Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphablog tested the new Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 E-mount lens which is on sale today at Kickstarter:
The Kamlan 28mm F1.4 is a surprise and is certainly the best Kamlan lens produced so far. It gives very good results for numerous usages
- For street photography and half body portrait , The Kamlan 28mm F1.4 is giving very nice results with very good bokeh and very good central sharpness
- Closed down e.g. for landscape, you get very sharp pictures on the entire frame
Pros
- very good bokeh and soft background blur
- Nice color rendition and good contrast
- 3D effect when shooting wide open
- Good build construction and easy handling
- Good to excellent central sharpness
- Excellent corners when stopped down to F8
- Lens fall off goes away as from F2.8
- Price (>200$)
- Size
Average
- Chromatic aberrations
- Distorsion visible but easily correctable in Lightroom
Con’s
- Manual lens
- soft corners wide open
At 150$ on Kickstarter , it is a real bargain
Its closest competitors is the Sigma 30mm F1.4 DC DN that has AF but that is costing 2 times the Kamlan price (380 euros)