Funleader’s latest lens is the Brightin Star XSLIM-M 28mm f/2.8 for Leica M-mount and it brings a distinctly vintage look to an optic that is just 0.99 millimeters thick.
Its latest isn’t billed as a cap lens like Funleader’s previous offerings but is no less impressively thin. Additionally, while the previous cap lenses from Funleader have been wide, they’ve also been slow — the 18mm cap lens only offered a fixed f/8 aperture.
This time, the Brightin Star XSLIM-M goes a bit tighter with a 28mm focal length but makes up for it with significantly more light gathering capability at f/2.8. Additionally, that aperture is adjustable down to f/16 via a 10-bladed diaphragm. The Brightin Star is also designed to go with Leica rangefinders, so a certain “look” and quality expectation follows that target demographic. To that end, the 28mm f/2.8 lens is constructed of brass and then is painted black. Funleader says each is finished individually by “crasftsmen” and, gratefully, it is coupled with Leica M rangefinders which the company says is uncommon among pancake lenses.
The lens features a design of six elements arranged into five groups, is multi-coated , and features a minimum focusing distance of 2.3 feet . As mentioned, the Brightin Star XSLIM-M 28mm f/2.8 is very thin, measures 51.4 by 21.5mm and weighs just 125 grams .Funleader says the camera is compatible with a range of M-mount bodies including the M10 and M11 and the M262, M240, and M240P.
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