Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 ASPH
Announced February 24, 2025
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Reviewer Consensus
Strong
The Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 ASPH is a well-built, compact, and affordable portrait lens for M-mount cameras that balances modern sharpness with a classic, soulful aesthetic. It offers a tactile shooting experience with versatile features like a switchable aperture ring, making it a highly capable and popular choice for photographers seeking a character-rich alternative to premium optics.
Weighted from 14 reviewer scores
Pros
- High-quality, robust build and compact design
- Excellent center sharpness and pleasing bokeh
- Versatile aperture ring with click or smooth operation
- Strong value compared to premium alternatives
Cons
- Chromatic aberration and purple fringing at wide apertures
- Soft corner sharpness and heavy vignetting wide open
- Focus breathing and external barrel extension
- Susceptibility to lens flare
- Rangefinder view blockage
- Launch price $849 (USD)
- Focal length & aperture 75mm f/1.4
- Mount & coverage Leica M Full-Frame
- Close focus 61 cm (0.11x)
- Filter thread 58mm
- Autofocus motor Manual focus only
- Weight & size 372g · 62 x 78 mm (2.44 x 3.07 in)
What the Reviewers Say
All 14 expert reviews, weighted into the PixelMeter score.
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- PetaPixel 8/10
With the Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4, you get some character but also a solid performance out of this plucky little lens.
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I think the Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 ASPH will find an audience among photographers who like a more tactile shooting experience again, like Leica M-mount camera owners, and who are looking for images with character rather than pin sharpness.
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If I was to buy a fast 75mm M-mount lens today, this is certainly the one I would be getting.
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[T]he Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 ASPH deliver an interesting modern vintage image in a well-built, compact, and light housing for an excellent price.
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[O]verall, I am extremely satisfied with these lenses.
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The Thypoch Simera 75mm f/1.4 is a lens that rewards those of us who love working with fast telephoto primes. It offers a modern take on the classic portrait lens – sharp but soulful, precise but expressive.
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The way I see it, this is the best value and performance-based 75mm lens you can get for the M-mount system today.
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Of all the 75mm M-mount lenses I’ve shot — the Kipon 75mm f2.4, the Voigtlander 75mm f1.5 — the Thypoch Simera f1.4 is the best built and the most capable wide open. That’s my take after several weeks on the M11.
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If you're a portrait or model photographer or say weddings or anything where you need a bit of arty swirly bokeh, a fast lens for say low light photography, this lens is fantastic.
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Yeah, it's just a very solid lens.
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It's got this vintage yet modern vibe to the lens, which I think they balanced out beautifully on this.
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I think it's just a really, really, really good lens, a lens that is definitely to go in my bag, especially for weddings and portrait kind of stuff when I'm especially using the M system to be a little bit more discreet.
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[O]verall, in terms of my shooting experience, I honestly absolutely really like the lens.
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[F]or my money this is the best portrait lens that you can buy right now for the Leica M-mount, and it's really giving Voigtländer some heat.
