Finally, there is an affordable and compact wide prime for Sony. So far, ageing Sony 28mm F2 was the only option if F2.8/3.5 is just not bright enough. I'm curious how the new Samyang 24mm F1.8 will compare to this Viltrox. I have a lot of Samyang primes (18mm, 45mm and 75mm) and looks like the sharpness of Viltrox is slightly inferior, especially wide open.
It is amazing to see how many 24mm primes there are now.Samyang is bringing out a 24/1.8 too. I like the design of the vltrox but not so sure how it would perform on an a7r4 - vis a vis detail. The sigma and tamron have a much closer MFD. That is often the tradeoff with the slower lenses. My feeling is that the optics may not be quite at par with the slower alternatives but it is good to see that they are evolving their line.
Another great video, i have the Tamron 24mm f2.8 and although I like the lens the f1.8 is certainly much more appealing, how do you think it stands up to the Tamron in terms of image quality? Thanks again for all your great reviews 📷👍🙏
Dear Dustin. Thanks a lot for great In-depth videos on so many lenses. I want to buy 35mm Full Frame equivalent lense for the Sony APS-C. However, I plan to move up to Full Frame itself in a year or two. I want to invest in lenses that will work on the FF Sony when I do buy it. I am looking for budget options. What are my options ? Samyang, Viltrox, Tamron, Sony ??? It will be my only 35mm prime. Good AF is priority as I fully intend to use Sony's subject tracking for my toddler running around. Thanks.
Fantastic review, as usual DA. I am intrigued by the Viltrox's lens map, specifically the 16mm. If the that lens is an auto focus, it would be a must buy for me.
@Dustin Abbott Great review as always, I was salivating for the stars and.. Got really disappointed but no uncommon taking into account past reviews of other lenses they already offer where comma and wing shapes were even worse. Do you have an ETA for a Samyang 24mm F1.8? I'm pretty sure you have it, and they are heavily marketing it for night photo :D Thank you!
Hello from Kyiv Ukraine. Have you heard about the Tamron announcement for the 150mm to 500mm F5 to 6.7 FE? Will you be doing a review of this lens? I was about to buy the Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DN OS but I will wait to see how the Tamron performs. I like the thought that it is F5 to 6.7 with the extra 100mm reach against the Sigma F5 to 6.3. I already own the 17 to 28, 28 to 75 and 70 to 180. If this new telephoto is as good as the trinity Tamron can take my money.
I'm sure you could find one, but I don't have a recommendation in mind. I'd probably just use the included one and get over the fact it isn't metal, myself!
Can you make a video about best water resistant full frame zoom lenses for canon ? This lenses are compatible with R and APSC cameras,so is the best choice if you buy a better camera in the future.I need a good 35mm for portrait because is 55 in apsc and a good zoom for street photography but normally zoom are expensive,I have a 18-135 usm but I need something better and finally I Would like to know if I can use this lenses with other brands in the future,I suppose that I will buy canon RP but I also want something better and is posible to considerate other brands...I just want to invert my money correctly thinking about future 🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔💸🙄
The short answer is no, I probably won't be able to go back and do a video like that, as I have a long list of reviews stretching out months ahead already. With Canon it is only the L series lenses that have weather sealing, though there are some Tamron zooms that have pretty good weather sealing as well.
Thank you for the Text Review. I do not want "modern" Lenses that needs help from software to "perform", as I see more and more Lens makes do a too fast and too lazy way to produce Lenses because they rely on the software to do the work and that is a bad way to go. I hope you can get your hands on the new Voigtländer 35mm 2.0 APO-Lanthar soon for a review :)
Most modern lenses are better corrected for distortions and aberrations (a 9mm full frame rectilinear lens was unthinkable 20 years ago) with moustache distortion being a rarity nowadays - the software integration is an extra. It's not compensating for inferior corrections, it's an asset if you want to bring an already lower-than-average distortion to, for all intents and purposes, zero.
That's a good question. I've been pushing Viltrox about the importance of getting in-camera profiles for video. I'm not aware of a solution yet, though.
