Bring back the Fabulous Wonder Bokeh Lens: Primoplan 58 f1.9

A project in Atlanta, GA by Meyer Optik USA
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From melting, swirling bubbles to soft and creamy bokeh, yet astonishing sharpness: Discover all those facets in one true art lens
Backers: 1021
Average Pledge Per Backer: $777

Funded: $793,267 of $50,000
Dates: Sep 9th -> Oct 12th (33 days)
Project By: Meyer Optik USA
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New fantastic strech goals

September 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We cannot thank you enough for your endless support and we cannot wait to take this project to the next stage. But there are still 11 exciting days to go in this terrific project! 11 more days to go! More stretch goals to be announced... (Read More)

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September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, first of all, thank you for your endless support. Only with the help of all of you, we could bring these fascinating lenses back to life. Some of you have been asking us if and how you could buy a Trioplan 100 and/or a Primoplan 75 in... (Read More)

Join the Hall of Fame

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers and friends of Meyer-Optik, you keep being a source of new ideas to us. Thank you for your interest in Meyer-Optik! Many of you have written us and have come up with another phantastic idea: the full range of focal length build with the... (Read More)

Fifth Stretch Goal: Metal Lens Cap for a Lifetime

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, your support is awesome! We are so happy and would like to share our next stretch goal with you. Most lenses today have plastic front caps. We would like to give you a metal front lens cap that will protect your lens for a lifetime and... (Read More)

From 58 to 100:Primoplan & Trioplan Bundle

September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, thanks again for your overwhelming support. These are very exciting times for us. Only with the help of Kickstarter, the revival of the Meyer Optik mission could become reality. Thank you so much. As some of you have asked us to launch... (Read More)

Fourth Stretch Goal - Noble wooden Meyer-Optik box painted in black piano lacquer

September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, you are wonderful and carrying us to a great success. We think that a wonderful lens should have an equally gorgeous housing. So as our next stretch goal we would announce a wooden box painted in black piano lacquer with a logo of... (Read More)

Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz Primoplan 75/f1.9

September 12th - via: photographyblog.com
Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz announced today that it is adding the Primoplan 75/f1.9 to its already successful Kickstarter campaign to resurrect the Primoplan 58/f1.9. (Read More)

Stretch Goal #3

September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
A big, big thank you once more to all our backers! Today, we updated a short story from our press conference in Görlitz, Germany. A very nice gentleman gave us a historic pin from his collection. Some backers right away proposed to turn this into a... (Read More)

A historic day - A short story of a meeting at our press conference

September 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday, we announced the return of the legendary Primoplan 58/ f1.9 at the historic museum of photography in Görlitz, the former home of Meyer-Optik in Germany. We had the pleasure to meet a kind gentleman and engaged photographer, who gave us a... (Read More)

Big, big thank you and next stretch goal

September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Unbelievable! Your support is fantastic and is still going strong. We are overwhelmed. Many thanks to all you backers! We have a new exciting goal we want to share: if we reach $250,000, all backers will receive an exclusive Primoplan lense cleaning... (Read More)

Just one word: Wow!

September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you guys! We are overwhelmed by your support for our wonder bokeh lens. Let us introduce our first stretch goal to you: If we pass $125,000, every backer gets a print-out of a MTF-chart of the Primoplan 58/ f1.9 personally signed by the... (Read More)

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