Meopta Belar 50/4.5 [V3]
Zebra. No aperture markings. Early models have curved aperture?
Meopta Belar 50/4.5 [V4]
Black body enlarger lens. Made in Czech Republic.
Meopta Belar 50/4.5 [V2]
Silver body enlarger lens. Black nose
I.F.F Dugor 50/4.5
Reported to be a rebranded Meopta Belar 50/4.5 (Tessar). Verification needed.
Lomo PO 502 110/2
35mm cine projector lens made in Belarus. AKA RO502-1
Meopta Enlarger Lenses
Přerov, in the former Czech Republic, has been the production base of Meopta since 1933, when it was founded by Alois Mazurek, an enterprising professor at a local industrial school. Prior to nationalisation and re-branding in 1946 the company was known as Optikotechna Přerov. It is testimony to their build quality that a surprising number …
Reviewing the Reviews
Publicly mulling a digital-era survey of enlarger lenses in 2014 (the seed that grew into Delta) Dr. Klaus Schmitt (creator of www.macrolenses.de) wisely advised me: “Save your time. That has all been done multiple times.” It certainly has. For instance, in the October/November 1967 edition of Camera magazine Arthur Kramer “put the best through the wringer” and …
PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILES Dhina A >The bubble is strong with this one. Dhina’s images lean hard into the poetic properties of slide projector lenses with a distinct sensibility. Martin Dlouhy >People can’t get enough pictures of dogs, or the dreamy range of Meopta cine projector lenses. Martin has elevated the combination to the level of fine …
Gallery: Enlarger Lenses
The Schneider Story
Jos. Schneider Optische Werke has been a major player in global lens manufacture during our lifetime; it’s therefore strange to think of the company as a relative newcomer: ‘only’ being established in 1913 – almost forty years younger than their rivals Rodenstock. And yet within twelve months, Schneider released the first of many Symmar lenses, …