Thypoch, a relatively young lens manufacturer, has made a big impression with two outstanding M-mount lenses, the Simera 28mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.4. The manufacturer has returned with a new, longer prime lens, the Simera 50mm f/1.4.

Initially designed for M-mount users, the Simera 50mm f/1.4 is a full-frame, manual focus lens featuring a crescent-shaped focus tab and a substantially shorter minimum focus distance than most rangefinder-compatible lenses. With a minimum focusing distance of only 0.45 meters, Thypoch claims its new lens outperforms existing 50mm rangefinder lenses, which are typically limited to 0.7-0.9 meters.

“This capability opens up new possibilities for close-up and intimate photography,” according to Thypoch, who also noted a “gentle resistance indicator at 0.7 meters, prompting users to switch to the EVF for even shorter focusing ranges.”

The Simera 50mm f/1.4 improves on the design and optical performance of its shorter siblings, the 28mm and 35mm f/1.4 primes. The Simera 50mm f/1.4’s eight-element, six-group architecture ensures excellent image quality. The lens has one extra-low dispersion (ED) element and three high refractive index (HRI) elements. The lens also contains a floating element, which ensures high performance at close focusing distances.

The new lens features a cine-standard 14-blade aperture, which promises circular bokeh. According to Thypoch, the 50mm f/1.4’s rapid aperture produces a gentle focus falloff that creates a three-dimensional cinematic image. The manual aperture control ring can be clicked or de-clicked, making it suitable for picture and video applications.

Here are some sample pictures taken by Ben J. Haisch and pushingfilm provided by Thypoch: