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This is again not a very cheap lens from Meyer-Optik-Görlitz. Their new Trioplan 100mm f/2.8 MFT lens will ship at Christmas time for a non Christmas friendly 1.400 Euro. The lens is an optimized redesign of their current [shoplink 53617 ebay]M42 mount lens which is available on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. The special feature of the lens is that it has a super perfect “soap bubble” bokeh:
PRESS TEXT (Source: meyer-optik-goerlitz.com/the-bokeh-effect/):
The original Trioplan f2.8/100 lens from Meyer-Optik-Görlitz gained a fanatical following of photographers who fell in love with its dream-like soap bubble ‘bokeh’ effect.
The modern remake of the famous lens, currently in prototype, uses experience and modern technology to emulate this stunning effect more authentically than ever before. Great news. But what exactly is a ‘bokeh’ effect, and why is it so well-loved?
Bokeh, usually pronounced ‘BOH-Kay’ but sometimes ‘BOH-ka’, is a photographic effect that produces an aesthetic blur in the parts of an image which are out of focus. Derived from the Japanese word ‘boke’, meaning ‘blur’ or ‘haze’, bokeh describes the way a particular lens renders out-of-focus points of light. Whereas some lenses unintentionally produce blurring that is distracting and undesirable, others use clever alternate aperture shapes and other engineered adaptations to create ‘good bokeh’ that is pleasantly ghostly and pleasing to the eye.
The distinctive circular shape in the Trioplan bokeh derives from the number of aperture blades. The Trioplan f2.8/100 is made of fifteen steel aperture blades whereas modern lenses often have only six plastic blades. This results in a circular aperture rather than the more common hexagon. The more blades, the more circular the aperture is.
The soap-bubble bokeh effect is, strictly speaking, actually a lens aberration – but it is so pleasing to the eye that it has become a desirable effect. Of course, state of the art engineering could simply correct these aberrations which would make the transfer function of the lens look better on paper (in MTF diagrams, magazine tests, etc) but then the soap bubble bokeh effect, so admired by photographers, would be lost.
Bokeh has many creative applications. Most commonly though, photographers specializing in portrait, macro or long-zoom images use good bokeh to their advantage, by enhancing blurred areas created by the shallow depth of field and making the subject stand out starkly against a gossamer background.
Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz has been associated with innovation, precision, durability and quality in the world of photography for nearly 120 years. In 2015 the Trioplan f2.8/100 finally returns, nearly a century after its first appearance in 1916, ensuring that a new fan base will be able to experience a modern take on the classic soap bubble bokeh lens.
via Mirrorlessrumors.
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LOL what joke! A good one!
Admin you must have made a typo and added an extra zero to the price…:)
C’mon…you do not think that HIDEOUS a bokeh is worth $1400? LOL!
Go to flickr and search. The above images are not good examples of this type of bokeh. This lens is going to sell, even at this price, which incidentally is not high considering the lens technology – fifteen blades is not a trivial thing to accomplish.
I did that… saw some good photos but nothing that could not already be dealt with by the Oly 75mm f1.8 and a bit of post to busy up the bokeh. And the 75 is half the price, a whole hell of a lot sharper, good at AF and f1.8.
I enjoy experimenting, and it’s always good to have more choices; so I’m reluctant to
knock this, but…..seriously???
A modern-day remake of an old, already existing optical formula (so not much R&D costs needed), by a shady company that just purchased the original company’s name and is just abusing it, for no less than €1,400… What a joke. No, it’s worse than a joke, it’s not funny and we’re not laughing. This is a pathetic rip-off.
You can get one of the original Meyer-Görlitz Trioplan 100 f2.8 lenses for one zero less, and the bokeh will be just as hideous as this one. Wondering if they will sell any, I hope no one is so stupid to buy one, and this rip-off company will go under.
If Bkoeh is a pizza, then this Bokeh have some really crunchy edge~
Yeah, I like that description. 😉 😀
The last time I saw bokeh like that was using my wife’s £150 mirror lens. Its hideous
Well, although I don’t know about bokeh, for that price, I would rather consider an OM 90 2.0 (or very rare OM 100 2.0, one available on the bay presently).
I hope whomever makes that lens is not expecting to make money, because I highly doubt they sell many. Should come with a T shirt that says “There’s a sucker born every minute” too.
and if you want that ugly defocused bubble effect there are plenty of old lenses say the Canon 55 F1.2 FD that will give you that bubble-effect. (why I gave mine away), and the cost no more than $200-300 on ebay.
Samyang/Tokina sell heaps of these mirror lenses for roughly $150. Go figure. I fail to see their usability, maybe except for Moon photography. The novelty of the “bubble bokeh” quickly wears off for casual shots.
I don’t think the Trioplan is a mirror lens; if it were, the bokeh would be ring-shaped. This has sharp edges but they’re still disc-shaped. Mirror lenses are also (generally) fixed-aperture.
Apparently the bubble effect diminishes once it’s stopped down so it’s useful for more than just that, but as others have pointed out one could get an original Trioplan or other lenses with a similar effect for way cheaper…
Indeed, my bad.
It’s a triplet lens not mirror lens. I think it’s a remake of the old Trioplan lens and it’s freaking overpriced.
this lens’ bokeh is nothing compared to my pristine $150 Bokina II (with matched 1:1 adapter) so I can shoot macro and portrait as the same time. Keep calm and look for it on eBay.
I’m disappointed there is no Exa mount offered.
Awful condom bokeh.
Dear Trioplan, “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”
Wow… or, you know, you could just buy an Oly 75mm that will perform better in every respect (except for the novelty bokeh) and cost roughly half as much. I’m also not too sure how “desirable” this soap bubble effect really is.
If you search for “soap bubble bokeh” you will find many discussion threads in which people seem to enjoy this kind of lens. The images I found do appear more pleasing than the example above and I would say are very artistic.
Really, who cares? Nobody in their right mind would buy it at that price anyway.