MS Optics has added the Sonnetair 50mm f/1.3 to its lens catalog and like most of its lens designs, it has an old-school 60s vibe that screams a classic look and buttery bokeh.
Noticed by DPReview, the Sonnetar 50mm f/1.3 is designed and hand-built by Sadayasu Miyazaki in Chiba, Japan. The lenses produced by Miyazaki are thought of to be a number of the most interesting and most original lenses available on the market right now, in accordance with Japan Digital camera Hunter.
This new lens is constructed of 5 components organized into 4 teams, and the corporate says the lenses are coated and supply gentle protection of as much as 97% of the picture. With an Otto Niemann 14-bladed iris, the aperture settings vary from f/1.3 via f/16 with a minimal focusing distance of 80cm (31.5-inches).
That f/1.3 aperture and the big variety of diaphragm blades ought to translate into a stunning background bokeh, and light-weight flares may have a sunburst-like high quality to heat the picture immensely. The lens additionally has a 43mm diameter and can weigh in at simply 143 grams even with a lens hood.
The lens is small, compact, and light-weight. The corporate says it weighs 123 grams with no lens hood and 143 grams with one connected. It has a 49mm entrance filter thread and can ship in Leica M-mount. Whereas which means it’s only natively supported by Leica rangefinders, the M-mount is well tailored to a number of different mounts. MS Optics says it can embrace the lens hood and each the entrance and rear caps within the field.
To actually emphasize the hand-made high quality of the lens, MS Optics says that every is instantly commissioned by Sadayasu Miyazaki, and there shall be restricted portions accessible. Like the opposite lenses produced by MS Optics, the Sonnetar 50mm f/1.3 is designed for many who get pleasure from movie images or who don’t need to be slowed down by the quite a few choices of a digital camera with a extra trendy, digital design.
Under are some pattern photographs supplied by the producer:
The images present how pleasing the topic can seem with an ethereal bokeh that additionally has a “swirl” attribute. The MS Optics Sonnetar 50mm f/1.3 lens for Leica M-mount cameras is accessible from Japan Digital camera Hunter for $1,300 or Japan Exposures for 115,900 yen, or about $920.
