New Meyer-Optik Kickstarter will Revive Historic Lydith 30mm Art Lens
German lens maker Meyer-Optik-Goerlitz launched its fifth Kickstarter today, announcing it intends to bring the historic Lydith 30mm f3.5 art lens back to life. Designed in the late 1950s and introduced to the market in 1964, the modern version of the Lydith will be updated with high-performance lens coatings and a short minimum focusing distance of 8 inches (16 cm). Like all of Meyer-Optik’s lenses, the Lydith will be a fully manual lens, 100 percent handmade in Germany. Meyer-Optik describes the lens as having exceptional sharpness, contrast and color fidelity and a wonderful ability