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The Brightin Star 50mm f/0.95 Mark II is a character lens: wide open it’s soft and dreamy, and that’s the whole point. Stop it down to f/1.4 and it gets surprisingly solid, and by f/2 to f/2.8 it turns into a genuinely sharp, usable 50mm prime with way better overall performance.
Pros
- +Dreamy rendering and strong subject separation at f/0.95
- +Gets much sharper and more practical at f/1.4 and beyond
- +All-metal build with metal mount and retractable metal hood
- +Nice bokeh with 10 aperture blades
Cons
- -Soft and messy wide open (center and corners)
- -Focus ring is too smooth and easy to bump
- -Longitudinal chromatic aberration (green/purple fringing), especially wide open
- -Heavy for its size and not great for close-ups
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Highlights
- +Dreamy rendering and strong subject separation at f/0.95
- +Gets much sharper and more practical at f/1.4 and beyond
- +All-metal build with metal mount and retractable metal hood
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