Today Meyer Optik announced a new Nocturnus 75mm f/0.95 mirrorless lens that will be available for Leica M, Sony E and Fuji X mounts. Meyer Optik already had a Nocturnus 50 f/0.95 II and Nocturnus 35mm f/0.95 lenses for Sony E-mount in the past. Here is a picture of both 50mm and 75mm Nocturnus lenses next […]
Meyer Optik announced a new Trioplan 50 f/2.9 Classic lens that will be available for Nikon, Canon and Leica M mounts (rangefinder coupling for Leica is supported). The estimated shipping date is October 2018. The EU pricing is 799/899 EUR (including VAT). Here are the technical specs:
Meyer Optik will soon start a Kickstarter funding campaign for another retro lens remake: APO Makro 105mm f/2.7. The price is expected to be $2,999 but you can expect discounts for the first orders. Shipping is scheduled for May 1, 2019. Here are the technical specifications: Update: the funding campaign is now live on Kickstarter […]
Meyer Optik has a new (second version) Somnium II 85mm f/1.5 lens currently listed for pre-sale on their website. Here are the technical specifications:
Today Meyer Optik Goerlitz started a new campaign on Indiegogo for a Primoplan 75/1.9 lens (P75 II). The new version can now cover mirrorless medium format cameras like the Hasselblad X1D or Fuji GFX 50s:
Dr. Stefan Immes, who revived the Meyer Optik brand of German lenses three years ago, has launched a new lens company called Opema Jena, which for its first project is bringing back the Biotar 75/f1.5, a lens originally produced by Carl Zeiss. Oprema launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Biotar last week. We talked to Immes […]
A new Oprema Jena Biotar 58 f/2 lens will be announced soon – see the teaser above. The lens is also already listed as a reward to the existing Biotar 75 Kickstarter project:
The Oprema Jena Biotar 75/1.5 lens is now officially announced and is listed for funding on Kickstarter. The lens will be available in Canon, Nikon, Sony-E, Leica-M (rangefinder coupling supported), FujiX and M42 mounts. Update – the project has been delayed: The first components did arrive. Unfortunately, we found that some components did not meet our quality […]
The previously rumored new Biotar 75 f/1.5 lens (first reported on LeicaRumors) is now officially announced and as already reported, it will be sold under the Meyer Optik Goerlitz Oprema Jena brand (net SE is behind the Oprema Jena and Meyer Optik brands). The lens funding will start soon on Kickstarter. The Biotar 1.5/75 lens is […]
Zeiss is rumored to bring back their Biotar lenses (specifically the Biotar 1.5/75). Recently (April 2017) there was a new trademark registration for the name Biotar: Update #1: the Biotar name could be trademarked by Meyer Optik Görlitz (Globell Deutschland, subsidiary of the ‘net SE’ group, is the company behind the Meyer-Optik Görlitz venture). Update #2: I […]
