Thypoch Eureka 50mm f/2 Review

AD/ANZEIGE In this episode, I review the new 50mm f/2 Thypoch Eureka lens for the Leica M mount. It pays homage to vintage collapsible lenses and its design is a tribute to the original 1950s Taylor Hobson lens. 

The Shenzen-based company Thypoch is the new kid on the block with the name combining the words Thy and Epoch. The company made headlines with their initial line of Simera lenses for the Leica M mount which introduced an innovative focusing scale and were launched at Photopia in Hamburg in 2023. For Thypoch, the Simera lenses cover today’s epoch. In contrast, Thypoch now introduced a new line of lenses called Eureka - like Archimedes famous exclamation. These fall into the last epoch and revive vintage design elements and a modern vintage rendering. 
This 50mm is a perfect start to the new Eureka line and even features a small Easter Egg. I took a pre-production demo version of the lens through its paces on my vintage Leica M6 during a recent visit to Malta shooting some Ilford Delta 100 and Kodak Portra 160. I captured a wide range of subjects to give you a good feeling of what this lens is capable of. 

Let’s take a closer look at the build quality, handling and the photographs it produces.

Gear used:
Leica M6 with
50mm f/2 Thypoch Eureka

Films used:
Ilford Delta 100
Kodak Portra 160

Purchase the lens here:
https://www.foto-erhardt.de/
https://thypoch.com/Eureka.html

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