On occasion, we have
reported on other manufacturers lenses as a valid option for Leica M
cameras. Today we are happy to report
that one of our sponsors has been chosen as distributor for such a line of
lenses, the MS Optics lenses of Mr. Miyazaki.
Taos Photographic (www.taos-photographic.com),
the manufacturer of the excellent Komaru Titanium soft releases, has been awarded
the exclusive distributorship of these excellent, handmade lenses for
Europe. These lenses are extremely rare
and are available in only very limited numbers.
Mr. Miyazaki, the designer
of these lenses started his business by modifying different lenses from other
manufacturers to adapt them to the Leica M and Leica srew mount. He told Taos Photographic that he has already modified more
that 300 different types of lenses to convert them to the Leica M and screw mount, even relatively old
ones like some of the Angenieux lenses etc. Right now Taos
Photographic will be sending him a Canon 50mm f/0.95 to modify it for a
customer who owns a Leica M.
Then, one day, there was the
idea of creating his own lenses. Mr
Miyazaki, now 76 years old, does all the design computations for the lenses himself. It is not an industrial process to create
these lenses, he works alone and takes a lot of pleasure to do what he does
right now. He creates a lens and works
a lot with pre-orders. But he is not
equipped to actually make the lenses.
Instead he has chosen a couple of manufacturers to make the metal parts
and the actual lens elements. The entire
assembly is done in house, entirely by hand with total quality control.
Over the last few years MS
Optical has gained quite a cult status among collectors and photography
enthusiasts for the very reason that MS Optical produces some of the finest handmade
lenses on the market today.
Patrick Borie-Duclaud told
us that Mr. Miyazaki works with only very few dealers since the entire
production is so limited. Most of
the time no more than 100 of any given lens are made, which is the main reason
why there are so few distributors. The
only reason why Patrick Borie-Duclaud was able to secure the distributorship
for MS Optical for Europe is due to the fact that his wife is Japanese. She spent one hour on the phone with Mr. Miyazaki and he decided to start working with them but only
by phone or by fax. Being able
to conduct the negotiations in Japanese over the phone proved to be invaluable. Patrick Borie-Duclaud said “We are lucky because he sells his lenses
mostly in Japan…”
At the monment Taos
Photographic has sold almost all of the second batch of the MS Optics
Apoqualia-G 35mm f/1.4 MC. Mr. Miyazaki sent them one his two prototypes, the number #000 so they could test it and
loan it to some photographers for evaluation.
Three new lenses will be designed for the end of 2016 but no
information is available at this time.
Mr. Miyazaki will still
convert other manufacturers lenses to the Leica M or screw mount. However, he will not accept any direct
orders. All orders must be shipped by and through Taos Photographic. For more information contact:
Patrick Borie-Duclaud
Taos Photographic
55, Avenue Louis Breguet
Bureau 5, Bâtiment 7
31400 Toulouse
France
Tél: +33 (0) 5
61 34 46 71
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