Zhongyi Mitakon Creator APO 135mm F/2.5 ED SLR
Medium telephoto prime lens • Digital era
- Announced:
- · September 2021
- Production status:
- ● In production
- Country of design:
- · PRC (People's Republic of China)
- Original name:
- · ZHONGYI APO 1:2.5/135mm ED
- Class:
- · Fast full-frame medium telephoto prime lens
- · Professional model (Top class)
Abbreviations
| APO | Apochromatic optical design. |
| ED | The lens incorporates low dispersion elements. |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 135mm | |
| F/2.5 | |
| 9 elements in 7 groups | |
| 2 ED, 2 UHR, 1 HRI | |
| Internal focusing (IF) | |
| Canon EF [44mm] | |
| Nikon F [46.5mm] | |
| 18.2° (35mm full frame) | |
| On Canon EOS APS-C [1.59x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 214.7mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/4 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 11.5° |
| On Nikon D APS-C [1.53x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 206.6mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/3.8 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 12° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 9 (nine) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 1m | |
| 1:10 | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| 845g (mount not specified) | |
| ⌀79×137mm (mount not specified) | |
| - | |
| - | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 67mm | |
| Built-in telescopic round | |
| Not available |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
Manufacturer description
Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.5 renders an exquisite bokeh by 9 blades of circular aperture. The background is softly blended like butter. Great control of depth of field can be achieved with focus technique, offering high level of creative potential with the lens. The perfect separation of subject from the background makes the lens ideal for portrait photography.
Zhong Yi has improved the optical design of Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.5 lens based on experience of producing 135mm lenses. 2 Super ED (extra-low dispersion) glass and 2 ultra-high refraction Index glass elements are precisely deployed to provide optimal sharpness. Images taken by it are showing sharp details even across the corners, with minimal field curvature to ensure the highest possible resolution is retained along edges of the area in frame.
Super ED and ultra-high refraction Index glasses incorporated design of Creator 135 f/2.5 lens help achieved the APO quality. Chromatic aberration is well suppressed to the slightest. No more distracting colour fringing is found along areas with highlighting parts over the image. A perfectly coloured, extraordinarily sharp portrait image with beautiful bokeh is achievable under strong lighting with this lens.
Clear scale marking on aperture ring and focus ring are embedded on the robust metal barrel. Long focus throw enables precise focusing on target objects. Lens hood is designed to be longer than it used to, helping to reduce lens flare and ghosting.
The new 135mm has an internal focus design, on which no extension/retraction on the lens housing when adjusting the focus ring. Filters, matt boxes, or other camera accessories can be mounted on it solidly. Focus breathing is designed to be minimal that the transition of shifting area in focus will be silky smooth.
From the editor
Please note that this lens was also released in versions for 35mm full-frame mirrorless cameras and Fujifilm GFX series medium format mirrorless cameras. We decided to record them separately in our database.