Product name APOLLON 1,3/36
WEIGHT approx. 75 g, 80 g including hood and cap (some individual differences)
Filter diameter M34
Minimum focusing distance 0,3 m
(1 m for Leica M3 with rangefinder linkage, 0,8 m for other models)


First of all, it's impossibly light!
And with digital, you can shoot close-ups down to 0.3m!
Add to that the ease of use of a 35mm lens and you have a perfect lens.


A simple, easy-to-understand explanation of performance.
Flare is present at maximum aperture, but the image is well resolved.
At f/2, flare disappears and contrast soars! This is the point.


The next section explains what you may be wondering about.
First, a comparison with the APOQUALIA 1,3,1,4/35.
These two products, when open, have best contrast and their resolving power is reduced.
This means that they were designed with an emphasis on contrast.
This was often the case with ZEISS and LEICA.
But this time with the APOLLON 1,3/36.
The resolution is quite good from wide open, but the contrast is not so good.
If you stop it down a little, the flare disappears and the contrast becomes unquestionable. This is a lens of this type.
This was the standard before the ZEISS Planar and LEICA Summicron came out.
It's all about 'open up and a whole different world awaits.' Exciting, isn't it!



Furthermore, the 1,3/35 was an advanced lens.

To explain in more detail, with the 1,3/35, if you bring the lens into best focus at f/1,3, you will not be able to get best focus thereafter due to aberrations [focus shift?], so based on this, my grandfather adjusted the lens during assembly to be best at f/4, which is in the middle. To get the best focus at wide aperture, you need[ed?] to make a little effort to shoot with a front focus by yourself.


Based on this, the APOLLON 1,3/36 is designed with an emphasis on "the taste of Miyazaki lenses that even beginners can use". We hope you will learn to use it and make it one of your own.

The name APOLLON is also Apollo, or the sun god, in ancient Rome, the symbol of the Greeks' ideals, expressed in a robust, youthful youth god.


We want people who have never used Miyazaki lenses to use them, and for those who have always used them, they are tough. This is a strong message that we want people who have never used Miyazaki lenses to use them.