Tiny 28 mm f/2.8 full-frame lens lets cameras fit in a jacket pocket
Full-frame cameras don’t have to be big, as the Panasonic Lumix S9 ($1,197 on Amazon) demonstrates. Full-frame lenses, on the other hand, are often much larger. Not so with the Brightin Star MF 28 mm f/2.8 pancake lens, which is only 21.5 millimeters long. Once mounted on a camera, the lens protrudes 9.9 millimeters from the mount and weighs 125 grams.
Despite its tiny brass housing, the lens features a 25.5-millimeter filter thread, a focus ring with a depth-of-field scale, and an aperture ring. The aperture consists of nine blades and can be adjusted from f/2.8 to f/16. The lens features a design consisting of six elements in five groups.
Three of the elements are made of special glass. However, photographers must make some compromises to achieve the compact dimensions, because, as the manufacturer’s MTF curves show, image sharpness drops dramatically in the corners, even at smaller apertures, while the lens is said to produce sharper images in the center at wide-open aperture than when stopped down.
Pricing and availability
The Brightin Star MF 28 mm f/2.8 full-frame lens in silver is now available for $318.99 in the manufacturer’s online store, making it $20 cheaper than the older version in black. Shipping is free, however, the price does not include import sales tax and customs duties. The lens is available only with a Leica M mount and is rangefinder-coupled. With an adapter, it can also be used on Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, Fuji X, Leica and Panasonic L cameras.
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