Called the regional rep because our local rep left. No response. What gives?
Called the regional rep because our local rep left. No response. What gives?
im Still waiting on a single vision job with mirror that I submitted in the first week of February.
Yep, single vision with a gradient mirror. Got it back after one month with the mirror upside down and diagonal and had to send it back to redo. Last time I ever use them for mirrors.
I think a lot of Zeiss is being done by a lab in Mexico these days. At least that's what I was told about a delayed job I sent to VSP Columbus for a Gradal I couldn't switch a patient from.
FWIW Zeiss used to be one of the sponsors of OptiBoard but this year they decided that continuing to support this community was not worth it.
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ZEISS Sites Across the Globe
The ZEISS Group operates more than 30 manufacturing sites, over 50 sales and service locations and about 25 research and development centers.
Zeiss production sites:
Europe
Australasia/Asia
Americas
Africa
see:
https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/int/...locations.html
My Zeiss lab has been fantastic, everything is coming out of Montclair, CA. for me.
My rep is good, ex-essilor employee.
Maybe a regional problem? idk
Erik Zuniga, ABOC.
I hope the 1.74 Individual PAL I ordered for someone shows up ok. Maybe they will be too busy propping up Zeissman cutouts at Walmart and figuring out Humphrey visual field software. I haven't been dissapointed yet, with the product after I finished it myself. On a whim (because of federally funded managed vision) I'm letting them finish it this time. We will see.
Tried using their Portland lab some years ago. Work was OK, very slow though (2-3 weeks average turn times), silly expensive, and their super duper high end AR scratched when given nothing more than a sideways glance. Needless to say the 'relationship' didn't last long.
I do miss Daryl loads though...
Last edited by Uilleann; 04-19-2018 at 08:43 AM.
Lets not forget that Zeiss is busy in multiple sectors of the industrial markets, and the optical is split into many different optical applications and the ophthalmic side is only part of the whole program.
here is a description from their website:
ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the optics and optoelectronics industries. The ZEISS Group develops, produces and distributes measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and semiconductor manufacturing equipment. With its solutions, the company constantly advances the world of optics and helps shape technological progress.
ZEISS is divided up into the four segments Research & Quality Technology, Medical Technology, Vision Care/Consumer Products and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. The ZEISS Group is represented in over 40 countries and has more than 50 sales and service locations, upwards of 30 manufacturing sites and about 25 research and development facilities around the globe.
In fiscal year 2016/17, the company generated revenue approximating 5.3 billion euros with around 27,000 employees. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. Carl Zeiss AG is the strategic management holding company that manages the ZEISS Group. The company is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).
see more details at:
https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/int/...portfolio.html
Medical scopes, and planetarium projectors, and DSLR lens bodies are quite a different beast from their ophthalmic division of course. And we all know it. Sadly, their ophthalmic side of things has always seemed to be a step or two off...
I got those 1.74 Individuals in and they are beautiful, granted its a round frame with only 1mm decentration, but at -11.00 with about a diopter of cyl they are very very thin. Actually got them in record time, so I'm happy.
Hoya produces excellent polarizers and ND filters for lenses at about half the cost of Schneider’s B+W filters. Hoya filters are my go-to for screw on filters. Lee Foundation for 4x6 and 4x4 filters.
Also, Tokina lenses are owned and produced by Hoya as well. I definitely can’t afford the Zeiss Otus, but the Tokina is a great alternative. Quality straight out of the box beats Sigma. My experience with Sigma is that it takes 2-3 returns to acquire a quality lens. One day, I might splurge for a Zeiss lens for my photographic endeavors. Until then, Canon L and Tokina.
Of whatever you say.....................................
Zeiss is still the only one left, is still alive, that applied AR coatings on optical lenses in the 1930s.
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