Piesker Picon 135 2.8: forgotten lens maker from Berlin-West

Piesker Picon 135 2.8:

forgotten lens maker from Berlin-West

 
Its not so much to find about
Paul Piesker&Co, Berlin-West in the internet.
Manufacturing estimated: end of the 1940 till 1960?
 
LINKS: 
 

Piesker lenses had some brandings:

PICON, ASTRA, ASTRANAR, VOSS, VOTAR

TELEGON,  KALIMAR

 


Shown example: Piesker Picon 138/2.8:

Nr. 93226

Blades: 16

Filter size:  52 mm

Shortest focus distance:  2.5 m


Mounted at Pentacon bellow Made in GDR.

Its easy to mount the bellow at the M42 adapter!!!

 

 

The Bokeh:

Always circles are formed not only in the mid but also in the rim area.

The lens construction is not known,

might be a Triplet like Triotar 100/2.8 from Meyer?

 

LINK: Lens Design: Triplet and more: wiki

 

 


 

Examples:

 

BonFireHeart

 

SwingBothWays

 


Of course, like with all lenses,

you can use it for art work

 


MoveInTheRightDirection

Fotounification, thanks to Muncaski Martin

 IamWhatIam

Fotounification, thanks to Peter. H. Fuerst

Its just a fun to play with 60 years old lenses:

They have a own soul, e.g. Bokeh development.