Within the next 24hours Oprema will launch their second E-mount lens: The Biotar 58mm f/2. 0. The current Biotar 75mm Kickstarter campaign now mentions this lens too. The image above shows the silhouette of the lens profile.
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After successfully funding the 'legendary' Biotar 78mm F1. 5 lens through Kickstarter, newly-minted company Oprema Jena is trying to pull off yet another resurrection. This time the crowdfunding platform is Indiegogo, and the lens they're bringing back is the Biotar 58mm F2: the world's only lens with a 'historic' 17-blade aperture. dpreview.com »
2017-09-20 21:59
Oprema Optik just launched the Indiegogo funding campagn for the new Biotar 58mm f/2. 0 lens. It’s also available as native E-mount option: Press Text: Oprema Jena Launches Campaign to Revive Biotar 58/f2 Lens’ one-of-a-kind design includes 17 aperture blades Koblenz, Germany. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-09-19 16:00
The company behind the new Meyer Optik Goerlitz lens manufacturing business has formed a new brand to bring back the Biotar 75mm F1. 5 that was made by Carl Zeiss Jena in the 1940s and 50s. dpreview.com »
2017-08-15 17:36
Note: This post has been updated twice with new information: The image on top shows the “schematic” of a new Biotar 75mm f/1. 5 lens. A trusted source told me that some people from Meyer Optik are involved in a special project to bring back to live this old lens. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-08-02 15:22
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