TheVintageLensGuy
Meyer-Görlitz Primoplan 58mm f1.9
M42 Mount.
Format: 35mm SLR
Type: Prime lens
Focusing: Manual Focus (MF)
Lens mounts: M42, Exakta
First year of production: 1952
Last year of production: 1959
Optical design: 5 elements in 4 groups (Ernostar)
Focal length: 58mm
Max. aperture: f/1.9
Min. aperture: f/22
Blades: 14
Min. Focus (m.): 60cm
‘The initial Primoplan 58 f1.9 was developed by the brilliant Meyer-Optik designer Paul Schäfter 80 years ago,’ says Meyer Optik Görlitz. ‘Its light intensity of 1:1.9, which was considered extremely high back then, made the Primoplan 58 f1.9 one of the most exciting lenses of its time.’





