
Besides, the “glow” of bright areas in the picture is a little bit more significant when directly compared to the model N.Ĭoncerning this matter, Meyer Optik says the following: To me it seems, as if the modern Trioplan can be characterized as slightly smoother at open aperture. What can be seen is that the picture quality as well as the bokeh effect is almost identical with regard to both lenses. According to the manufacturer, the titanium design is exclusively handcrafted in Germany. Even the end cover contains a small piece of brown leather with integrated Meyer Optik logo. It has a matt black finish and about the same width as the Fujifilm MCEX-16 extension tube. The lens hood, which can be screwed off, is also made of metal. In contrast to the N design, the aperture opening dates back to the sixties and it is almost circular with regards to all aperture stops. It runs continuously from f/2.8 to f/22 and has 15 lamellae with anti-reflection treatment. The second ring, which is likewise very grooved and massive, is responsible for the aperture. It is now possible to hold the camera body while pressing the focus ring. In comparison to the preceding model, this ring is also more advantageous.
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The focus ring runs with appropriate resistance and thus it allows precise manual focusing. It has got a semi-gloss finish, which is relatively resistant to fingerprints and which contains precise and fine engravings. The lens does not only have a noble look, but it feels that way too.Īfter removing it from the good-looking package, one immediately recognizes that it is of high quality.

But what exactly makes every Trioplan so special? However, the optical formula remained the same. Furthermore, a high-index lens had been used, which considerably improved the optical performance in comparison to the preceding models. It had a considerably upgraded black camera body as well as an automatic pressure orifice.

In 1960 this version was constructed as a totally revised design. My Trioplan is the last old version of the Trioplan N.

A that times a lens with an aperture of f/2.8 was a very fast, wide-aperture lens. The length of the camera lens corresponds to the focal length of 100mm. Based on that lens, the Trioplan comprises three lenses further distinguished in three groups.

In the thirties a German company called Meyer designed a lens based on the concept of the Cooke triplet (the first lens system that allowed elimination of most of the optical distortion or aberration at the outer edge of lenses).
