I already have a Viltrox 85mm f1.8 and love it. 75mm f1.2 is next on the buy list. I really want to see something longer from Viltrox like 105mm f2 or so.
Nice review of the Viltrox lens! Thanks for sharing. The image quality is outstanding. Love to see more third-party lenses come up with for Fuji camera bodies!
Awesome review as usual. Love all the unedited sample images you share. This lens really helps keep fuji in the pro portrait game. I would love to see a 23mm or 33mm f1.2 pro to go along with it.
40mm f1.2 would be an amazing “environment” portrait lense. I also hope that they will rerelease an updated version of the “trio” with coating and clicked aperture ring.
Very tempted by this lens, I've got a Fuji 33 1.4 and I think this would compliment it very nicely. Interested to hear your thoughts after using it at weddings to see how the focusing does, looks like it hunts a bit before fully locking on. Not a deal breaker for me as I'll just be using it for personal use but it would be nice to see if an update from Viltrox could reduce it further.
I find the focusing perfectly fine, well worth using on weddings. Bear in mind I don't shoot particularly fast and worked with film cameras at the start of my career for some time so anything is a bonus now.
This week, this lens came from aliexpress just in time for two events. I shot a couple of thousand frames on an open aperture. As a bokeh machine, I didn’t really check it, but I tested it as a workhorse for extremely difficult lighting conditions. f1.2, when there is little light, came in handy. Filmed a performance and dances and all in bad light. I set it to 1/250 (with a slower shutter speed, there is a high probability of movement due to camera shake and blur due to the movement of subjects, I shot on the X-T3 and X-T20) and ISO rarely reached 3200, and most of it was around 800. Spot autofocus worked perfectly. There is some slight feeling that the lens is not native (clicks of the aperture ring, for example, are strange), but all this is covered by awesome functionality. The AF / MF switch works strangely. When AF is on, it is useless to turn the manual focus ring (like native lenses, for example, and the same Viltrox 85 / 1.8) - only autofocus works. And in the MF position, autofocus works exactly the same, but if the ring starts to turn with the half-pressed shutter button, it switches to manual focus mode. Impressions are extremely positive. Yes, and there was never a desire to cover the diaphragm. The lens is razor sharp wide open.
Can't wait to pick this up, at £449 in the UK it's a absolute steal. After owning the 13mm I honestly think I'm going Viltrox primes over Fuji going forward.
Thanks Damian for the review and the contegious exciment for the lens. I sold my 90 mm f/2.0 and ordered the Viltorx 75mm. I think it is a much better focal length than the 90 mm lens for what I do. I like it a lot but I barely used it because the range was just to long for my style. I expect to use the 75 mm much more frequently. Eagerly waiting its arrival...
Hello, thank you for sharing your experience, I guess I fall in love with this wiltrox ! May I ask you what Fuji color did you use on all this pics? Privia?? Cheers, Glenn
Hi Glenn. I tend to use a film simulation bracket so the three I used are: pro neg hi, Astia and acros (r). I tend to choose Astia a lot Edit: sorry about using "tend" twice. It was pre coffee 😅
Thanks Damian. As much a I love the Sigma 56 1.4 that I recently purchased I wonder if this may have been a better choice for me especially at this price. I may have to get it. Nice shots by the way.
@@DamianBrown a 50-200mm f:4 could be nice, even made by Fujifilm because the 55-200 or the 70-300 are not as interesting as the 50-140, but even a 50-200mm f:2.8 could be nice, the Sony FE 70-200mm 2.8 II it is just a 1 kg lens, the same weight of the 50-140mm 2.8. That kind of lens it is very important in the Fuji system. I am using a Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L-IS with Fringer adapter in a X-H1, an awesome lens and it works fantastic, I’ve seen lots of 50-140 and XF 70-300 for sale in the second hand market recently and that it is a bad symptom…
I’m a street photographer and am really looking to try this out. I switch from 16mm Fujinon 33mm Viltrox, and the 50 mm 1.0 fujinon. How would the 75mm work street?
Mostly the fujifilm simulations especially Astia and the light that day which was an absolute miracle (even if not amazing compared to other times of the year and countries)
For travel there's not that much difference for me to choose one over the other. I'm not into big lenses when I travel so I'd take something smaller. I will have another option on the channel soon.
