper that Zeiss will be making lenses for my camera.
  • Carl Zeiss
  • Zeiss Axiocam MR
  • Zeiss Axiocam

The people at Zeiss and such know how to do that.

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Examples

  • Could the new $3,000 Zeiss 15mm on the D7000 make a difference?

    Blog text (29)

  • Wow, is that an old Zeiss?

    Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

  • There was a sink with a mirror and a towel, and in one corner, a Zeiss microscope with its cover.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Scans through a pair of Zeiss night vision binoculars.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Also, all Nikon-mount Zeiss lenses are manual focus, so AF issues would not apply to those.

    Blog text (14)

  • I tested two identical 50mm Zeiss lenses for the Sony mount, and both showed different optical problems.

    Blog text (14)

  • Yeah, it's why all those Zeiss ZM, Leica M, and Voigtlander RF lenses are so attractive.

    Blog text (30)

  • Wow, compared to those 35mm FF lenses, the 24mm Zeiss (35mm equiv.) is almost cheap!

    Blog text (20)

  • Images were obtained with a Zeiss 780 inverted confocal microscope using a 63x/1.4 NA Oil Plan-Apochromat DIC objective.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Reynolds found his dream machine at the Zeiss Company, known for its high-quality optical instruments.

Synonyms

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1 8.0

A company that makes camera lenses and other camera equipment

is a higher-quality maker also known for microscopes beyond camera lenses

Surface Forms

Zeiss main

Etymology

Zeiss is the name of a famous German maker of lenses and microscopes founded by Carl Zeiss. A helpful way to remember it is that Zeiss sounds like 'eyes', which fits because the company makes things to help us see clearly.