Ms-Optics PERAR 28mm

Review and Photo example of the PERAR 28mm F4 (MS-Optics / Miyazaki kogaku).

Gallery

Sample photos taken with the Leica M6 +Fujifilm 100.

Review

PERAR 28mm is a wide-angle lens released by MS-Optics (Miyazaki Optical).
It uses a triplet lens format, and is part of the triplet series that includes the PERAR 21mm, PERAR 24mm, and PERAR 35mm. The PERAR 28mm lens barrel has a beautiful gentle mountain curve.

Like other Pera series lenses, the lens is thin and looks great when attached to small cameras such as MINOLTA CLE, SONY NEX series, and LUMIX GM5.

Many 28mm prime lenses have been released for rangefinder cameras, and they have very unique focal lengths. There are countless 28mm lenses that I have used, including RICOH GR 28mm, MINOLTA G-Rokkor 28mm, LEICA SUMMICRON 28mm, Orion15, HEKTOR 28mm, HEXANON 28mm, Summaron 28mm, ELMARIT-M28mm, and even more if you include single-lens reflex lenses. I’ve been shooting with a lot of 28mm prime lenses.
I really like the PERAR 28mm because it’s compact, provides good resolution up to the four corners, has good 3-element rendering, and has little image distortion.

Although it is a very compact lens, there are no problems with operability, and focusing can be done smoothly by sliding the focus lever at the bottom of the lens barrel. The aperture is located at the front of the lens barrel, so it can be changed by turning the hood attached to it. There is no click stop on the aperture, so you need to visually check the exact aperture value.

Specification

Manufacture	Ms-optics	Ms-optics	Ms-optics
Name	PERAR	APOQUALIA(I)	APOQUALIA(II/III)
Max aperture	4	2.08	2.08
Min aperture	16	16	16
Leaf blade	10	10	10
Lens Construction	3 groups 3 elements	4 groups 6 elements	4 groups 6 elements
Min distance(m)	0.7	0.8	0.35
Lens length(mm)(*2)	10	9.8	9.8
Filter(mm)	19	28	28
Weight(g)(*3)	45	70	70
Release date	2012.4	2016.9	2018