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1980 Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, West Germany

Zeiss REC-100 Field Data Recorder

A handheld electronic field book that a surveyor wears on a strap and cables into a telescope that reads the world

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Zeiss REC-100 Field Data Recorder archival photograph

Overview

Deep dive

Media

Zeiss Rec Elta 3 (REC-100) field data recorder
Zeiss Rec Elta 3 (REC-100) field data recorder, Deutsches Museum, Munich. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (photo Tiia Monto).

Sources

  1. Deutsches Museum — surveying instrument collection (Rec Elta 3 object)
  2. Wikimedia Commons — File:Rec_Elta_3.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  3. Zeiss Elta 3 / REC-100 product literature (c. 1980–82)