
Meyer Optik Görlitz will soon release two new lenses – Biotar 58 f1.5 II and Biotar 75 f1.5 II. The lenses were initially expected last year – see this blog post. Here is what we know so far:
Oprema Jena will officially announce a new Biotar 75-C lens on Monday – this will be the cinema version of the Oprema Jena Biotar 75 f/1.5 lens (currently on Kickstarter) and it will be available in PL mount (can be used with various adapters). Update: pre-orders on the Biotar 75-C are already live on the Biotar […]
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 […]