What’s in a name? Thypoch is a Chinese manufacturer best known for its Simera f/1.4 manual-focus prime lenses and more movie-focused Simera-C T1.5 cine lenses. Thypoch takes its name from ‘epoch’ and Simera is Greek for ‘today’. Taking a step forward, the new Voyager 24-50mm is the company’s first autofocus zoom lens, advertised as ‘the cine-soul in motion, bringing world-class cinematic rendering to your everyday kit’.
I’ve seen a variety of full-frame compatible standard zoom lenses that aim to be as compact and lightweight as possible, but they usually come with the compromises of a fairly slow aperture rating that varies with focal length, a lack weather-seals, and come up short at the long end of the zoom range. A couple that spring to mind are the Canon RF 24-50mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM and the Nikon Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3. On the other hand, traditional ‘trinity’ standard zooms with a constant f/2.8 aperture rating tend to be much bigger and heavier, but a variety of downsized alternatives have come to market, generally with a different zoom range to the classic 24-70mm (see ‘pricing’ below).
