A fine example of Hugo Meyer’s legendary Makro-Plasmat 75mm f2.7, converted to Leica screw mount with rangefinder coupling. This 7.5cm Makro-Plasmat was originally produced around 1933 for the VP Exakta, a 4x6.5cm Vest Pocket / 127 film format camera.
The lens is constructed with 6 elements in 5 groups. The Plasmat design was invented by Dr. Rudolph, the same designer behind the Planar and Tessar.
As far as we know, L-mount versions of the Makro-Plasmat f2.7 exist in 35mm, 50mm, and 105mm, but there was no original Leica-mount version of this highly tempting short telephoto focal length, so one has to rely on conversions. This example has been fully overhauled and converted with remarkable care, resulting in a dream version with rangefinder coupling.
A true rarity.

This is an item previously sold by our shop. It has been carefully used by its successive owners and has now returned to us once again. This will be the fourth time we have offered it for sale.

In 2018, it received a full overhaul, and was also converted to L mount as a one-off modification using the helicoid from a Voigtlander Heliar 75mm f2.8. Depending on the body used, the rangefinder may go very slightly past infinity. However, focus is properly achieved when the helicoid is turned all the way to the infinity position.

Image quality is excellent. The sample photos are from the time of its previous sale, but we hope you will take a look at our sample gallery.

It comes with an Ektar 47mm hood made by Okadaya in Yurakucho, Tokyo, as well as a Rayqual LM ring.