Light Lens Lab revives Dallmeyer Super Six look in new 50mm lens

The lens sits on the company’s existing 50mm f/2 Rigid mechanical platform, which gives it a familiar, practical build rather than a fragile collector-piece feel. Light Lens Lab lists a 0.7m minimum focus distance, an aperture range from f/1.9 to f/22, an E39 filter thread, an A42 clip-on hood, and a quick-change bayonet for Leica M mount. It weighs about 263g without accessories, and the brass chrome version is priced at $799 in the United States, excluding taxes and duties.

Light Lens Lab has also added a low-contrast version for shooters who want even more of that vintage rendering. The company says the low-contrast model is marked with an asterisk on the front ring, and the product page says that version was added in response to community feedback. That matters because this lens is being pitched as a character optic, not a clinical tool: the whole point is to keep the glow, contrast behavior and signature color response that make old lenses feel alive, while making the files easier to work with on digital bodies.

The Super Six reference goes well beyond styling. John Henry Dallmeyer’s original 50mm f/1.9 Super Six is remembered as a rare, collectible optic, especially in Leica screw-mount form, and the design’s speed and shallow depth of field helped define its reputation. Light Lens Lab, founded in 2018 by Mr. Zhou in Shangrao, China, has built its niche around that kind of optical revival, and the Rigid-ZS6 fits squarely into that strategy.