All Simera 28mm lenses are Type II with a Crescent-shaped tab.
Simera series lenses add more options in different mount system, making them versatile in Sony E Mount, Nikon Z Mount, Fujifilm X Mount, Canon RF Mount, Lecia M Mount as well as Canon cameras.
Excellent close-up funtion: The Simera 28mm redefines environmental portraiture with its balance of creamy bokeh, natural tones, and cinematic depth. Featuring a 14-blade diaphragm for rounded highlights and artistic starbursts, along with a 0.4m minimum focus distance, it captures both expansive scenes and intimate details.
Minimum focal length: The camera lens includes 1 aspherical element, 1 extra-low dispersion (ED) element, and 3 high-refractive-index (HRI) elements, paired with a floating lens group to deliver unparalleled sharpness from infinity to its 0.4m minimum focusing distance. A tactile resistance point at 0.7 meters on the focus ring alerts users to switch from rangefinder coupling to EVF focusing.
Simple operation: Manual focus, precisely capturing every nuance within the frame. Infinity-lock Tab: Enhances stability by preventing lens rotation during installation, ensuring secure handling. Crescent-shaped Tab: Ergonomically designed for a comfortable grip, enabling smooth, single-finger focusing for seamless operation.
Mastering Light and Depth of Field: F1.4 is a large aperture that allows a substantial amount of light to reach the sensor. The lens creates an extremely shallow depth of field, and the background blur (commonly referred to as "bokeh" in photography) helps highlight the subject more effectively. The full-frame design meets the demands of portraiture, street photography, night scenes, and more.
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Simera 28mm f/1.4 Z/M/E/RF/X Mount Full-Frame Manual Lens
The lens includes 1 aspherical element, 1 extra-low dispersion (ED) element, and 3 high-refractive-index (HRI) elements, paired with a floating lens group to deliver unparalleled sharpness from infinity to its 0.4m minimum focusing distance
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.9 / 5 from 197 reviews.
Amazing lens for travel and street photography. It's light, focuses quickly (thanks to its short focus throw), and the rendering is beautiful, with mostly smooth bokeh.
It's sharp enough at f/1.4 and becomes exceptionally sharp from f/2.8 onward.
The FLE design allows for excellent close-up shots that remain sharp even wide open.
For the price, it's hard to beat. Definitely recommended. 👌
Nicolas B.5/5
Great lens, very pleasant focusing experience, nice rendering and colours
Oleksiy V.5/5Verified
The Thypoch 28mm f/1.4 delivers beautifully rich tonality and natural, nuanced colour that gives images a refined, almost cinematic character. Paired with its exceptional mechanical build and thoughtful design, it feels as precise and premium in hand as the results it produces.
Viktor K.5/5Verified
I love how this lens makes the subjects pop out. The build quality is also impressive - easily one of the better lenses i’ve held and operated. The vignette at wider apertures may throw some people off, but to me I feel like i’m watching images through a pinhole. This adds to the nostalgic effect it has on the pictures clicked through it.
Overall I am extremely satisfied with my purchase.
Allen L.5/5Verified
The 21/1.4 is aharper than I thought it would be, even better than the MTF would lead one to believe, and my standard is Leica M and Canon L.
I recommended the 28/1.4 to my son for his Canon R and he is delighted.
Jr G.5/5Verified
Amazing lens... I don't even know why the shots look so good, I just know I love using it. Easily my most fun piece of glass with stunning results.
Jan Š.5/5Verified
Great compact fast 50mm, love the rendering, wonderful feel in the hands. Easily adapted to multiple lens mounts. A go-to general photography classic!
David A.5/5Verified
One of my favourite uses of a very versatile focal length, a short, compact telephoto option that handles beautifully and renders amazingly.
David A.5/5Verified
The Thypoch Simera 50mm is quietly exceptional. I first used it in Z mount on the Nikon Zf, where it immediately stood out — not through spec sheets, but in use. The build is precise and assured; the rendering carries a subtle character that avoids the sterility of many modern lenses.
