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Meopta

Meopta is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Meopta rather than just read about it. In short: Meopta, s.r.o. is a Czech-based company that manufactures various products mainly in the field of optics. The company was once well-known for its still and movie cameras, although it no longer manufactures such products.

Key takeaways

Meopta belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Meopta to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Meopta from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Meopta, s.r.o. is a Czech-based company that manufactures various products mainly in the field of optics. The company was once well-known for its still and movie cameras, although it no longer manufactures such products.

History The Optikotechna company was founded in 1933 in Přerov, Czechoslovakia. Originally established with the intention of producing a limited range of lenses and condensers, the company rapidly expanded the range of products to include enlargers, composite lenses, binoculars, riflescopes, cameras and slide projectors. In 1935 Optikotechna became a subsidiary of Zbrojovka Brno and a major supplier of military optics for the Czechoslovak Army. The company retained its focus on military production when it was seized by the Germans during the occupation of Czechoslovakia as well as after WWII, when it was nationalized and renamed to Meopta – an acronym for MEchanická OPTická výrobA ("mechanical optical manufacturing"). In 1945 the company merged with the Bratislava subsidiary of C. P. Goerz. Apart from military deliveries, the company became one of the world's major manufacturers of cinema projectors between 1947 and 1970. The abrupt halt of military demand after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact forced the company to refocus mainly on civilian applications. The company was privatized in 1992. Members of the Rausnitz family, who emigrated from Czechoslovakia to the United States in 1946, became the majority owners. In December 2009, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued a decision to provide a subsidy from the OPEI for the Modernization of Meopta Research and Development project, so that the following year the development building could be reconstructed and research and development capacities were significantly expanded. In 2013, the company had 2,200 employees in Přerov and 150 in the USA. Meopta owner Paul Rausnitz received the Medal of Merit for the State in the field of business from the hands of the president of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman on 28th October 2013.

Meopta U.S.A., Inc. The company which became Meopta U.S.A., Inc. was founded by the Czech-American Rausnitz family in New York in 1960 under the name Tyrolit Company, Inc. At that time, its main business was selling grinding wheels in the US and Canada. Tyrolit gradually changed its focus to manufacturing various optical products and in 2005 was renamed to Meopta U.S.A., Inc.

Cameras

Enlargers

Enlarger Heads

Movie cameras

Movie projectors

Sport optics Meopta is producing Binoculars, Telescopic sights, Red dot sights and Monoculars on the field of sport optics and caters hunters, birdwatchers and sport shooters. In 2019 the production includes the following series of products: Binoculars:

Meostar B1 MeoRange (available only in EU, with laser rangefinder integrated) MeoPro HD MeoSport Optika HD Rifle Scopes

Steyr AUG factory optics MeoTac MeoStar R2 Meostar R1 MeoPro Optika 6 MeoPro ZD Reflex sights

MeoSight III MeoRed

References

External links "Flexaret VII Review". BKSPicture. "Company Virtual Museum". "Stereo-Reels Meopta". "Meopta Movie Equipment". List of all Meopta cameras

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Meopta

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Meopta claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Meopta before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Meopta ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Meopta

In research: Meopta appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Meopta in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Meopta is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cameras, Czech brands, Czechoslovak companies established in 1933, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Meopta outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Meopta in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Meopta means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Meopta out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Meopta in simple terms?

Why does Meopta matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Meopta?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Meopta.