Thypoch Ksana 21mm f3.5

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A new lens from Thypoch that looks like a lot of fun. 21mm f3.5 with coating that emulates the golden flares of classic 70s cinema lenses.

Review by Phillip Reeve:

Review: Thypoch 21mm 3.5 Ksana Epoch - phillipreeve.net

The Thypoch 21mm 3.5 is the first entry of Thypoch's "Ksana" series. Compact lenses with historical coatings for warm flares and

phillipreeve.net

Digital Camera World announcement:

The Thypoch Ksana 21mm f/3.5 is built for photographers who miss character in their lenses

Vintage soul, meets modern glass as Thypoch’s Ksana 21mm arrives for Leica rangefinder cameras

www.digitalcameraworld.com

Petapixel announcement:

Thypoch's New Ksana 21mm f/3.5 Lens Channels the Spirit of 1970s Cinema

The 70s are back, baby!

petapixel.com

 

[trix4ever]

Phillip Reeves review is comprehensive. Make it clear the Italian flag color shifts at the sides are dreadful and it's only sharp outside the centre by f8.
Nah, I'm sticking with my Voigtlander 21mm f3.5. No colour shift and sharp all over.
Might be useful on film as a special effects lens but on digital it's rubbish. Sorry.

 

[trix4ever]

Also if I wanted a 21mm that's crap on digital I'd use my 21mm f4.5 C-Biogon, although it's fabulous on film and bloody good on a Monochrom.
I saw this review a while back and still think Bastion's right that using crap coatings as a selling point is a gimmick. Flare is one of the things that's a bugger to fix afterwards.

 

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@trix4ever As much as I like the idea of the golden flares, I'm more likely to get the Voigtlander 21/3.5 if I want a very compact 21mm in M mount. I already have the Zeiss 21/2.8 anyway, but it isn't very good on mirrorless cameras. It's disappointing that Thypoch did not optimize this lens for M body sensors.

 

[trix4ever]

Fred Miranda tested the 21/3.5 Voigtlander on both the M10 and a Sony and it was bloody good on both. Worth looking for his review. If it works well on a Sony it'll work on any mirrorless.