A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop
SOLEYE wasn’t founded by business people or academics.
The founder and innovator behind it is László Francsics, a passionate and award-winning astrophotographer with decades of experience who simply wanted to work with better, more refined equipment.
Our products come from our burning passion: these are instruments, tools, and accessories we have built because we knew we could create better equipment than what was available. The photos we manage to take with these products are proof of that.
This hands-on, passion-driven approach is guided by our core philosophy of first principles.
Instead of merely improving existing designs, our multi-disciplinary workshop analyses the fundamental physics of a problem to create a new, more elegant solution from the ground up.
It is a discipline of deep inquiry, allowing us to build instruments that are not just better, but fundamentally different in their capability.
This is the method we use to elevate solar imaging to a new level of clarity on Earth. Now, we are applying this same discipline to our next frontier: pioneering the robust, mission-critical optical systems and other engineering solutions required for the challenges of the new space economy.
The Principal Team
Dr. László Francsics
CEO, Chief Technical Architect
Areas of Expertise
Complex Optical System Design
From-Scratch R&D and Prototyping
Scientific Public Outreach & Community Leadership
High-Reliability Systems Architecture
Thermal Management & Control Systems
Astrophotography & Solar Imaging
Core Role
László is the visionary who translates complex scientific challenges into tangible, mission-ready systems. He leads the strategic direction of the company, from terrestrial optics to our ambitious orbital initiatives.
Full Background
László has been drawn to solar photography because of the opportunity to explore.
For him, this is not simply an area of astronomy.
It’s more like a wide, open space with plenty of opportunities for creative experimentation, research and growth. This fuels László’s enthusiasm and passion from the day he started taking photos with his schoolmate’s telescope and his father’s old analogue camera.
As an accomplished architect, leading design projects, and coming up with unique solutions, he is used to looking at things from a different angle, analysing the deepest layers of a problem and coming up with a different method.
This is especially useful when creating new concepts, like innovative methods for solar photography.
László has been a major organising element in the astrophotography community, organising events, setting up exhibitions, and running an NGO.
This has been a joyful experience so far, as the scene is growing steadily.
But he never liked the fact that the best new solutions and technologies are developed by silent geniuses in the background, and the real recognition often goes to those who use their methods and are able to deliver the images to a wider audience.
The SOLEYE system is a key piece of the puzzle. With this scope, although solar photography remains a highly technical challenge, anyone can create amazing images who take the time to experiment and learn about its capabilities.
This enables László to pursue his goal. Although he would love to be outside and shoot amazing solar images all the time, or create events for the community, he is now fully focused on building these telescopes that can potentially elevate solar photography to a whole new level of popularity.
Dr. ZSÓFIA F. SZÁNTAY
Projects Director
Areas of Expertise
ESA Tender & Project Management
Scientific & Technical Facility Architecture
Human Factors in Scientific Environments
High-Level Project & Proposal Management
Scientific Research & Methodology
Stakeholder Communication
Core Role
Zsófia is the dynamic partner who propels the SOLEYE mission forward. She streamlines and articulates complex technical concepts, managing the project from initial idea to final execution with a researcher’s precision.
Full Background
Although she became an architect, Zsófia has many professional sides. She has a strong background in liberal arts, she was planning on exploring the depths of theoretical mathematics early on, and her talent for drawing got the attention of her teachers. You can often find some of her work exhibited in one of the galleries of Budapest.
Zsófia has been researching environmental psychology, studying how people perceive architecture, and creating her own research methods for measuring it.
She’s been steadily publishing the results of her several researches while presenting at international conferences. Sometimes she is invited to give lectures to architect students.
She had been working as a freelance architect before founding Nautes, together with László, her life partner, and three others.
Zsófia and László provide the ‘dynamic duo’ that propels the SolEye project forward: they are permanently engaged in a creative discussion. Laszló can freely bounce his ideas off her, and she takes care of streamlining and articulating his concepts.
She is an avid basketball player, hitting the court at least 3 times a week.
Soma Hajnal
Business & Innovation Strategist
Areas of Expertise
Business Development & Commercial Strategy
High-End 3D Visualization & Communication
Brand Development in Technical Markets
New Venture Growth & Management
Aviation & “Bird’s-Eye View” System Planning
Core Role
Soma is the visual and business storyteller of SOLEYE. He takes the core invention and builds the world around it, creating the visual clarity and commercial strategy to bring a previously unknown technology to a global market.
Full Background
Soma is the creative developer and visual storyteller of SOLEYE. He worked at globally recognized architecture design studios in London from early in his career, but he always preferred small teams where the horizon is wider and he is freely capable of utilising his creativity and vision, taking responsibility for complete projects.
This motivation brought him back to Budapest eventually, where he co-founded Nautes, a creative design hub mostly known for complex architectural solutions, such as underground urban train stops, museums and other interesting projects while staying fully relevant internationally on the high-end visualisation scene as well.
Soma enjoys getting ever-better at his profession, but he thrives when the opportunity comes to create something brand-new, such as helping the invention of his fellow founder, László, become a commercially available reality.
Soma likes to have the birds-eye view so much that he’s got a licence for flying gliders.
With SOLEYE, Soma enjoys the adventure of growing a whole new business wing for Nautes together with his co-founders while creating beautiful renders that bring a previously unknown level of visual clarity and branding quality to the unique market of solar photography.
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