Thanks for sharing, Damian! I'm not a prophotog, so I already have more than I 'need'. But this does induce a significant volume of GAS, of course. The only nit pick, and what may end up being the saviour of my back account on this one, is the less than stellar min focus distance. Yes, I'm greedy and wanted that to be awesome too, like that rest of the lens. So that's the only thing, it's not because I'm becoming sensible 😄 (I have the 90mm f/2 and would never part with it, even if accumulating the 75mm)
I don't have that here anymore and for me as it's a different focal length and more expensive I'm not sure it would be a fair comparison. Both are brilliant lenses.
Hey Damian! Excellent video absolutely floored by this lens and your presentation. However being a Sony shooter I’m hoping that Viltrox brings this to the Emount soon! I would like to query if you would be comfortable using this on a FF camera body as I’m guessing the focal length would then be 112mm or so? As in would you have to step back quite a lot?
Thanks Dave! I'd be happy to use it on FF, naturally it would then be 75mm with no crop factor so it would take a little adjustment. It would be like using a 50mm on the Fujifilm crop sensor as far as focal length goes. It would be interesting!
@@DamianBrown oh yes, but then it would have the circle ring around it wouldn’t it? Meaning one would have to put the FF camera into APS-C mode then? Please correct me if I am wrong
As a cheapskate I'm managing to hold off. In fairness I'm not 100% convinced which I would get of the three. There'll be videos on here about each one soon
Me too, actually a lot of my videos are filmed with that very lens, the bits where I talk to the camera and say it's a different lens/ camera is usually with that 33mm.
@@DamianBrown Absolutely! But I prefer my lenses to have as much versatility as possible - fast AF adds so much value in my book. If this lens was as fast as the Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 I could actually have some fun with it outside of "sit and stare" portrait shots. Still, I love what Viltrox is doing and look forward to more interesting lenses.
Thanks for the presentation. There is no doubt this lens produces quality images. But looking at the images in your video also got me thinking....Using a 75mm focal length, the photo shoot has to be purposeful. I guess this lens will work well for professional portrait photographers who earn their living taking people shots. Otherwise, the general photographer might just end up with many images of strangers and mundane things. It's nice to look at the background blur you can get but I think after a while, the novelty will wear out. The images tell less of a story as the backgrounds of your subjects are compressed and the "story-telling" surroundings cut off which a wider angle lens can otherwise produce. The 75mm is a very "specialised" focal length indeed!
As I said, a brilliant lens for portraits but my test samples were purely to test the range of the lens. I could have included a load of portraits where you barely learn anything about the full range of focus/ colour/ background, indeed usage. Mind you, I don't believe street photography needs to be solely with wide angle lenses, the same as landscape doesn't always have to be done with wide angle. But yes, purely for a wider range of test than the usual portrait application, which the lens is ideal for but I was enjoying it too much and wanted to take it out on a general shoot too.
@@a97b18b The point is that China is misusing the world for their own benefits since China is still a developing country and this is not true. The Universal postal union is paying the shipment for them, in other words every nation is paying for their cheap cost of shipping.
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just got my Viltrox 75 mm took a couple of test shots and all I can say is Wow !!! If the 27 is this good I will be getting it next for sure !!!
I'm working on the 27mm vid, let's just say yes 😂
I already have a Viltrox 85mm f1.8 and love it. 75mm f1.2 is next on the buy list. I really want to see something longer from Viltrox like 105mm f2 or so.
Definitely!!! 105 please Viltrox
Nice review of the Viltrox lens! Thanks for sharing. The image quality is outstanding. Love to see more third-party lenses come up with for Fuji camera bodies!
Thank you! I'm working on the 27mm video now and it is rather good (the lens I mean 😃)
Awesome review as usual. Love all the unedited sample images you share. This lens really helps keep fuji in the pro portrait game. I would love to see a 23mm or 33mm f1.2 pro to go along with it.
Thanks Paul. Seems you're not alone with the wider lens choices there! I'm hoping for something longer but I like your ideas.
40mm f1.2 would be an amazing “environment” portrait lense.
I also hope that they will rerelease an updated version of the “trio” with coating and clicked aperture ring.
owning the canon rf 85 1.2, i got this lens to compliment my x-t5 for travel use, i am blown away by this lens, it is 95% of the canon, unbelievable
I'm "never" selling it. (mind you how often have we said that?!)
