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The Funleader x Brightin Star XSLIM-M 28mm F2.8 is a teeny tiny pancake for Leica M

Jul 5, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment

There aren’t many lenses out there that stick out less than a centimetre from the front of your camera, but the new Funleader x Brightin Star XSLIM-M 28mm f/2.8 (buy here) is one of them. To be fair, it’s barely a hair under 1cm, at 0.99cm, but it’s still pretty tiny.

It’s designed for Leica M rangefinders, sporting the Leica M mount, and offers a respectably wide 28mm focal length with an equally respectable f/2.8 aperture. Sure, it’s not super fast, but for a pancake lens, this small, f/2.8 is pretty quick.

Holiday Gift Guide – The best and strangest new lenses of 2022

Dec 13, 2022 by John Aldred Add Comment

It’s December again, which means lots of us are sitting there wondering what to buy for ourselves or the photographer in our lives this holiday season. We’ve been saving up all year to get that something special, but we don’t want to deal with in-store queues – or maybe we’ve just slacked on our Christmas shopping this year. We want to stay at home where it’s nice and warm and see what we can find online that gets delivered straight to our door!

So, this means it’s time for the 2022 DIYP Holiday Gift Guides. It’s Day 2 today, so that means lenses. These are some of our favourite lenses that have been released over the last year. Keep visiting back this week as we release our other guides, including cameras, lighting, tripods, sliders & gimbals, and accessories and gadgets.

Dave Williams is an accomplished travel photographer, writer, and best-selling author from the UK. He is also a photography educator and published Aurora expert. Dave has traveled extensively in recent years, capturing stunning images from around the world in a modified van. His work has been featured in various publications and he has worked with notable brands such as Skoda, EE, Boeing, Huawei, Microsoft, BMW, Conde Nast, Electronic Arts, Discovery, BBC, The Guardian, ESPN, NBC, and many others.

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