Miranda — budget 28mm f/2.8 MC macro wide-angle prime, sold in six major manual mounts
Miranda stopped being a Japanese camera maker after its parent firm collapsed in the mid-1970s. UK retailer Dixons bought the trademark soon after and used it through the 1980s as a house brand for Japanese-made lenses sold across the decade's popular SLR fittings, including this wide-angle 28mm prime.
Built as a manual-focus MC (multi-coated) design with a macro setting, it takes 49mm filters, weighs about 200g and stops down to f/22 via a 6-blade diaphragm, focusing to as close as 0.14m. Miranda sold the lens in Canon FD, Nikon F, Pentax K, Minolta MD, M42 and Contax/Yashica C/Y fittings.
As a modest-speed 28mm from an unglamorous house brand, it trades outright sharpness for compactness and low cost; wide open it softens toward the corners and can flare against bright light sources, traits typical of budget Japanese wide-angles of the period rather than a distinct optical formula.
Prices stay low across every fitting, making it a cheap route into manual 28mm shooting. Check that the aperture ring clicks cleanly, that the macro collar and focus ring turn smoothly without grease migration onto the diaphragm blades, and inspect the coatings for haze common in unstored examples.