I think I responded to one asking some questions. I bought my HM 20mm at somewhat of a discount and sent it in for CLA not knowing what to expect. I have a HM 25mm 1.5 and it too is a lovely lens, but for the sort of work I do - street stuff almost exclusively - I really like using a 20mm lens. I generally shoot 1:1 but have done a good deal or testing at 4:3 (On my late model Olympus 4/3 body). One thing about it is that it hardly vignettes at all, even when shooting 4:3 And as you say it tends to distort in the outer areas but very differently - less outrageously I would say - than the Cooke Kinic. I wanted to quickly mention - I imagine this will interest you - that the HM 20mm lens has become, for the time being, my favorite lens. I never got a notification that there had been a response. I imagine the 20mm would have a more limited image circle. I really love this lens and will post samples below. In addition the swirly part does not degenerate into mush as it does with the Cooke. It does swirl, but not as drastically as the Cooke Kinic (and with a much larger image frame). The 25mm has surprising coverage, filling the APS-C frame at close focusing distances. The 15 has a very limited image circle, and so I don't use it much. They have pretty unique bokeh characteristics. Rudolph, and were the fastest lenses available at the time at f1.5.
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Kymarto wrote: The Hugo Meyer Kino Plasmats were, I believe, developed in the 1920s by Dr. I include here a shot of mine to indicate the sort of shooting I do.
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If you have any images, please do post them!
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I like the 20mm on my four thirds format camera. I would be very thankful if you would offer some words about Hugo Meyer lenses generally, and about this 20mm specifically. But when I was directed to my Cooke Kinic 1.5 25mm and the Dallmeyer Anastigmat 1.5 25mm, those who did so clearly explained what was attractive about its rendering. Often, one can only know a lens by trying it out, this I admit. I recognize that this is, and HM lenses are generally, desirable lenses. I need information on the Hugo-Meyer 20mm f1.5 Kino-Plasmat. I now use Cooke, Dallmeyer, Schneider in the 25mm and a Meopta in 20mm. I am a street shooter, a documentary photographer, and I do like to use Cine lenses. Posted: Wed 2:26 pm Post subject: Hugo-Meyer 20mm (3/4 inch) f1.5 Kino-Plasmat C mount