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Monday, July 17, 2017

ANOTHER LENS ALTERNATIVE FOR LEICA CAMERAS







A while ago Meyer Optik Görlitz brought back what they call the "Wonder Bokeh" Lens to today's photography  the amazing Primoplan 58mm f1.9.

80 years after Meyer Optik's engineer Paul Schaefter constructed the Primoplan 58/ f 1.9, they resurrected one of the most famous lenses of all times – known for its ability to create different bokeh effects all with one lens. This lens gives photographers a tool which truly enables them to express themselves in different ways with this single lens.

 
The Primoplan 58/ f 1.9 was historically the founding element of the so called night Exakta a famous camera of the 50s. This lens was the fastest lens for the Exakta and the successor of one of the most sought after lenses, the so-called Kinoplasmat by Dr. Paul Rudolph, one of the best optical engineers of all time. The Primoplan lenses are designed by members of the original development Meyer-Optik team in Görlitz.  They are handmade in Germany.

 

Photographers have the choice of creating a bokeh of melting, rotating bubbles, catching light reflections softly or to compose a creamy, dreamlike background.  Furthermore, it is possible to employ the unique, discrete swirl of the lens, thus dramatically enhancing a portrait or making use of the wonderful and smooth transitions from fuzziness to classical sharpness.

Good news for all Pentax Users: We have just added Pentax-K to the list of available camera mounts.

All these capabilities are in the photographer's hand with this single lens.  Images created with the Primoplan 58/ f 1.9 lens do not need post-processing filters – this is pure art.

Built with an optical construction of five lenses, the new Primoplan 58/ f 1.9 is at the same time a mechanical masterpiece.  Meyer Optic engineers have integrated the five lenses into a very small housing almost the same as the equally famous Trioplan 50.  With this lens you add a fantastic piece of creativity to your fingertips. Don’t miss the opportunity and check out the possibilities of this lens. Get one lens and have the creativity of four lenses in your hand.

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10 comments:

  1. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:08 PM

    Karpiński Filip wrote:
    rangefinder not supported… No reason to use it for Leica.

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    1. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:08 PM

      Depends on which Leica. Anything starting with the M240 as well as the Leica SL will focus just fine.

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    2. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:10 PM

      Karpiński Filip on screen. M240 don't have EVF right? Good alternative is Voightlander or even this new China 50mm 1.1.

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    3. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:12 PM

      The M240 does allow for use of an electronic viewfinder as well as on-screen focusing, including focus peaking with both.

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    4. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:20 PM

      Karpiński Filip answered:
      Oh forget about Visoflex. U talking about this aren't u? My bad!

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    5. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:20 PM

      Yes, an electronic Visoflex is available for the M240.

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  2. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:09 PM

    Charles Trentelman wrote:
    $1500 -- be cheaper to find the original.

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    1. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:09 PM

      But the original design didn't have access to many of today's superior optical glasses

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    2. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:10 PM

      Charles Trentelman answered:
      sure, but For $1000 I'm willing to tolerate a little extra coma, or whatever -- and isn't the "old" look the point?

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    3. LEICA Barnack Berek BlogJuly 17, 2017 at 2:14 PM

      The point of this new lens is the variable bokeh as well as the improved performance over the old version from the 50s.

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