Back to 1840 - The Petzval lens is back

[Wavytone]

For those wanting the ultimate fusion of retro and modern high tech you'll want one of these on your DSLR... http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/07/25/lomography-kickstarter-petzval-lens

Note the manual aperture control - drop-in disks LOL...

[mithrandir]

Typical. No support for Minolta/Sony mounts.

[brian nordstrom]

:sadeyes: I hear you , but on the bright side when they finially do they will be 1/2 the price they are now :lol: .
I have a great sony DSLR and notice this kind of thing as well , and it sux , all the time as well .
Brian.

[Shiraz]

Even though its really all about marketing, it looks great. Nice looking brass case and Zenit optics - functional nostalgia and much nicer than plastic.
As a comment, I didn't think that the Petzval ever really went away - it seems to have been used as the basis for all sorts of cine designs, as well as some modern classics - NP101, FSQ106 etc