Ms-optics APORIS 135mm F2.4

Review and Photo example of the APORIS 135mm F2.4(MS-Optics).

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Gallery

  • Sample photos taken with the LEICA SL and HASSELBLAD X2D.

Review

Apolis 135mm is MS-Optics’ (Miyazaki Optical) first medium-telephoto lens with a focal length of 135mm.
The lens type is an Ernostar type that is telephoto and easy to obtain brightness. It bears the name Apo, and is designed to eliminate chromatic aberration, and for this purpose, some of the lenses use Canon Optron’s fluorite glass, making it a luxurious lens.
The mount is compatible with Leica M mount, but it does not work with rangefinders and is recommended for use with mirrorless cameras.

This lens has a variable mechanism unique to Miyazaki lenses mounted on the lens barrel.

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With some lenses, in order to use the variable mechanism, it is necessary to remove the lens and change the settings inside the lens, so it is very convenient to be able to operate two variable mechanisms without removing the lens. This is thought to have been possible because this lens has a generous lens barrel size.
The lens comes with a 58mm diameter screw-in reverse hood, so if you want to attach a filter, you need to remove the hood, attach a 58mm filter in reverse, and then attach the hood.

Although this lens has a slender barrel, it is wide and has a focus ring at its thickest point, making it easy to operate the functions incorrectly. I was using the Leica SL typ601, and it was easy to focus even at F2.4 at maximum aperture. As the name of the lens suggests, there is no color blurring around the subject when viewed through the EVF, giving the impression that you are looking at the subject up close.
I think a mirrorless camera from the 2020s equipped with a high-pixel EVF will give you a similar feeling of operation.

Apart from the released lens, a lens barrel that would work with the distance meter of a rangefinder camera was also planned, but it was shelved because the accuracy of the Leica M-type finder did not allow for accurate focus when the aperture was opened. . In addition to the Leica M mount version, a T mount version with a longer flange back has been released, and this is intended to be used with a single-lens reflex camera via a T mount adapter.

The market value of single-focal-length 135mm lenses, whether for rangefinders or single-lens reflex cameras, is low. As mentioned in the Elmarito R 135mm for Leica R mount, the focal length is swallowed up by a zoom lens, which is probably the reason why the focal length pixels are difficult to use in everyday photography.
Among them, Leica’s Apo Terito M 135mm stands out.This lens is rarely seen on the used market, and is sold at a price that is hard to believe considering its focal length of 135mm.
This lens also cost over 100,000 yen when it was released, and it did not sell that well and was often seen at camera stores. However, as of 2024, seven years after its release, it is no longer seen on the used market.

I remember that Mr. Miyazaki said that the Canon Optron fluorite glass used in this lens was extremely expensive. Additional production may be difficult in terms of glass procurement, so it may become a valuable lens in the future when lens evaluations are reviewed.

APORIS切り出し例

When used with HASSELBLAD X2D, it covers approximately 92% of the 44 x 33mm sensor in the horizontal direction.

Specification

ItemValuenote
Focal length(mm)135
Max aperture2.4
Min aperture16
Lens Construction5elements 4groupErnostar type
Min distance(m)1.0Not linked to camera rangefinder
Length(mm)122
Max diameter(mm)60
Filter size(mm)58Install in reverse order of normal
Weight(g)

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Update history

  • 2024.03.14
  • 2023.05.06

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