@@DustinAbbottTWI the lens distortion is around 0.065. In davinci resolve. Then i use masking. Rised the exposure out side and then after that i raised the exposure as a whole. Thats how i figure it out. But i prefer if they can make some solutions to us.
I'm not 100% sure. Samyang sent me the announcement date for the lens, but didn't say when it will start shipping. I hope to have that information by the time my review goes live.
Finally, there is an affordable and compact wide prime for Sony. So far, ageing Sony 28mm F2 was the only option if F2.8/3.5 is just not bright enough. I'm curious how the new Samyang 24mm F1.8 will compare to this Viltrox. I have a lot of Samyang primes (18mm, 45mm and 75mm) and looks like the sharpness of Viltrox is slightly inferior, especially wide open.
I have the Samyang arriving Wednesday this week.
It is amazing to see how many 24mm primes there are now.Samyang is bringing out a 24/1.8 too. I like the design of the vltrox but not so sure how it would perform on an a7r4 - vis a vis detail. The sigma and tamron have a much closer MFD. That is often the tradeoff with the slower lenses. My feeling is that the optics may not be quite at par with the slower alternatives but it is good to see that they are evolving their line.
It's definitely not competitive with the MFD. The upcoming Samyang 24mm F1.8 is a little better in that regard.
Thank you for another balanced comprehensive review.
You're welcome!
Another great video, i have the Tamron 24mm f2.8 and although I like the lens the f1.8 is certainly much more appealing, how do you think it stands up to the Tamron in terms of image quality? Thanks again for all your great reviews 📷👍🙏
The Tamron lens is probably a hair sharper at F2.8, though the Viltrox has nicer autofocus.
Dear Dustin. Thanks a lot for great In-depth videos on so many lenses. I want to buy 35mm Full Frame equivalent lense for the Sony APS-C. However, I plan to move up to Full Frame itself in a year or two. I want to invest in lenses that will work on the FF Sony when I do buy it. I am looking for budget options. What are my options ? Samyang, Viltrox, Tamron, Sony ??? It will be my only 35mm prime.
Good AF is priority as I fully intend to use Sony's subject tracking for my toddler running around.
Thanks.
I would say the new Samyang 24mm F1.8 seems to be pretty excellent (I'm testing it right now). It might emerge as my favorite.
Hello. What lens you used for this video (what is on your camera)? It keeps losing focus on you, once you move your hands... Is that Viltrox?
That was shot using the Viltrox on an a9. AF is probably improved from firmware at this point, as I was using a prerelease copy.
I enjoy your reviews your opinion always holds value in my decision making. Keep up the good work
I appreciate that!
It would be interesting if Viltrox made an 135mm
True. Not many options there, yet.
Everytime i watch a video uploaded by Mr. Abbott i forget to make a cup of tea. Amazingly explained :-)
Glad you liked it!
Fantastic review, as usual DA. I am intrigued by the Viltrox's lens map, specifically the 16mm. If the that lens is an auto focus, it would be a must buy for me.
It looks like pretty much everything they are making these days is autofocus, so good news there.
I really like the colors coming out of it!
It's a nice lens for the money.
@Dustin Abbott Great review as always, I was salivating for the stars and.. Got really disappointed but no uncommon taking into account past reviews of other lenses they already offer where comma and wing shapes were even worse.
Do you have an ETA for a Samyang 24mm F1.8? I'm pretty sure you have it, and they are heavily marketing it for night photo :D
Thank you!
Accordingly to DHL, the Samyang arrives on Wednesday and I'll start to review then. I don't have a slot to release the review until May 10th, however.
Has the correction in camera situation been improved at all in recent bodies?
Not that I can tell for viltrox lenses on Sony. They do seem to get correction on Fuji but not Sony
@@DustinAbbottTWI Interesting - is the Fuji correction for video too, or just photo?
Are you able to compare this with Samyang 24 f1.8?
Yes. Watch for it on May 3rd.