There’s a natural balance to the images — clarity without harshness, contrast without excess. It’s a lens that invites you to slow down, to look more carefully. I find myself reaching for it daily.
I’ve since moved to the M-mount version to use on both a Leica M3 and Nikon Zf. On both, it feels entirely at home. The experience is intuitive, almost transparent.
After decades with lenses across systems, it’s rare to find one that disappears so completely in the process. The Simera 50mm is not just compelling — it’s enduring.
Jerome O.5/5Verified
Comparing t summilux 75mm almost the same
Witold G.5/5Verified
Love the Thypoch 28mm Simera for my live music photography
C S.5/5Verified
wonderful lens! Take it anywhere with me
Tim M.5/5Verified
A great addition to my Leica M-11 Monochrom. Beautifully sharp lens.
Edward W.5/5Verified
This is a lovely lens; it took a little time to get used to manual focus, but with punch-in to 100% on my Nikon ZF I get sharp results even wide open.
Out of focus areas have a fantastic look, with nice fall off. Perfect for environmental portraits. I've also used it at f8 for zone-focusing and landscape, and f16 for starbursts. Great for both.
Mark F.5/5Verified
Very nice lens, feels good in the hand. I had to really look for the "red dot" for mounting, my only complaint!. M-Mount 28/1.4 at this price? Amazing, great rendering, smooth bokeh, very happy with my purchase. Used on M11-P and M11-M, will be a regular.
Lawrence H.4/5Verified
Great manual 50mm lens, looking forward to using it this summer
Antony W.5/5Verified
Really enjoyed using this lens with my X-E5
Jonathan P.5/5Verified
Beautifully crafted lens. Excellent image quality
Khurram Q.5/5Verified
The lens is a joy to work with and makes superb images. You need to avoid aiming straight at the sun to avoid the flares but it truly shines in every other situations.
Seif A.5/5Verified
I wanted to change up my approach to photography by going with something that would force me to slow down, form my shots and take in the moment before capturing it. I looked into this lens after a filmmaker I follow showcased the cinema lenses and after a lot of review watching and research I decided to give it a try. I have to say, it’s an impressive lens and possibly one of my new favorites! I’ve gotten so used to my camera’s auto focus capabilities so the challenge this lens has brought to my more casual photography has been exciting to say the least. Looking forward to getting the hang of this thing and adding to the quality of my photo catalog!
Steven G.5/5Verified
Excellent build quality, lots of fun to shoot with and the Zf focus peaking makes it easy to get great shots with this lens. It's a beautiful design with very satisfying mechanics. The Z mount looks great on this body, although the silver is ever so slightly different from Nikon silver. It is slightly too heavy for the Zf unless you use an additional grip such that it will fall forward when set down. My only complaint is with shipping; I didn't find out until the day before delivery to the US that UPS wanted 20% of the purchase price to actually deliver it. I'm glad I checked the tracking to find that out before they showed up but it would have been nice to know well in advance.
Nathan B.5/5Verified
Great lens, I'm using it every single day for street photography and portraits.
Pahontu D.5/5Verified
Superbe photo quality and feels really nice to manipulate.
Would've been a 5 star rating if the end caps would actually hold still. They would always fall off when the camera is on my motorcycle bag.
Would've also been super nice if it was a chipped lense, to get the photos info.
Idris F.4/5Verified
My Thypoch Simera 35mm f1.4 and my Thypoch Simera 28mm f1.4 have become my two favorite lenses. They offer incredible quality for my street photography. Many thanks to Thypoch for these lenses; they are excellent for me.
Rafael E.5/5Verified
Quite satisfied, z mount could've been chipped and shipping times could've been shorter than a month otherwise I have no complaints
Daniel F.4/5Verified
So far very nice.
Mr W.5/5Verified
The lens feels good, looks damn good, is characteristic with a filmic touch.
I‘m in love with it
Christian L.5/5Verified
The Simera 28mm has quickly become my favorite lens. The 28mm focal length is incredibly inspiring and made me rediscover familiar places from a fresh perspective. I especially love the smooth transition from sharp to out-of-focus areas, it gives images a beautiful and natural look. Despite being a wide-angle lens, it also produces surprisingly pleasing portraits. The rendering has a unique character, with colors and sharpness exactly the way I like them. Build quality is excellent, and the distance scale with the red dots is such a thoughtful and enjoyable detail. It’s a lens with real personality, and I couldn’t be happier with it.
