Probably off topic - Carl Wetzlar Jenar
Allan Brown
Carl Wetzlar Jenar? - yes there is an "r" in the name.
My binoculars are made by them and I am sure in the past I saw camera lenses
by them also.
thanks
Allan
David Kieltyka
I've never heard of this one. The Ernst Leitz company (Leica gear) was
located in the town of Wetzlar. I wonder if your binocs were made with the
intent to deceive or at least by someone with a strange sense of humor. :-)
-Dave-
Paul Rubin
Carl Zeiss used to be based in Jena which is in eastern Germany (pre WW2).
Tony Polson
>
> With the recent discussion on Carl Zeiss lenses, can anyone tell me
> about Carl Wetzlar Jenar? - yes there is an "r" in the name.
>
> My binoculars are made by them and I am sure in the past I saw
> camera lenses by them also.
If you are *absolutely* sure that this is the exact spelling, it sounds
suspiciously like a manufacturer of junk is trying to pass it off as
though it is a quality product. In the last 25 years I have seen many
similar, "almost recognisable" brand names on junk products.
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Ralf R. Radermacher
> With the recent discussion on Carl Zeiss lenses, can anyone tell me about
> Carl Wetzlar Jenar? - yes there is an "r" in the name.
Are you absolutely sure this is what it's called???
Looks like a funny mix-up of two companies, i.e. Carl Zeiss Jena and
Leitz Wetzlar, two completely independent operations which have nothing
and really nothing at all to do with each other.
Your "Carl Wetzlar Jenar" is the photographic equivalent of a "Chevy
Mustang le Baron".
So, either you got the name wrong or, and this is a very wild
speculation, we're facing another fake German brand name made-up by
Cambridge Camera.
Cheers,
Ralf
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Tony Polson
> Your "Carl Wetzlar Jenar" is the photographic equivalent of a "Chevy
> Mustang le Baron".
>
> So, either you got the name wrong or, and this is a very wild
> speculation, we're facing another fake German brand name made-up by
> Cambridge Camera.
Did you mean something like the fake German-sounding "Voigtländer" brand
which is apparently made by a Japanese manufacturer of junk optics?
Even the boxes the lenses come in make them look German!
;-)
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Scott W.
wrote:
>I've never heard of this one. The Ernst Leitz company (Leica gear) was
>located in the town of Wetzlar. I wonder if your binocs were made with the
>intent to deceive or at least by someone with a strange sense of humor. :-)
You are correct Dave. I had a pair of those many years ago. They are
far eastern junk, masquerading as German quality by using the name of
Wetzlar, a German town famous for its quality optics. (Leica, Leitz,
post-war Minox)
Scott
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Allan Brown
enclosing the name is almost the same as what's on my binoculars.
There is also another symbol - a Z with a stroke through it enclosed in a
circle just like the copyright symbol.
If they are of far east origin, the quality is very good.
Allan
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Q.G. de Bakker
> Looks like a funny mix-up of two companies, i.e. Carl Zeiss Jena and
> Leitz Wetzlar, two completely independent operations which have nothing
> and really nothing at all to do with each other.
There is a connection between Zeiss and Wetzlar though.
The Hensoldt factory at Wetzlar was part of the Zeiss Foundation. They
manufactured lenses for various Zeiss Ikon cameras.
Q.G. de Bakker
> Did you mean something like the fake German-sounding "Voigtländer" brand
> which is apparently made by a Japanese manufacturer of junk optics?
>
> Even the boxes the lenses come in make them look German!
And in some of these boxes there are extremely good lenses.
Tony Polson
Shame you didn't see the joke.
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