Hello from Kyiv Ukraine. Have you heard about the Tamron announcement for the 150mm to 500mm F5 to 6.7 FE? Will you be doing a review of this lens? I was about to buy the Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DN OS but I will wait to see how the Tamron performs. I like the thought that it is F5 to 6.7 with the extra 100mm reach against the Sigma F5 to 6.3. I already own the 17 to 28, 28 to 75 and 70 to 180. If this new telephoto is as good as the trinity Tamron can take my money.
I will be reviewing it, though I don't have an ETA on it yet.
Can the lens hood on the 24mm be replaced with a metal one and if so do you recommend a brand and size?
I'm sure you could find one, but I don't have a recommendation in mind. I'd probably just use the included one and get over the fact it isn't metal, myself!
Aha "if your budget is not GMaster deep" :) Great quote
LOL - thanks
Can you make a video about best water resistant full frame zoom lenses for canon ? This lenses are compatible with R and APSC cameras,so is the best choice if you buy a better camera in the future.I need a good 35mm for portrait because is 55 in apsc and a good zoom for street photography but normally zoom are expensive,I have a 18-135 usm but I need something better and finally I Would like to know if I can use this lenses with other brands in the future,I suppose that I will buy canon RP but I also want something better and is posible to considerate other brands...I just want to invert my money correctly thinking about future 🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔💸🙄
The short answer is no, I probably won't be able to go back and do a video like that, as I have a long list of reviews stretching out months ahead already. With Canon it is only the L series lenses that have weather sealing, though there are some Tamron zooms that have pretty good weather sealing as well.
Thank you for the Text Review. I do not want "modern" Lenses that needs help from software to "perform", as I see more and more Lens makes do a too fast and too lazy way to produce Lenses because they rely on the software to do the work and that is a bad way to go.
I hope you can get your hands on the new Voigtländer 35mm 2.0 APO-Lanthar soon for a review :)
Most modern lenses are better corrected for distortions and aberrations (a 9mm full frame rectilinear lens was unthinkable 20 years ago) with moustache distortion being a rarity nowadays - the software integration is an extra. It's not compensating for inferior corrections, it's an asset if you want to bring an already lower-than-average distortion to, for all intents and purposes, zero.
Voigtlanders are hard for me to source as they don't have much distribution in Canada.
This or samyang 24mm 1.8?
I think I'm liking the Samyang better overall.
@@DustinAbbottTWI how better is the image quality? is it noticeable in real world tests or only in benchmarks?
You're the man, Dustin. Cheers.
Thanks!
The photo is great with profile. The problem is video. How can we adjust that?
That's a good question. I've been pushing Viltrox about the importance of getting in-camera profiles for video. I'm not aware of a solution yet, though.
@@DustinAbbottTWI i already figure out via davinci resolve how to fix it. But i prefer if they have a solution thats easy to click.
@@DustinAbbottTWI the lens distortion is around 0.065. In davinci resolve. Then i use masking. Rised the exposure out side and then after that i raised the exposure as a whole. Thats how i figure it out. But i prefer if they can make some solutions to us.
Yes, you can definitely do manual corrections, but having a profile is the better solution.
Waiting video compare with samyang 24mm 1.8
My review of the Samyang is scheduled for May 3rd.
I'm hoping in Samyang 24mm f:1.8
Great review as usual!!!!
Accordingly to DHL, the Samyang arrives on Wednesday and I'll start to review then. I don't have a slot to release the review until May 10th, however.
@@DustinAbbottTWI do you know when samyang will be officialy released?
I'm not 100% sure. Samyang sent me the announcement date for the lens, but didn't say when it will start shipping. I hope to have that information by the time my review goes live.
Focus in outside scene at the beginning is all over the place, front, back ...
firmware update can fix that..
That's true, though it has already improved via a firmware release.
Why does it keep going in and out of focus on your video?
Obviously face tracking could have used some improvement.
Is that a lens issue or a camera issue?
the focus on you kept loosing an finding...
It's true, though it has improved after a firmware update, as noted in the review.
Is it my sight, or the video misfocusses Dustin´s face a lot during the video?
The AF definitely did more hunting than what I would like. A firmware update has improved that, though.