MS Optics disclosed its latest creation, the Perar 17mm f/4.5 pancake lens created for Leica M-mount cameras. It measures in at solely 10.5mm thick, 70mm in diameter, and weighs solely 70 grams.

Nowadays, not only china is innovating all the lens, whereas MS Optics from Japan has simply declared a distinct segment, ultra-thin pancake lens for Leica M. Japanese manufacturer of hand-made lenses, MS Optics, has launched a 17mm F4.5 lens for the Leica M system that's simply10.2mm thick. The Perar 17mm F4.5 Retro Focus ultra thin lens has an angle of view of 100° and weighs solely 60g. The lens has been designed and created by Sadayasu Miyazaki who has created a reputation changing classic lenses for the Leica M system, according to Digitalrev.

The lens uses four components in four groups and focuses from 0.4m to infinity, whereas the minimum aperture is F16. a decent deal of vignetting is alleged to be present once the lens is used wide open, however the designer says that once the focus is ready to 1.40m everything from 0.8m to infinity are going to be sharp and this lens is available in limited quantities from Japan Camera Hunter.

Miyazaki wrote while describing his creation, that a weakness of the lens is that the peripheral light fall off, particularly at most aperture; however this lens is improved compared to the 21mm and 24mm Perars. Distortion is unbroken to +/-2% that is concerning the typical for a 28mm lens compared to the Zeiss Distagon 18mm F4.

Therefore, MS Optics compares the ultra-slim 17mm F4.5 pancake lens to the Zeiss Distagon 18mm f/4 lens, saying that it's neither superior nor inferior, however taking into consideration the actual fact that the Zeiss lens may be a 10 element optical style, 70mm in diameter, 51.5mm long, and weighs 350 grams, and therefore thegood points of [the Perar 17mm f/4.5] lens are pretty clear, and it will be available in ¥80,000/€950 (between $700 and $1000).

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