The Sumire lenses however are a real departure for Canon, since for the first time, they are manufacturing lenses which do not seek to maximise their performance. Instead, they have decided to concentrate on ‘character’ and this means that lens aberations have been deliberate created in their design in order to produce a more pleasing look. An anathma for Canon but we are really pleased that they did so!

So, this 7 lens prime set as a modern ‘vintage’ primes, though the term modern ‘vintage’ is purely descriptive, since they are of course a brand new design of modern lenses. However, they are designed to recreate some of the character of the popular Canon K35 and other similar lenses, whilst maintaining Full Frame coverage, 4K+ image quality and matched T1.5 aperture (20mm-85mm are all matched T1.5).