This is neat! 100/2 are a bit forgotten nowadays. I used the Oly 100/2, ZF 100/2, CY 100/2 and Mino 100/2 just love that FL aperture combo. The Mino and CY produce just lovely images.
Oct 23, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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nehemiahphoto wrote:
This is neat! 100/2 are a bit forgotten nowadays. I used the Oly 100/2, ZF 100/2, CY 100/2 and Mino 100/2 just love that FL aperture combo. The Mino and CY produce just lovely images.
I would be interested as well if they make a non-cine version. I love a 28, 50, & 100 combo and for my tastes 100 f/2 is about perfect as a balance between size of the lens and size of the aperture.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
This is neat! 100/2 are a bit forgotten nowadays. I used the Oly 100/2, ZF 100/2, CY 100/2 and Mino 100/2 just love that FL aperture combo. The Mino and CY produce just lovely images.
For me ~100mm is the perfect focal length for tight portraits, and CY 100/2 is just all around fantastic. I might have to try the Minolta, too.
mranger211 wrote:
For me ~100mm is the perfect focal length for tight portraits, and CY 100/2 is just all around fantastic. I might have to try the Minolta, too.
The ergo sucks (this was when Mino was pushing AF and so the MF ring is dinky and no aperture ring) and it has 80/90’s tele flare issues as well as LoCal, buuuuuut the sharpness, bokeh, color and physical size are fantastic. Images sing.
It's likely to be a 100/1.8 in M-mount stills form (lens speed matters in marketing), potentially the same size as the 75/1.4. And most important for lenses in this class, it's already in the same weight class - just 450 grams even in cine housing. The 75/1.4 is 370 grams in M-mount stills livery, so that is the target range if they go ahead and do a stills lens. And why wouldn't you do that?
The 16-blade 75mm is a much-underrated portrait lens, IMO. That look it has would work well at 100mm. 100mm is a major old school Carl Zeiss focal length from back when they made complete lens ranges. For most others (and also CZ), it was a macro focal length.
But - weight! All those grams are no good for travel. No lens manufacturer cared in the portrait lens space.
The 100MP, a 9/8 design at 100/2, weighs 680g in ZF.2 form, or 810g in Milvus form. OK, it's a 'half macro'.
The CY 100/2 Planar (6/5 design) was all of 670 grams.
Leica's 90/2 Asph APO (5/4) is 500 grams despite being half the complexity of this Simera-C (11/8).
AI: 'If you are looking for the lightest native full-frame stills lenses with a 100mm or 105mm focal length and a maximum aperture of f/2 or faster, options are incredibly rare.'
That is to put it in perspective. I brought this deficit to their attention a few months back. They promised to pass the message on to the design team. We saw Cooke, Zeiss and Letiz add 100mm lenses to their new mirrorless light cine mount ranges - SP3, Nano and Hektor.
These are Thypoch's direct competitors in the light cine market. I suggested they make a lightly modified 75/1.4 at 100mm, and f2 would be fine with the certain group of photographers interested in such a lens. Everything in the mainstream E/Z/L mounts are very heavy/complex/fast for 'big blur' pro usage. 100mm puts it well out of the sensor stack issues for many of us who want an EVF experience for such a lens. It just won't matter at 100mm and f2 at portrait ranges, however. IMO, of course.
And 11/8 compared to 9/8, that 75mm was already a little stronger than the Summilux ASPH-sourced Simera 50/1.4. At the same dimensions, the Asph element will very likely stay, so two extra stand alone elements are going to give it even more power. And 100mm is a sweet spot for resolution, as see in the last Otus. It could be pretty special even at f2. The cine guys will tell all, soon enough.
@philip_pj If you are including the Leica 90/2 ASPH you should also include the CV 90/2 APO. It’s only 338g with a 52 filter thread and 0.9 MFD and high degree of correction with a modern draw—very much like this 100/1.8 (I am anticipating). It will be interesting to see how the M version lands in terms of size and ergo though.
I do like they made a 100/2 (ish) lens. I was hoping for a better MFD, just like I’d like the CV 90/2 APO to have a MFD more like the ZF 100/2 Macro Planar or the Olympus 100/2.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
The ergo sucks (this was when Mino was pushing AF and so the MF ring is dinky and no aperture ring) and it has 80/90’s tele flare issues as well as LoCal, buuuuuut the sharpness, bokeh, color and physical size are fantastic. Images sing.
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Thanks for the examples. Now I will definitely have to try one. I have been getting a bunch of Minolta AF lenses for my Kolari modded Sony as the AF vintage option. So far they have been working nicely with the LA-EA5.
I will probably give the Thypoch a try as well, although I am pretty happy with the Konica 90mm f2.8.
