I am biased towards this view too, though it's just an opinion. I have a couple of Meogon 2.8/80s, coincidentally also a 5/4 design, which don't seem to have an equivalent from other makers.
I am biased towards this view too, though it's just an opinion. I have a couple of Meogon 2.8/80s, coincidentally also a 5/4 design, which don't seem to have an equivalent from other makers....
I'm certain that Meopta in late 80s had technology and expertise to produce Meogon's on their own.
Ian, front entrance pupil of my Meogon S - 4/80mm #15x is 28.84mm, my Componon S 4/80mm #141894xx entrance pupil is 25mm. From front side, multi coating of Componon is more magenta, Meogon is more on blue side. On the back, MC are much more similar. They have totally different barrels and irises, its very hard to compare them without doing X-ray or taking them apart.
Yes, I did read Barry's chapter about enlarging lenses. Have no idea who Martin Reed is?
I'm certain that Meopta in late 80s had technology and expertise to produce Meogon's on their own.
Marti Reed
"ANARET ENLARGING LENSES
It is not well known that the Meopta Anaret S lenses are optically identical to the Componar S range, and indeed are made on the same production line, although sell at a lower price, substantially lower in some cases."
.Schneider made the cells for the Anaret S which is the same as the Componar S their original high quality 4 element 3 groups enlarger lens. Not to be confused with the original Componar triplet introduce in 1914 still made as a budget lens into the 1990's.
From Martin's statement one can as well deduce that Meopta made those lenses for Schneider.
Hi John, not to steal your original thread, but how do you like Meogon s 2.8/80 both for enlarging and for picture taking?
Barry Thornton's lens tests but more importantly Martin Reed founder of Silverprint (he later sold the company) bought enlarger lens direct from Meopta. Some Eastern Block countries were more open than others and the Czechs were always known for their engineering skills and that included new materials.
If you check the Wayback Machine/Internet Archive you can find Martin Reed stating clearly that the top end Mopta lenses were using Schneider lens cells, he may have said it here as well. My Vivitar VHE has made in Germany on the front cell if you unscrew it and is identical to a Componon-S and very different to the Rodagons (I have both).
Ian
My understanding was that this relationship between Schneider & Meopta was post-1989 and it may not have been full lenses, but major sub-assemblies, then assembled in the different plants. Much like Leitz's Portuguese plant & its relationship to the German plant.
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