SainSonic Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 Mirrorless Lens Coming Soon

SainSonic are launching a new Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 mirrorless lens on Kickstarter, with four more lenses expected later this year.

The new Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 manual focus lens will be available on KickStarter – starting from the 1st June. The price will stand at $149 US and expected shipping date is August 2018.

When used on APS-C mirrorless cameras, the lens gives an equivalent of 42mm (Fuji X, Sony E), 44.8mm (Canon EF-M), and when used on Micro Four Thirds, the lens gives and equivalent of 56mm. A range of sample photos taken with the lens can be found on Flickr.

Kamlan lenses are sold at: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon DE

Kamlan 28mm f/1.4 Lens Features:

  • Superior optical quality
  • Low chromatic aberration
  • 11 circular aperture blades
  • 8 elements, in 7 groups
  • 6 High Refractive Index elements
  • 25cm close focus distance, 0.15x magnification
  • 344/384g weight
  • 52mm filter thread

Kamlan has also published a lens roadmap, shown below, showing the lenses they plan to release in 2018:

  • 21mm f/1.8 (APS-C)
  • 50mm f/1.1 Mark II (APS-C)
  • 32mm f/1.3 (APS-C)
  • 15mm f/1.8 (APS-C)