Rodenstock Photo Optics

These two lines began to diverge in the 1960s as the center of photographic lens manufacturing shifted to Japan; the ophthalmic business continued as Rodenstock GmbH while the remaining camera lens business was repositioned to serve the large format and industrial precision optics markets, then spun off in 1996 as Rodenstock Präzisionsoptik.

Since then, the precision optics brand has been acquired in succession by LINOS Photonics (Göttingen, 2000), Qioptiq Group (Luxembourg, 2006), and Excelitas Technologies (2013).

[2]: 18–20  At the time, Rodenstock also offered the Pantogonal wide-angle lens, expanding the field of view to 125–130° with a maximum aperture of f/18, and a telephoto attachment for the Eurynar.

At about the same time in the mid- to late-1950s, Rodenstock was supplying lenses to Carl Braun Camera-Werk (for the Colorette Super II and Paxette Reflex) and Iloca (for the Electric).

[9] The Sironar line was reformulated and updated with newer low-dispersion glass chemistry to improve resolution[10] and add compatibility with digital camera backs and at Photokina 2010, Rodenstock unveiled their Digaron line of lenses, designed to cover the smaller sensors in digital backs.