Brightin Star releases their first AF lens: A 50mm f/1.4 APS-C

The Chinese lens manufacturer officially announced their first ever lens with autofocus.

By Sam King
December 20, 2023
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Chinese lens manufacturer Brightin Star, well-known for making affordable ‘manual-everything’ lenses, has released their first ever lens with autofocus – and it is a 50mm f/1.4 AF lens for APS-C cameras (75mm full frame equivalent). It is available for Sony E, Nikon Z and Fuji X mounts.

The only pricing information available at the moment is available on the official Chinese press release – which states it will cost ¥1399 (roughly $200) however pricing will most likely differ between the Chinese and international markets.

Some more info on the lens: minimum focus distance 50cm; 58mm filter size and weighs 449 grams.

Brightin Star 50mm AF Lens — (Image credit: Brightin Star)

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This cheap lens will make you a better photographer - Lens Front, January 2, 2024 @ 7:40 pm Reply

[…] The Brightin Star lens is a tiny, $60 fixed aperture 10mm fish eye lens, but as Mark explains (along with many positive reviews online), this little piece of gear can produce some great images. It may sound like a lens you would never have thought to use, but that’s exactly the point. Trying something completely new forces you to really be mindful of your surroundings and the composition of your images, particularly because of the super-wide fish eye distortion. And don’t forget, this lens is extremely affordable. […]

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Lens Front Founder - Sam is a freelance web developer and amateur photographer. Currently splitting his time between the UK and France, for the last 2 years Sam has been travelling full time, visiting countries such as Bosnia, Serbia and Australia, and even spent a month in Wadi Rum, Jordan, where he lived and worked with Bedouin tribesmen in the desert.