{"id":177105,"date":"2023-12-23T20:05:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=177105"},"modified":"2023-12-23T20:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:05:04","slug":"brightin-star-af-50mm-f-1-4-autofocus-lens-announced-for-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/brightin-star-af-50mm-f-1-4-autofocus-lens-announced-for-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4 autofocus lens announced for Sony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brightin Star has announced a lens with an autofocus system \u2013 Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4.\u00a0It is designed for APS-C cameras with bayonet mounts: Sony E, Nikon Z and Fujifilm X.<\/p>\n<p>The new lens with an autofocus system has a built-in USB-C port, which is designed to update the Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4 firmware.\u00a0Optically, the lens consists of 12 elements in 8 groups (including two low dispersion lenses and two high refractive lenses).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-177106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.4.jpg\" alt=\"Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4\" width=\"720\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.4-420x252.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.4-512x307.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lens has a wide focus ring and a narrow aperture ring.<\/p>\n<p>The minimum focusing distance is 0.5 m. The filter size is 58 mm and dimensions: 71.9 \u00d7 78.8 mm.\u00a0The lens has a metal body and a total weight of 449 grams.\u00a0At the moment, the company has only released it with the Sony E-mount bayonet mount.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The manufacturer also published an MTF chart of the new Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4 lens:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-286012 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/161_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"535\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Separately, it is worth noting that the lens turned out to be quite compact and lightweight.\u00a0With a lens hood and a Sony A6400 camera, the new product looks like this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-286013 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/12_techweek.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>In the future, Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4 optics will be released for Nikon Z and Fujifilm X (APS-C) bayonet mounts.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of October 2023, the\u00a0Brightin Star 9mm F\/5.6\u00a0lens was announced .\u00a0It has almost zero distortion, a 132-degree viewing angle, and a built-in ND filter.\u00a0However, the lens does not give a fish-eye effect.<\/p>\n<p>The new Brightin Star 9mm F\/5.6 lens weighs 400 grams and has fairly compact dimensions.\u00a0Due to its compactness and lightness, the lens is suitable for travel photography.\u00a0At the same time, the company calls the new lens the widest angle in the world for full-frame cameras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to its compactness and lightness, the Brightin Star AF 50mm F\/1.4 autofocus lens is suitable for travel photography. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/photo\/brightin-star-af-50mm-f-1-4-autofocus-lens-announced-for-sony\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":177107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-177105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-photo","tag-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}