The Brightin Star 28mm 2.8 Is Impossibly Thin

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The Brightin Star 28mm f2.8 lens for M mount is the thinnest lens i've ever used, and its tiny size makes it perfect for making any camera into a compact powerhouse!
The lens is thankfully not just tiny, its also got excellent, vintage lens inspired image quality that has beautifully swirly corners when shot wide open and is remarkably quite sharp when shot stopped down below f5.6!
I think this lens is an awesome option for anyone as it can easily be adapted no matter what mount you use, but it just sings on a M body!
DISCLAIMER: Brightin Star sent me this lens for the purpose of this review and I do not have to send it back, but all thoughts expressed are my own and Brightin Star is seeing this video when you guys see it.
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[@colinthecameraguy]

Talking of distance scale being err sub par; I bought the Brightin Star 35mm f0.95 for my X-Pro 3 and spent half a day of street photography with the distance set to 3m at f5.6 before realising that it was actually focusing at about 2m 🤦‍♂️ Apart from that it’s a really nice lens! PS I managed to find a Lumix S1R on a camera store site for £970 (the average is £1300) and it arrives tomorrow!

[@rudermanphoto]

You’re going to love it!!! Is it your first Lumix camera?

[@colinthecameraguy]

@@rudermanphoto it’s all your fault 🤣 And no it’s the latest of many: the G2, GH4, GH5, G9, GH5s and GH5ii ( the last two I still have and they are my dedicated video cameras). I bought the X-Pro3 for street and then bought an X-T3 and the two of them were my photography cameras but then ( two months ago) I saw a Mint S-5 for £700 and was thinking about getting back into Landscape so I obviously bought it (together with a photodiox ef-l pro adapter) and then I saw your video on the S1R and then read the DXOMark review of its sensor (its still in their top 4) and then Park Cameras decided to take £300 off one of the three S1Rs in stock. So now I shall sell off the X-T3 and viltrox pro 75 & 27 and Tamron 17-70

[@rudermanphoto]

@@colinthecameraguy yeah the S1R’s image quality is just unbelievable, even to this day, and with how cheap they are it’s a no-brainer, especially if you already own L mount lenses. The weight is really it’s only problem but hey it just takes me back to the good old DSLR days 😂

[@derrenleepoole]

Noice. I've been keeping my eye out for one of these, trying to bag one cheap. Had the TTArtisan 28/5.6 and it was really good, but the minimum aperture let it down.

[@rudermanphoto]

Yeah the TTartisan was a great little lens that I got rid of because that 5.6 was way too limiting!

[@leviichabod]

I like how you finger this lens

[@coastalsandwich]

Looks cool, more pancake lenses is never a bad thing! In future videos are you able to state the APSC equivalence & visa-versa? It would save viewers a lot of head-scratching when thinking about their own gear

[@rudermanphoto]

Yes great point, I’ll do that going forward. I probably should have mentioned it in the video, but it comes out to be a 42mm lens on APSC so a perfect little walk around lens, Fuji’s own pancake is 27mm!

[@rileys8741]

You’re very talented

[@rudermanphoto]

Thank you so much!

[@alanmeier5539]

I had this lens.. it wasn't sharp anywhere. Not usable. I sent it back via Amazon - there are lenses that are much better for less money.

[@rudermanphoto]

Don’t go into it expecting modern lens performance, it’s got deliberately vintage characteristics and if it’s not for you it’s not for you :) Also I feel like stopped down below 5.6 it’s plenty sharp, might have been a bad copy

[@ArranDavis]

open to cheap lens suggestions

[@TlhOnYT]

45 mins ago is crazy

[@patrick8167-d2u]

so is 13 💀