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My very first manual lenses - what to buy
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It will fit. If it does not , it is might be the problem of the adapter.


PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lightshow wrote:
I'm no expert, but I don't see why it wouldn't fit.

I was told (or warned) so, so I'm asking here, among the experts Very Happy Thanks for opinion. I really should have won the old daddy.


PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marek wrote:
Sorry for doublepost Very Happy

As I've red this many times, what about Primotar 135, or Diaplan 80/100?

Might that be a clever, better move to reach another sexy circles (made with lens almost no one actually owns) FOR REAL BARGAIN or am I out of major brain functions for the rest of the night?

Plain and simple - any experience, guys?


woodrim: thanks! Didn't find this one Shocked Bad googling, bad googling. I'll check it out tomorrow.


If you want circles - pretty much anything made by Meyer will work. The trioplan 1.8/100 has the right combination of focal length and speed that it is famous for its sparkling bokeh - but even the el-cheapo Domiplan makes similar bokeh wide open.

Fujinon lenses also produce a very meyer-like bokeh:



The above pictures were made with the 2.2/55 fujinon wide open - a lens which carries no price premium to pay for internet hype threads! Laughing

There is a Fujinon 2.8/100 too, which I doubt costs as much as the 1.8/100 Trioplan online - and is sharper wide open.


PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello, I already have a Trioplan, it's Domiron I'd kill for now Very Happy

(I won one of the first Trioplan related auctions reasonably soon after my post you just quoted)


PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes I feel like screaming Very Happy 6.739 CZK equals €244



PostPosted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heavy bastard probably built of melted Soviet WW2 tanks arrived this Monday Very Happy



Here are some older ones



Since March '13 I buy only silvers Cool


PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not my "very first" time at all already but I found my latest transaction too ordinary and uninsteresting, so I'm continuing here.

I just bought pretty well looking silver Primotar 135/3.5 for $75 + customs and postage, hoping to be a reasonable price.



It was actually for $110 with possibility to negotiate. As my great grandfather was half Jew, I negotiated and did so successfully Very Happy

Possibly a very fresh lucky auction, I believe this item to disappear till tomorrow's lunch.

Unlike blacks, I believe silver Primotars (in nice condition) are fairly rare in Central Europe.


PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You started this thread only this past spring, looking for recommendations, and now you're influencing what we buy. Or at least me. I have recently purchased 5.5/150 Telemegor, 5.5/180 Telemegor, and 3.5/135 Primotar. Unfortunately, only 150mm is silver. Maybe if I strip the black paint, they will all be silver? These join my other Meyer lenses; Lydith 3.5/30, Primagon 4.5/35, Helioplan 4.5/40, Domiplan 2.8/50, Trioplan 2.9/50, Primotar 3.5/80, Orestor 2.8/100, Orestor 2.8/135, and Orestegor 4/300. Is it safe to say I'm a fan?


PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Forgot to mention 3.5/75 Trioplan.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congratulations to Telemegor 150, I myself understimated one older auction with very nice pre-war version of this little big lens going for a reasonable price. Must have bought pre-war Tele-Tessar to find an inner harmony again Shocked

Also, Trioplan 75 and/or Orestors both look like lens I certainly wouldn't throw out from the window.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 3.5/75 Trioplan is from a Welta folding camera. I have yet to adapt it. And the 150mm is likely post war. I do not yet know the serial number. I was browsing late at night when I came across it at a silly price - it had just been listed. Needs some care.





PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, shows many signs it's definitely post-war, but the lower barrel looks like the lens was suffering at least on the Eastern front. How much did it cost in this state anyway?


PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marek wrote:
Yeah, shows many signs it's definitely post-war, but the lower barrel looks like the lens was suffering at least on the Eastern front. How much did it cost in this state anyway?


$39 with shipping.