i tried it with version 4.2.4-134
both with other mods, and in an empty instance

I'm unable to reproduce this. Can you post a screenshot that at least doesn't obviously have other mods installed?

Addendum to what Malte said:

Try it without any other mods, then produce a debug crashlog by holding F3+C for 10 seconds. Upload that crashlog to https://gist.github.com and link it here.

ok, just a minute

https://gist.github.com/iJustBuildUE4FromSource/c08681dac6a9e3cf775565adc3edb47f

And now do it again, without Optifine.

ohhhh, maybe that's the problem