Category Archives: Meyer Optik Görlitz

New Oprema Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 lens to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017

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:

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Oprema Jena Biotar 75/1.5 lens launched on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2017

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 […]

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Oprema Jena announces their plans for a new Biotar 75 f/1.5 lens

By PR admin | Published: August 10, 2017

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 […]

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Zeiss rumored to bring back Biotar lenses

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

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 […]

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Meyer Optik Görlitz launched a new Lydith 30mm f/3.5 lens on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2017

Meyer Optik Görlitz launched a new Lydith 30mm f/3.5 project on Kickstarter. The new lens is described as “the sharpest and most contrasty lens” in the company’s history. Designed in the late 1950s and introduced in 1964, the modern version of the Lydith will be updated with high-perfomance lens coatings and a short minimum focusing […]

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New Meyer Optik Görlitz lens will be launched on Kickstarter next week

By PR admin | Published: June 4, 2017

A new Meyer Optik Görlitz lens will be launched on Kickstarter next week. In addition to the teaser above, we also have a sample photo taken with the new lens:

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First rendering of the $5,499 Meyer-Optik Primagon 24mm f/2.8 lens

By PR admin | Published: April 11, 2017

As promised earlier – this is the first rendering of the upcoming Meyer-Optik Primagon 24mm f/2.8 lens. Here is what we know so far: The lens will be available for all mirrorless mounts. Shipping will start in early 2018. Priced: $5,499 (probably cheaper on Kickstarter). The Kickstarter project for the Meyer Optik Gorlitz Trioplan 35mm f/2.8 lens […]

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