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The five element Pentar lens of Minox II and the COMPLAN lens for Minox III/IIIs/B, and early Minox C was designed by Arthur Seibert (1906-1980)Pentar and COMPLAN are two of the sharpest subminature lenses.
COMPLAN was derived from COMpensation and filmPLAN-- meaning the COMPLAN len uses a curved film plane to compensate for abberation to achieve high degree of sharpness.
Arther Seibert was a former Ernst Leitz lens designer.
In 1951, Arthur Seibert formed his own optik company:
EMO OPTIK UN ELECTRONIK Many of EMO's products are masterpieces of optical design, for exampleWetlar Pstach 1469 D 35524 Wetzlar
Telefon 06441 720 44
Telefax 06441 725 04
- Highly corrected Macromax loup
- Emoscop : this marvel is a telescope, a microscope and three loups all in a 2" tube.
Telescope 3x
Loup 5x 10x 15x
Microscope : 30 x
The Emoscop was made in Germany by EMO-Optik, but now is made in Asia (Japan ?) and called Episcope. It is listed in Haverhills catalog from L.A. Sporting Goods for $59.95
-- Anonymous, March 17, 2000
It will be interesting to attach Arthur Seibert's Emoscop to a Minox camera such as Minox IIIs with a Minox binocular clamp. Then we shall haveThis Emoscop can be a versatile accesory for Minox camera.
- A telephoto Minox with Emoscop set a telescope mode
- A macro Minox with Emoskop set at loup mode
- A microscopic Minxo with Emoskop set at microscope mode
-- Anonymous, March 17, 2000