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...r-petzval-lens

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

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Typical. No support for Minolta/Sony mounts.

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

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

Originally Posted by mithrandir

Typical. No support for Minolta/Sony mounts.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

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