Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 Review

The Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 lens is a budget-friendly ultra wide angle lens designed for mirrorless cameras. However, it suffers from poor image quality, especially in the corners, and has a lack of sharpness at wider apertures. The build quality is average, and it lacks features such as weather sealing and autofocus.

The build quality is typical of low-budget Chinese focus lenses, with a lack of weather sealing and autofocus capabilities. The metallic focus ring and aperture ring provide smooth operation, but the lens has some serious design flaws, such as the inability to remove the metal lens hood, making it difficult to use filters.

In terms of image quality, the lens performs poorly, especially in the corners at wider apertures. It shows ghosting and reduced sharpness, only achieving acceptable results at smaller apertures.

The Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 lens is a budget-friendly option for photographers using mirrorless cameras. The 16mm focal length offers a wide field of view, making it suitable for landscape, architecture, and astrophotography. However, the build quality is typical of low-budget Chinese focus lenses, with a lack of weather sealing and autofocus capabilities. The metallic focus ring and aperture ring provide smooth operation, but the lens has some serious design flaws, such as the inability to remove the metal lens hood, making it difficult to use filters.In terms of image quality, the lens performs poorly, especially in the corners at wider apertures. It shows ghosting and reduced sharpness, only achieving acceptable results at smaller apertures. Distortion is noticeable, and close-up image quality is subpar at wider apertures, improving slightly when stopped down. When shooting in bright light, the lens exhibits flaring and glaring, affecting contrast, and coma levels are visible in the corners. However, it does produce clear sun stars when stopped down.Overall, the Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 lens is low quality, with significant limitations in image quality and usability, although it may be suitable for occasional use when stopped down in non-critical situations.

Overall, the Brightin Star 16mm f/2.8 lens is low quality, with significant limitations in image quality and usability, although it may be suitable for occasional use when stopped down in non-critical situations.