Thypoch's $879 100mm T1.9 Caps Seven-Lens Simera-C Cine Prime Set

Thypoch has announced the Simera-C 100mm T1.9, a $879 cinema prime that completes the company's seven-lens full-frame Simera-C series and gives budget-minded shooters their first true telephoto option in the lineup. The M-mount version lists at $959, and several lenses in the series are already discounted to $699 under Thypoch's early Black Friday sale.

Until now, the Simera-C lineup stopped at 75mm. The new 100mm T1.9 extends the set into portrait-and-compression territory, and it ships in Sony E and Leica M mounts. Its 43.2mm image circle fully covers full-frame sensors.

What does the lens actually deliver optically?

The optical formula runs 11 elements in eight groups, fronted by a 16-blade aperture diaphragm. That blade count matters for working cinematographers: 16 blades keep bokeh roughly circular at nearly every stop, rather than morphing into a heptagon as you stop down. Thypoch promises soft, natural bokeh, smooth focus transitions and strong chromatic aberration control.

The series uses a vacuum coating plus a multi-layer anti-reflective process to suppress flare and ghosting. Thypoch isn't chasing the deliberately flary character look that some cinema glass leans into. The stated goal is a clean image with accurate color — relevant if you match the Simera-Cs against neutral reference glass in a multi-camera shoot.

The company claims the lenses hold up on high-resolution bodies, including 8K cameras. "This exceptional resolving power unlocks broader dynamic range and rich cinematic textures, significantly enhancing creative latitude and flexibility in post-production," Thypoch says. That's a marketing claim, not a measured result — no MTF charts or independent tests accompany the announcement.

How does it handle?

Focus is manual only, with a close-focus distance of 0.85 meters — about 2 feet 10 inches. That's roughly 1:8.5 magnification territory on full frame, so this is a compression and portrait lens, not a macro. The 210-degree focus throw matches the other six lenses in the series, and focus and aperture ring controls are unified across the set — the consistency that matters when a focus puller swaps primes mid-day on a follow focus.

One break in series consistency: filter threads. The 100mm T1.9, like the 75mm T1.5, takes 67mm filters. The other five lenses in the series take 62mm. Budget for a second filter set or step rings if you're building a full kit.

Dimensions track the 75mm closely. The 100mm measures 86.4mm (3.4 inches) long in E-mount and 76.6mm (3 inches) in M-mount. Weight is 477 grams (16.8 ounces) in E-mount and 451 grams (15.9 ounces) in Leica M — light enough for gimbal work where every gram on the far end of the arm counts.

What does this change for buyers?

The price is the story. Full-frame cinema primes routinely run well over $10,000 per lens from established manufacturers. A complete seven-lens Simera-C set at $879 per lens totals roughly $6,150 in E-mount — less than a single lens from some competing lines. At the current $699 sale price, a full set drops near $4,900.

That positioning puts Thypoch in direct competition with other budget cine primes, and it forces a calculation: the savings come with real trade-offs. Manual focus only. No published MTF data. A 67mm/62mm filter split within the series. And resolving-power claims that, until independent tests appear, rest on the manufacturer's word.

What's confirmed is concrete: a shipping-announced 100mm T1.9, full-frame coverage, matched 210-degree focus throws, and a sub-$900 price that undercuts the cinema-prime market by an order of magnitude. How the optics hold up on an 8K sensor in production use is the question early adopters will answer first.