Hugo meyer primoplan free#

I am fine with the Primoplan as I have been unable to afford an original 75/1.9 and the need to collect one is not that strong. So I wish them luck but until the Meyer aura has been re-made I suggest that they need to compete price wise on the market place. Only recently has MeyerВ been re-discovered and in North America but the Leica/Zeiss aura still reigns supreme. Cold War propaganda lumped East German lenses into the same category as FSU production - lazy days spent assembling lenses with wrenches and broken screwdrivers between sips of vodka I know Meyer and appreciate the worth of that company as a lens manufacturer but since WWII and the final demise of the name the Meyer brand was not widely distributed or known outside the FSU influenced countries.

The stratospheric asking prices have to compete with modern lenses ofВ similar capability as they are not longer uniquely good lenses nor are they particularly collectable.ДЄs a M4/3 camera body user I contrast the excellent Olympus 75mm f1.8 to the MOG Primoplan 75mm f1.9. But to buy a new one on those terms it has to be good value. These lenses were worth money becauseВ they were rare and perhaps their rendering was quite good and 'interesting'.

Sooner or later it will fall to what they are truly worth as a lens and they will no longer be collectable. Hence my beautiful as new original Helios 40-2 is now worth less than I paid for it and the the newly made ones turning into a market glut seem to be falling in price weekly. If they are not cheap then they at least do not depress the value of those originals in collectors hands over much but they still devalue them to an extent. Making the aperture alone would be a very expensive exercise.Д«ut I think MOG are up against a financial problem - these lenses need to be cheap and all they do is provide competition for collectors of the real thing. I would hate to think just how much MOG would have to charge to re-make such a lens. Kg per Kg it must have been a good buy even for scrap metal and glass I don't use it much as it is just so huge and tripod-worthy but it is a revered possession as an obviously premium market well-built lens. I did manage to buy what was effectively aВ brand new giant 300mm f4.0 Orestegor lens in case for AUD$60 some years ago, from memory the freight cost nearly as much again. I am a bit of a Meyer fan but not at those prices I am afraid. Thanks for the excellent report that you have taken so much trouble to produce. IMHO it's funny to see that changes in rendering are marginal, even though that was exactly the intention of the new MOG owners.Д«TW if you can add some more info about lenses (especially about that Pre War Primoplan in LTM), it will be much appreciated. Not too much to be taken seriously, as it wasn't controlled test, but it's still interesting to see couple of shots from those rare lenses in the three generation versions, from period that covers over 80 years. to be paid to some countries or regions.I just published interesting comparison between super rare MOG Primoplan 75/1.9 Pre War in LTM, Post War and Prototype of the new lens versions on my site. * Depending on the order value or quantity, international buyers are responsible for any and all import taxes, value taxes, customs handling fees, etc.

Hugo meyer primoplan free#

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