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Meyer-optik Görlitz Primotar 3.5 /50mm V
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:36 am
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:36 am
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Bought this lens really cheap for about 7 dollars and are very pleased with the lens performance.
But my question is if anyone know how old it is and what does the red V stand for?

Thanks in advance





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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:40 am
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:40 am
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I would have that in bits by now,polishing away with talc and a toothbrush. $7,a bargain!
http://aflenses.net/meyer-optik-gorlitz-primotar-e-50mm-f35-v-1952/


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:00 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:00 pm
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According to Hartmut Thiele's Fabrikationsbuch Meyer-Optik it is from 1957


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:10 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:10 pm
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Eddie46 wrote:
I would have that in bits by now,polishing away with talc and a toothbrush. $7,a bargain!
http://aflenses.net/meyer-optik-gorlitz-primotar-e-50mm-f35-v-1952/


Yes its really dirty..


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exaklaus wrote:
According to Hartmut Thiele's Fabrikationsbuch Meyer-Optik it is from 1957


Thank you! Do you know what the red V stands for? Because i have seen some without the V


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:29 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:29 pm
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V means Vergütung = coating


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:45 pm
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exaklaus wrote:
V means Vergütung = coating


Thank you very much!


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:21 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:21 pm
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I have the zebra version from (likely) a decade or so later its F2.8.

It looks like the one in this thread.

http://forum.mflenses.com/meyer-primotar-2-8-50-t51697.html

Takes lovely tack sharp photos.


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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:32 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 6:32 pm
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Congrats
Nice lens!


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jamaeolus wrote:
I have the zebra version from (likely) a decade or so later its F2.8.

It looks like the one in this thread.

http://forum.mflenses.com/meyer-primotar-2-8-50-t51697.html

Takes lovely tack sharp photos.


Looks like a nice lens!


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Yes it is gorgeous. I just love the well executed zebra look lenses from that era. Sort of the golden age of SLR prime lenses. After good multi coatings but before mass use of plastic. Just really nice articles of industrial art.
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