Scenes Seen: Viltrox AF 26mm f/2.8 EVO Lens.
As I stated in an earlier post,…
…I wanted one. Had said I was good. Other lenses had me covered. But with time I changed my mind.
Why? Easy.
I was trying to make sense with regards to photography. Nonsense.
None of this makes any sense. Little in the world seems to make sense at times. Could use a distraction. And this is a fine one.
I went into more detail in my last post about this lens.
Check that one out for more nonsense ramblings about this and other lenses attempting to justify that which makes no sense. To cut to the chase wanted one, so I got one.
Onward.
First impressions were better than I expected.
I knew the lens looked good. But this lens is more than looks.
It feels great. All metal body done well.
Sans hood it is a bit underwhelming head on aesthetically admittedly.
But add the hood and hey now.
But the real star of the show is the hood.
Aesthetically clean and elegant. Solid metal build that is well balanced. Feels like a low damage throwing weapon. All true. But…
The magnetic thing.
Ka-Plink. Remove. Ka-Plink. Remove. Ka-Plink…
I have lost minutes taking the cap off and putting it back on.
Put it all together and, before you even get to image capturing,… don’t tell Viltrox this… you have a lens that feels far more expensive than its $299 asking price.
The occasion.
Running errands.
The pics.
Stopped through the camera shop.
Thoughts.
Still impressed.
Downsides. There are a few.
- A bit of distortion.
- Noticeable with straight lines across the frame.
- A plus 8 in LR fixes things nicely.
- Once a LR profile is available I expect this will be a one click affair.
- A bit of flare or maybe haze shot directly into sunlight.
- Not terrible. Just good to know.
- Not the fastest AF.
- Nat bad. Just not best of breed. Plenty quick for my purposes.
That is about it on the downsides. The rest is all positives.
- Quality metal build.
- Again, like they have been doing this for years.
- Aperture ring.
- Quality feel to it and not easy to bump out of place.
- Quality hood and magnetic metal lens cap.
- Great colors.
- Sharp.
- No noticeable vignetting.
- Accurate AF.
- Might not be lightning fast, but very accurate.
- Has a gasket so it should offer some weather resistance.
And lastly when attached to an A7C II it looks the business.
Does that have anything to do with taking pictures?
No.
Does it matter?
Yes.
Simple fact with me. A good looking and feeling rig that makes me want to use it. I am sure I am not alone in this.
The Viltrox 26mm f/2.8 EVO feels special.
Welp. That is a wrap.
Happy capturing.
-ELW
