Naumann H.: Das Auge meiner Kamera Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale), 1951.Fincke H.E.: Das Objektiv deiner Kamera Fotokinoverlag Halle, Halle, 1959.Pentacon electra and Pentacon electra 2.Meyer Megor ( Korelle 3x4 variant sold by Meyer).The links go directly to the Meyer section: Some trademarks used for Meyer lenses Īristostigmat f7.7 and Meyer Megor camera

1 Some trademarks used for Meyer lenses.

Orestegor 5.6/500 could be mounted on Exakta Varex, Exa II, Pentacon, Praktina, Praktica as well as Praktisix medium format SLR. The first such a lens was Orestegor 4/200, which could be mounted on Exakta Varex, Exa II, Pentacon, Praktina and Praktica 35 mm cameras with applicable adapters. It became a part of VEB Pentacon and after 1970 all the Meyer lenses were branded as Pentacon.ĭuring the 1960s Meyer introduced lenses with interchangeable adapters for different camera types. Īfter WWII Meyer was the second East German lens supplier after Carl Zeiss Jena. In the 1920s he developed fast variants, the Kino-Plasmat f/2 and the World's fastest lens of its time, the Kino-Plasmat f/1.5. Paul Rudolph, the inventor of Zeiss' Tessar and Protar, developed Meyer's Double Plasmat which was derived from Meyer's symmetrical Euryplan lens. Meyer was a German optical company, founded by Hugo Meyer (born, died ) in Görlitz. In the thirties a German company called Meyer designed a lens based on the concept of the Cooke triplet (the first lens system that allowed elimination of most of the optical distortion or aberration at the outer edge of lenses).Meyer lenses: Primagon, Domiplan, Lydith and Trioplan Based on that lens, the Trioplan comprises three lenses further distinguished in three groups. The length of the camera lens corresponds to the focal length of 100mm. A that times a lens with an aperture of f/2.8 was a very fast, wide-aperture lens. My Trioplan is the last old version of the Trioplan N. In 1960 this version was constructed as a totally revised design. It had a considerably upgraded black camera body as well as an automatic pressure orifice. Furthermore, a high-index lens had been used, which considerably improved the optical performance in comparison to the preceding models. But what exactly makes every Trioplan so special? However, the optical formula remained the same. It is definitely the bubble bokeh, which is – in accordance to the slogan “love it or hate it” – either strongly appreciated or disliked, because the aesthetics of bokeh is unquestionably still a matter of taste.Īctually, a bokeh is nothing else than an aberration.Īt a certain incidence of light and a suitable background, mirror images of the glass surface as well as of the glass edges are being produced, which superimposes the entire picture.

Strictly speaking, it shows a bokeh aesthetics which exactly represents the opposite of modern computerized lenses creating a rather smooth bokeh. Though, the pictures taken with a Trioplan do have that certain indefinable something! Their particular look and charm turned them into a cult lens. Therefore, I was even more curious whether the new and modern Trioplan would stand up to its predecessor model from the sixties, as well as to its previous version. Moreover, I wondered to what extent it will differ. The new Trioplan arrives in a simple black and white package. Out of this package, you pull out the real packaging of the Trioplan. It is covered with a foil in leather look and contains an imprinted Meyer Optik logo, which is indeed very nice!Īfter opening the package, I was surprised. There was the legend – stored in a foamed material covered with velvet. This design is limited to 100 pieces and costs 1000 euros more than the black design.Īdditionally, there is a one more design covered with gold leaf, which costs 3499 euros and is limited to 10 pieces only – this design is already sold out.īesides, there are three small cards in the package: What immediately stuck with me was the fact that it was not black! For the purpose of testing it, we got a titanium grey colored limited version from Meyer Optik!Īccording to the manufacturer, the titanium anodizing is a special process, which makes the lens highly resistant.a card with some information about the 5-years guarantee.a card containing some information about how a bubble bokeh is being achieved.and finally some congratulations – a small card that congratulates the customer on the purchase of the 100-years-anniversary-edition and which further informs the customer that there is a possibility of contracting a guarantee insurance of 10 years.The lens does not only have a noble look, but it feels that way too.Īfter removing it from the good-looking package, one immediately recognizes that it is of high quality.

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