Thypoch adds ultra-wide 16mm T1.9 to Simera-C cinema lineup

Thypoch’s new Simera-C 16mm T1.9 looks aimed squarely at the jobs where a wide lens earns its keep: gimbal passes, cramped interiors, car rigs, and clean establishing shots. It is the widest focal length in the Simera-C cinema family, beating the 21mm that had held that spot, and it arrives as a more practical tool than a spec-sheet flex.

The lens was announced on May 26, 2026, and Thypoch says it is built around a 106-degree field of view, near-zero focus breathing, and a minimum focus distance of 0.16m. That close-focus number matters more than people admit, because it gives indie shooters room to cheat perspective in small spaces without falling back on distortion-heavy trickery. The 70mm body length and 467g weight in M mount, or 490g in E mount, keep it in the zone where a mirrorless rig still feels like a rig, not a hand truck.

Thypoch also kept the optical recipe straightforward for cinema work: 15 elements in 11 groups, a 16-blade aperture diaphragm, a 67mm front diameter, and a 210-degree focus throw. The lens is the slowest in the line at T1.9, while the rest of the Simera-C primes sit at T1.5, but that is a fair trade if the goal is keeping an ultra-wide frame cleaner and more controlled. For run-and-gun shooting, the promise of near-zero distortion is the real appeal. A 16mm can turn mushy fast if the edges bow out and faces stretch at the frame perimeter; Thypoch is clearly trying to avoid that.

The company has also pushed consistency hard across the family, which is why the wider lens arrives alongside a six-lens kit with 16mm, 21mm, 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 75mm primes. B&H Photo called it the most comprehensive Thypoch cinema offering yet, and that tracks for small crews that build kits one lens at a time. The set is priced at $4,369 for Sony E mount and $4,849 for Leica M mount, while the lens alone lists at $879 for E mount and $959 for M mount. Custom foam inserts are available for Pelican and other hard cases, which is exactly the kind of unglamorous detail that matters when a kit lives in and out of a van.

Thypoch, founded in 2023, launched Simera-C in October 2024 and has positioned the line as a compact, character-rich alternative to bigger cinema glass. With the 16mm T1.9, the pitch gets sharper: if you need an ultra-wide prime that stays light, matched, and usable on modern cameras like the Sony A7RV, Leica M11, Sony Venice II 6K, ARRI Alexa LF, and RED V-Raptor 8K, this is the first Simera-C that really answers the question.