Freakscene
Obscure member
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
Established
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
Obscure member
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.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.
Duofold RF
Well-known
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...
I suspect the hand-made prototypes will be rare one-of-a-kind...
Perhaps not yet born, rather miscarried?
Out to Lunch
Menteur
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$7,000.00. Out of Stock.
Let's hope they priced it in Hong Kong Dollars.
Let's hope they priced it in Hong Kong Dollars.
yossi
Well-known
Yes, it’s HK$. 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. 😉
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. 😉
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