Meyer Optik Lydith 30mm f/3.5

[p.giannakis]

Anyone using this lens? I what do you think of it? One available locally for £30 so any experience with it before handing in my cash?

 

[xayraa33]

Anyone using this lens? I what do you think of it? One available locally for £30 so any experience with it before handing in my cash?

Great lens, I have two of them.
I believe the lens first came out in 1964 and it was always a preset design, no auto aperture stop-down.


It it imprints its own signature style to the photos and it has a very pleasing style well worth the asking price even when compared to the legendary Zeiss or Schneider wide angle lenses that sell for high prices .

 

[David Murphy]

It's a real classic in my view and 30 pounds is a good price.

 

[p.giannakis]

Thanks guys.

 

[markbakovic]

(test and GAStrigger) photos here when you've made some?

 

[petronius]

I own the Pentacon version and like it very much!
Edixa Reflex B-a, Polypan F

 

[p.giannakis]

Went back to buy it. A couple of screws missing and the lens barrel and focusing scale did not align. Someone had been in there it seems. I didn't buy it.

 

[xayraa33]

Went back to buy it. A couple of screws missing and the lens barrel and focusing scale did not align. Someone had been in there it seems. I didn't buy it.

It is not a rare or expensive lens, especially in M42 mount and in the UK.

You will run into many good and unmolested examples for sale if you search them out.

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Thank you for this. I often buy things I know have been molested, thinking I can solve the problems, only to find I'm not the mechanic I envision.

Went back to buy it. A couple of screws missing and the lens barrel and focusing scale did not align. Someone had been in there it seems. I didn't buy it.

 

[p.giannakis]

Thank you for this. I often buy things I know have been molested, thinking I can solve the problems, only to find I'm not the mechanic I envision.

Same here. I think I learned from past experience.