Your lens will be more sought after if the glass is in good condition, the shutter and iris work and the lens is coated. Lens coating was designated by a white 'V'.
Your example seems to fit the post war white metal look but it is difficult to tell. Pre-war Meyer lenses tended to be nickel-plated brass while post-war tended to be white metal. At this point Meyer specialised in budget lenses for Exacta and Pentacon. If this is a post-war lens then Meyer (located in Gorlitz) were in East Germany under communist control. They were made in a variety of apertures though the slower ones were the better performers so your f4.5 example is probably one of the better ones.
Hugo meyer trioplan series#
The name Trioplan was given to a long series of lenses from the 1920's until the 1940's. They had the same number of air/glass surfaces as the Tessar type lens so kept flare to a reasonable level. That being said triplet lenses based on the 1893 Cooke Triplet design are often very good performers. The Trioplan is as the name suggest a triplet so again, not as well corrected as a four-element Tessar. The Trioplan was one of the first affordable lens constructions that allowed a relatively high optical correction, an extraordinary sharp center, and a high maximum aperture. It was based on the Cooke-Triplet, designed by Harold Dennis Taylor in 1893. Meyer seemed to specialise in filling a niche below Zeiss so were good-but-not-best quality. The original Trioplan was created by Hugo Meyer in 1916. The shutter (dial-set Compur from what I can see) isn't diagnostic as production started in 1912.
Hugo meyer trioplan serial numbers#
With the use of extension tubes, the Trioplan can achieve a reproduction ratio of up to 2:1, making it an ideal lens for creative macro photography.The Vade Mecum says that Meyer serial numbers reached 1,000,000 in 1949 so my guess is this is a post-war or just pre-war lens. Unlike the 100mm Trioplan and 30mm Lydith of which I’d shot old versions before, I’ve never even seen a Primoplan lens, never mind used one. Beside its wonderful and unique soap bubble bokeh, which appears in backlight situations, when it is used wide open at f.2.8 it achieves a balanced sharpness with a wonderful soft texture in out-of-focus areas. The Meyer Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 II is the third of the new Meyer lenses I’ve reviewed. The Trioplan is brilliant for many uses: nature, portrait and macro shots. Why the Trioplan's images are so beautiful? Think of it as a special brush used by a painter, as it is a lens that creates art. Added to the fact that I have recently found a lot of love for short telephoto lenses, not to mention that I find. Based on that lens, the Trioplan comprises three lenses further distinguished in three groups. The Meyer Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 II is the third of the new Meyer lenses I’ve reviewed. 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. Modern lenses are typically excellent in terms of reproducing reality but the Trioplan is something completely different. My Trioplan is the last old version of the Trioplan N. This enables virtually silent focusing, which videographers in particular will appre ciate. All casing components are made from high-quality aluminium. Based on that lens, the Trioplan comprises three lenses further distinguished in three groups. The use of SCHOTT glass has already shown improved contrast, vignetting and sharpness at the prototype testing stage. 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).
15 steel aperture blades create its characteristic, circular bubble boke h effect. A classic triplet design, strongly inspired by Hugo Meyer style The charm of the last century combined with state-of-the-art technology. The soap bubble bokeh brings the photographer - and viewer - on an adventure that photo editing simply cannot recreate. In today's times of ultra-sharp lenses, Instagram and pixel battles, we want to enable photographers all over the world to experience the true essence of photography and bring the charm of the last century to today's images and videos. We are bringing back the legendary Meyer Optik Trioplan lens, known for its fabulous 'soap bubble' bokeh after almost a century. Back then as well as today something very special