Comments on: The Schott Heard Around the World http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11/the-schott-heard-around-the-world Photo/video thoughts from the largest rental house Mon, 20 May 2013 01:17:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christopher Vradis http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11/the-schott-heard-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-18220 Christopher Vradis Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:43:09 +0000 http://localhost:6081/news/2010.11.27/the-schott-heard-around-the-world#comment-18220 [“An” also means no. (I’m not sure why the Greeks needed two different prefixes for “No” but I have some Greek relatives and they’re all very negative people. So I guess its like how Eskimos have 17 words for snow, the Greeks just needed a lot of words for no.). But anyway, An-a-stigmat would mean “no non points”. Or something like that. ] Well, not exactly right, but not exactly wrong, either. Astigmatism is a pathology of the eye and yes, means something like “without or no points”, as you say, (I’m not a doctor!). So Astigmatic is the word used to describe one who suffers from astigmatism. An-astigmatic, on the other hand is the exact opposite, it describes one who does not suffer from this pathology. The prefixes “an” and “a” (sometimes also “ap”) are actually one and the same prefix, “a”. Which one is used in each word, mainly depends on the first letter of the word (and from other grammatical phenomena). So, anastigmatic is more correct and sounds better than “aastigmatic” and, furthermore, it is more simple than saying “the one who does not suffer from astigmatism”. Don't worry about your Greek relatives. They're negative probably because you're Italian ! Great article ! Like all you wrote on lenses history ! [“An” also means no. (I’m not sure why the Greeks needed two different prefixes for “No” but I have some Greek relatives and they’re all very negative people. So I guess its like how Eskimos have 17 words for snow, the Greeks just needed a lot of words for no.).
But anyway, An-a-stigmat would mean “no non points”. Or something like that. ]

Well, not exactly right, but not exactly wrong, either. Astigmatism is a pathology of the eye and yes, means something like “without or no points”, as you say, (I’m not a doctor!). So Astigmatic is the word used to describe one who suffers from astigmatism. An-astigmatic, on the other hand is the exact opposite, it describes one who does not suffer from this pathology. The prefixes “an” and “a” (sometimes also “ap”) are actually one and the same prefix, “a”. Which one is used in each word, mainly depends on the first letter of the word (and from other grammatical phenomena).

So, anastigmatic is more correct and sounds better than “aastigmatic” and, furthermore, it is more simple than saying “the one who does not suffer from astigmatism”.

Don’t worry about your Greek relatives. They’re negative probably because you’re Italian !

Great article ! Like all you wrote on lenses history !

]]> By: Adam http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11/the-schott-heard-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-3663 Adam Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:31:14 +0000 http://localhost:6081/news/2010.11.27/the-schott-heard-around-the-world#comment-3663 Without doubt, one of the most enjoyable reads I've ever had, and I'm not limiting that to things I've read on the internet. Truly fantastic, thank you! My only qualm is that I don't know if I should praise you on behalf of others for refraining from some horrible Schott glass drinking pun, or complain about you depriving the vocal minority (me and maybe one other guy) of reveling in its awfulness. I would never trade it for the Schott heard round the world pun, but it IS a holiday article. Why not have a double Schott? Without doubt, one of the most enjoyable reads I’ve ever had, and I’m not limiting that to things I’ve read on the internet. Truly fantastic, thank you!

My only qualm is that I don’t know if I should praise you on behalf of others for refraining from some horrible Schott glass drinking pun, or complain about you depriving the vocal minority (me and maybe one other guy) of reveling in its awfulness.

I would never trade it for the Schott heard round the world pun, but it IS a holiday article. Why not have a double Schott?

]]> By: Mark Dallmeyer http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2010/11/the-schott-heard-around-the-world/comment-page-1#comment-2943 Mark Dallmeyer Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:34:12 +0000 http://localhost:6081/news/2010.11.27/the-schott-heard-around-the-world#comment-2943 Hello: my ancestral uncle, J.H. Dallmeyer, was instrumental with the manufacturing of the Ross lens. Dallmeyer was known to have produced the main telephoto lens for Ross and Zeiss in the UK. Additionally Dallmeyer was funded by Warren DeLaRue and became well known in cameras and telescopes as well as telephotography. The interesting link may be the use of Fraunhofer glass to produce these lenses. Joseph Fraunhofer is the discoverer of the Fraunhofer lines in the 1800's and today Fraunhofer is a company throughout Germany with a vast technology base. The tie in to me personally is that in 1985, I worked for Crosfield electronics, a division of DeLaRue. In 2009, I began my representation of Fraunhofer FIT and IVI for the US market. In 2010, I was responsible for Dallmeier electronics, a surveillance company based in Regensburg. Neither company knew the other existed. These are certainly interesting times in the lives of lenses. Hello: my ancestral uncle, J.H. Dallmeyer, was instrumental with the manufacturing of the Ross lens. Dallmeyer was known to have produced the main telephoto lens for Ross and Zeiss in the UK. Additionally Dallmeyer was funded by Warren DeLaRue and became well known in cameras and telescopes as well as telephotography. The interesting link may be the use of Fraunhofer glass to produce these lenses. Joseph Fraunhofer is the discoverer of the Fraunhofer lines in the 1800′s and today Fraunhofer is a company throughout Germany with a vast technology base. The tie in to me personally is that in 1985, I worked for Crosfield electronics, a division of DeLaRue. In 2009, I began my representation of Fraunhofer FIT and IVI for the US market. In 2010, I was responsible for Dallmeier electronics, a surveillance company based in Regensburg. Neither company knew the other existed. These are certainly interesting times in the lives of lenses.

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