The Amazing Sony A1/A7/A9/APS-C & Anything else welcome Mega Thread!

trevorbray said:
I’ve got the 35 & 55 EVO. I’ll be checking this out.
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I they are all ment to be very good,I’ve been really impressed with Viltrox so far.
I nearly picked up the 35 last week but was put of by quite a few comments I’d seen about a green colour cast.

I already have a 28-75 and 20mm so doubt I will get the 28, a 24 I would have considered.
The 14 also looks good. I just hope they bring some longer glass out maybe a 135/2 evo
 
pmac said:

There is also this new Viltrox 28mm f/1.8 II coming on July 15 | sonyalpharumors

A trusted source (Thanks!) sent this image of the new Viltrox 28mm f/1.8 II coming on July 15 along the 26mm f/2.8 FE pancake lens. I don't know what has been improved over the previous generation lens you can get for $379 on Amazon.
www.sonyalpharumors.com www.sonyalpharumors.com

Viltrox evo 28 1.8 coming soon
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I have the Sony 28mm f2 but I've been disappointed by performance across the frame and into the corners and I can't unsee it and an aperture ring would be nice. If this Viltrox does come I'll watch and read the reviews and might give one a try. The Sony lens is quite compact though and I do like that. I think the thing my little lens collection is most missing is a nice compact wide aperture 28mm better than the Sony f2.
 
pmac said:
I they are all ment to be very good,I’ve been really impressed with Viltrox so far.
I nearly picked up the 35 last week but was put of by quite a few comments I’d seen about a green colour cast.

I already have a 28-75 and 20mm so doubt I will get the 28, a 24 I would have considered.
The 14 also looks good. I just hope they bring some longer glass out maybe a 135/2 evo
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I’ve posted a few samples on here with the 35. Not noticed any colour cast.
 
woof woof said:
I have the Sony 28mm f2 but I've been disappointed by performance across the frame and into the corners and I can't unsee it and an aperture ring would be nice. If this Viltrox does come I'll watch and read the reviews and might give one a try. The Sony lens is quite compact though and I do like that. I think the thing my little lens collection is most missing is a nice compact wide aperture 28mm better than the Sony f2.
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If they keep with the trend it will be the same size as the 35/55/85 as those all share the same body/size.
 
pmac said:
If they keep with the trend it will be the same size as the 35/55/85 as those all share the same body/size.
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I haven't seen any of them. The first step will be for me to watch the reviews and if they're ok the second will be to try and judge the size and weight. I guess it'll be a bit too big though, shame.
 
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Mr Perceptive said:
Toby, please don't use cheap products on a decent camera (you wouldn't put some far eastern ditchfinder specials on your car/bike, would you?), it deserves better. Just get some Visible Dust Cleaning fluid and swabs (the corner swabs can be good for stubborn mnarks). I've cleaned hundreds of sensors (lots of industrial cameras for work which can be in really sh**ty environments, along with my own 'hobby' cameras) and stand by the Visible Dust products, I've been using them for 15+ years without any issues, and I've always been able to remove marks (and yes sometimes it takes several go's). The only thing I couldn't remove was a crack in the sensor glass on my X-T2, it had a hard imapct, and initially nothing showed, then over the next few weeks a mark appeared that was crack (bit like a car windscreen). Amazingly Fuji repaired it FOC even though it was 8 days out of warranty. I did explain to them what had happened!!!
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Well I've tried the max strength visible dust cleaning kit and they're not shifting :( The more I look at them the more they look like they're underneath the front layer, which I know sounds impossible but that's what it looks like :thinking:
 
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nandbytes said:
Pretty nice for a pancake

phillipreeve.net

Review: Viltrox AF 26mm 2.8 Evo FE - phillipreeve.net

Many pancake lenses for the E-mount come with severe compromises, is this Viltrox AF 26mm 2.8 Evo the first one that actually
phillipreeve.net phillipreeve.net

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and another review, the "build and design" section shows the lens, really nice, colour me impressed!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO3PpVwWC3g
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We're starting to see some unusual focal length lenses, I'm starting to think the market is flooded for the 'standard' focal lengths and so manufacturers are starting to come up with something new.

I'm still waiting for a 16-50mm no heavier than the 20-70mm ;)
 
snerkler said:
We're starting to see some unusual focal length lenses, I'm starting to think the market is flooded for the 'standard' focal lengths and so manufacturers are starting to come up with something new.

I'm still waiting for a 16-50mm no heavier than the 20-70mm ;)
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In this case I think they probably picked a focal length that gave them the best chance of making a fast-ish pancake lens with decent enough performance.

Didn't tamron make a 17-50mm?
 
nandbytes said:
In this case I think they probably picked a focal length that gave them the best chance of making a fast-ish pancake lens with decent enough performance.

Didn't tamron make a 17-50mm?
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Ahh yes, they did,. I remember now being quite excited at the announcement however optical performance was said to be mediocre at best. Although 17mm would suffice, I would prefer 16mm I'd also prefer to have an aperture ring.
 
Saw a review regarding this on the z series( Viltrox Reddit)
they said while the image quality it good, centre sharpness anyway.
But it has zero flare resistance and the af is slow /sluggish and in their words “grindy” in af-c

It keeps getting compared to the chip ( Viltrox 28/4.5) performance wise.
 
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