You can finally preorder the new Thypoch Voyager 24-50mm f/2.8 FE at BHphoto , Adorama , FotoErhardt , Typoch Store (use code “Andrea” to save 5%).

Philip Reeve tested the lens and concluded:

I was genuinely surprised to find out that this is an internal zoom design that doesn’t change its length on zooming and I also applaud Thypoch for choosing 10 rounded aperture blades for the diaphragm, yielding actually nice sunstars without making the bokeh stopped down a bit look unnatural. The CA correction is very good as is the performance at the wide end. Compared to many of Sony’s and Sigma’s latest lenses the distortion can also be considered low, but as it is of the wavy type at the wide end I still hope Thypoch (or Adobe) will provide correction profiles for Raw files.

At the end of the day I consider this Thypoch 24-50mm 2.8 Voyager to be an interesting zoom option with some good and unexpected decisions (internal zoom, diaphragm construction) I surely didn’t see coming.

SonyAlphaBlog writes:

Globally the Sony 24-50mm F2.8 is close to the perfect compact little F2.8 zoom but at a hefty price (1300 euros).
The Thypoch and the Samyang are 2 times cheaper and have similar sharpness performances (with issues in the corners at f2.8). In term of color rendering and bokeh the Thypoch is better

And here is Benj Haisch take on the lens: