
The design of the new Trioplan is engineered to meet today’s photography standards. The new lens follows in the footsteps of this history and tradition and will also be hand-made in Görlitz, at the site of the original Meyer Optik company. The Trioplan lens was first manufactured in 1916 in Görlitz in East Germany, as the brainchild of Hugo Meyer. When commercially available in Q4 2015 the lens will be available for $1,699 USD. With a funding goal of $50,000 to bring the lenses to production, rewards range from $15 to $10,000 with early bird rewards for the lens beginning at $599.
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New crowdfunding campaign to raise $50,000 to recreate, update and remanufacture a classic lens for modern photographers -Ītlanta, GA – June 26, 2015 - Meyer Optik USA, a manufacturer of innovative, high-quality photography lenses, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to remanufacture the Trioplan f2.8/100 lens, known for its unique 'soap bubble' bokeh and sharp focus.

Press release: Meyer Optik brings back legendary Trioplan f2.8/100 'soap bubble' bokeh lens with Kickstarter campaign Due to be available at the end of the year, the Meyer Optik Goerlitz Trioplan F2.8 100mm will cost $1699, although those supporting the project can pre-order for significantly less.įor more information visit the Meyer Optik Goerlitz website, or the company's Kickstarter page.
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The covering circle of the lens is sufficient for full frame cameras. Meyer Optik will make the Trioplan with mounts for Nikon, Canon, Fuji X series, Micro Four Thirds and Sony E mount cameras. The company will use glass from the prestigious German Schott factory (Schott is 100% owned by The Carl Zeiss Foundation), and the lens will be designed, constructed and tested in the German town of Goerlitz where the original company was based.Īn original Meyer Optik Trioplan lens from around 1916 The new lens will have reengineered focusing mechanisms to provide a quieter action and to be more durable, while a clickless aperture ring makes the lens useful for shooting stills or movies. It became famous for its prominent circular out-of-focus highlights that are created in part by an iris of 15 steel blades that produce an almost circular pupil. The lens is a simple Cooke-Triplet design based on the optical construction of the original, and will use just three elements separated with air spaces. The company hoped to raise $50,000 to fund production of a new Trioplan 100mm F2.8 lens, but at the time of writing pledges have reached $124,000 with the best part of a month still to go.

Following a successful Kickstar campaign, German optical manufacturer Meyer Optik is set to reintroduce a lens from 1916 that was famous for its unique 'soap-bubble' bokeh.
