A new star is born - Polar 35mm f2 the Leica King of Bokeh’s Arnold twins

[Freakscene]

Perhaps it started in Middelburg, The Netherlands with Hans and Zacharias Janssen who are credited with the invention of the first compound microscope circa 1590. They were followed by well-known free riders like Galileo Galilei, and Robert Hooke. Some 90 years later, the ultimate free rider and copyist, Antoine van Leeuwenhoek invented the first high-powered single-lens microscope. Cheers, OtL

van Leeuwenhoek used his microscope to observe single celled organisms that had been free riding for billions of years from those pesky prokaryotes who first evolved DNA but never learned how to parcel it up in organelles. For shame.

 

[eckhardf]

I always liked the external look of the Leica 35mm v4 pre-Asph (except for the plastic tab). The Polar lens looks like a nice approximation; and with a metal tab.. nice. For around $900 USD it would need to perform very well optically and mechanically to attract further interest.

 

[Freakscene]

I always liked the external look of the Leica 35mm v4 pre-Asph (except for the plastic tab). The Polar lens looks like a nice approximation; and with a metal tab.. nice. For around $900 USD it would need to perform very well optically and mechanically to attract further interest.

If it’s as good a copy as the LLL eight element I’m interested, but I must admit to being sceptical, mainly because as Brian points out, the photos are terrible and the prototype is so prototypic it’s almost primordial.

 

[Duofold RF]

well, well, well, after Apple released version pro, the replica vision se is out, only cost less than $200 dollars

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The Chinese Web pages for the Polar 35/2 have been removed.

I suspect the hand-made prototypes will be rare one-of-a-kind...

 

[splitimageview]

Perhaps not yet born, rather miscarried?

 

[Out to Lunch]

From 2024

Polar 7 Solaron 35mm f2 for Leica M (Chrome) – SH Cameras Co Ltd

www.shcameras.com

 

[Sonnar Brian]

$7,000.00. Out of Stock.
Let's hope they priced it in Hong Kong Dollars.

 

[yossi]

Yes, it’s HK$. So it’s US$896 only.

Black chrome version is available for pre-order, BUT "We cannot guarantee the delivery day as Polar 7 is a small company with very low production rate."

Rare future-collectible lens. 😉