In this video I review the Mitakon Zhongyi 28mm f/5.6 (it launched as the “Tourist”, but the name changed to “Creator”) for the Leica M mount. I’ve been shooting it for about two months, and I wanted to answer the real question: is this a genuinely useful street lens if you’re on a “Leica budget” (yeah, I know how that sounds). 28mm is one of my favourite focal lengths for street photography, especially if you’re the type that shoots f/8, f/11, f/16 and zone focuses for layering and storytelling. Image quality-wise, it’s not a character monster and it’s not a modern razor-sharp lens either—on digital it’s a touch soft even at f/8–f/11, especially toward the edges. But it absolutely works for street: focus is fine, vignetting is controlled, and I was genuinely surprised by how little chromatic aberration I saw even in harsh, high-contrast scenes. Handling is a mixed bag. It’s light, built decently with metal where it matters, but the hood is honestly a bit of a piece of crap, and the 0.7m-to-0.35m transition is too easy to overshoot when shooting fast. If you shoot low light or want bokeh/sniping street, this isn’t it. If you’re a wide-angle, deep depth-of-field street shooter who wants a compact-ish 28 for a good price, this lens makes a lot of sense.