Samuel M.5/5Verified
This lens is just a cracker. It’s sharp with a modest amount of vintage character and it oozes style on the X Pro 2. The image quality aside, I would also say big props to the departments that handle build and product boxing. Both were spectacular.
Sandesh B.5/5Verified
Beautifully made and a joy to use. Image quality is magical.
Mr W.5/5Verified
I Like the Look from this 28mm
Michael E.5/5Verified
This lens was a definite upgrade on the Sony kit lens and my viltrox 50mm f2 air. It does pretty much exactly what I wanted it to do. Pictures seem to pop. Subject separation is very strong. Colors are warm. Contrast is pleasing and pretty. I’m getting the vintage look that I love. The lens physically looks gorgeous and the markings are very helpful for zone focusing. The focus tab is useful and the ring moves smoothly. I do wish the lens had contacts to speak to the body but I am still having a blast shooting this since all of my first lenses were manual. If they made alternate focal lengths I would definitely buy them.
Anthony C.5/5Verified
The lens feels and looks premium. It's very sharp, has great contrast and rendition. It would be great if they include a 6 bit code on it. Definitely a great value!
Daniel G.5/5Verified
Ok
Carlos L.5/5Verified
:)
Benjamin R.4/5Verified
Gorgeous images, reminiscent of the best vintage glass but with a touch more sharpness and contrast. Great build quality, feels sweet in the hand mounted on my silver body Zf ( great combo). Manual focus takes a bit of time to get used to, but it is coming along nicely. Image quality is worth the effort. Missing is the coded chip which would enable a number of focus aides in my Nikon Zf. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
Bryan D.5/5Verified
Wait time was slightly longer than promised, but it was worth it! Simera 28mm f/1.4 is pure magic. I'll keep waiting for physically smaller lens for Fuji X mount that are as good ;)
Jarosław R.5/5Verified
Great build quality and it looks really nice on my Nikon Zf, love the slower more thoughtful way of making pictures with a manal focus lens. The focus ring is perfectly smooth but not too loose, makes it easy to obtain focus. Nice to have the option to make your aperture ring unclickable for video. Really happy with this lens, it has been glued onto my camera since the day I received it!
Lja S.5/5Verified
Wonderful build quality and smooth handling. Can’t be beat on price to performance comparrison.
Chris L.5/5Verified
Makes manual focus much easier than expected. Shame it doesn’t support focus confirmation without an adapter
Daniel K.5/5Verified
Simera Series FAQ
Which models of UV filtersare compatible with Simera series lenses?
The Simera 28/35/50mm lenses are compatible with φ49mm UV filters. When both the lens hood and the UV filter are installed, they can be compatible with thin UV filters with a maximum diameter of 51.4mm, such as the "MC UV series" of MECO. The Simera 75mm lens is compatible with φ58mm UV filters and allows to install mainstream UV filters together with the lens hood.
Can the focus tab of Simera series be disassembled?
The focus tab cannot be disassembled. Since disassembling or assembling the focus tab involves the internal structure, it may damage the lens.
Do Simera lenses have electronic contacts?
There are no electronic contacts on Simera lenses. They are manual lenses.
How to adjust the stepped or stepless aperture function on Simera lenses?
When the lens is installedon the camera, toggle the block on the front of the lens. Toggle to the left, amoon symbol represents the lens is stepless ; and a sun symbol represents steppedaperture if toggling to the right.
How to convert the format when Simera lenses are used on APS-C cameras?
The equivalent focal length = the focal length of the lens × the conversion coefficient. For example, when a 50mm lens is used on an APS-C camera, the actual perspective obtained is 50mm × the format conversion coefficient of APS-C cameras. Usually, the conversion coefficient of Sony and Nikon cameras is 1.5, and that of Canon cameras is 1.6.
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