Viltrox is getting better and better! Nice review Damian.
Agreed!
Very tempted by this lens, I've got a Fuji 33 1.4 and I think this would compliment it very nicely.
Interested to hear your thoughts after using it at weddings to see how the focusing does, looks like it hunts a bit before fully locking on. Not a deal breaker for me as I'll just be using it for personal use but it would be nice to see if an update from Viltrox could reduce it further.
I find the focusing perfectly fine, well worth using on weddings. Bear in mind I don't shoot particularly fast and worked with film cameras at the start of my career for some time so anything is a bonus now.
I would like from them a macro lens with AF, and a tele on the 500 or 600mm range. Thinking on how to access to pricy lenses :)
Some interesting ideas. I can't argue with either.
I agree for both, that would be great
Another Plus for me too !! Both leneses, 500 or 600 with a nice f , not 8 !!!! That would be just outstanding!
Viltrox is on a tear, would be great if they started making GFX AF lenses
They should!!
Something like relatively small and light 400mm f5.6, it would be unique.
It might be too difficult a task for Viltrox, for now...
That would be perfect!
This week, this lens came from aliexpress just in time for two events. I shot a couple of thousand frames on an open aperture. As a bokeh machine, I didn’t really check it, but I tested it as a workhorse for extremely difficult lighting conditions. f1.2, when there is little light, came in handy. Filmed a performance and dances and all in bad light. I set it to 1/250 (with a slower shutter speed, there is a high probability of movement due to camera shake and blur due to the movement of subjects, I shot on the X-T3 and X-T20) and ISO rarely reached 3200, and most of it was around 800.
Spot autofocus worked perfectly.
There is some slight feeling that the lens is not native (clicks of the aperture ring, for example, are strange), but all this is covered by awesome functionality.
The AF / MF switch works strangely. When AF is on, it is useless to turn the manual focus ring (like native lenses, for example, and the same Viltrox 85 / 1.8) - only autofocus works. And in the MF position, autofocus works exactly the same, but if the ring starts to turn with the half-pressed shutter button, it switches to manual focus mode.
Impressions are extremely positive.
Yes, and there was never a desire to cover the diaphragm. The lens is razor sharp wide open.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences!!! Very very useful
Stunning pictures! 💕 What should they put out next?? The same exact lens for full frame Sony mount!!! 😁 lol
😆 you guys get it all so I would hope so
Kindly tell me the video quality of this lens.
The intro was shot with the lens
That bokeh is super smooth!
Yessss
Can't wait to pick this up, at £449 in the UK it's a absolute steal. After owning the 13mm I honestly think I'm going Viltrox primes over Fuji going forward.
I see it at £531.84 today on the Viltrox Store, hopefully doesn't creep up more.
@@DamianBrown Park Cameras have it at £449 and still taking pre orders, I don't even understand how Viltrox are making a profit with this lens tbh.
Thanks Damian for the review and the contegious exciment for the lens. I sold my 90 mm f/2.0 and ordered the Viltorx 75mm. I think it is a much better focal length than the 90 mm lens for what I do. I like it a lot but I barely used it because the range was just to long for my style. I expect to use the 75 mm much more frequently. Eagerly waiting its arrival...
I do love the 90 but having tested this and the Samyang for a good while now I have to say I'm really into this focal length now too!
What a beautiful lens! Love the colour rendition too. Think this will be very popular
You know it Dom!
Next step must be some nice AF zooms with OIS from Viltrox :)
They should do a 50-100 1.8 a lá Sigma...
So sad, they are not making it available in India, yet.... I'm craving hard for it.. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ nice vdo as always.. keep it up.. 🤟🤟
Thanks!
Hello, thank you for sharing your experience, I guess I fall in love with this wiltrox ! May I ask you what Fuji color did you use on all this pics? Privia?? Cheers, Glenn
Hi Glenn. I tend to use a film simulation bracket so the three I used are: pro neg hi, Astia and acros (r).
I tend to choose Astia a lot
Edit: sorry about using "tend" twice. It was pre coffee 😅
Thanks Damian. As much a I love the Sigma 56 1.4 that I recently purchased I wonder if this may have been a better choice for me especially at this price. I may have to get it. Nice shots by the way.
Thanks! I'm the same, not sure I really need both even though the focal lengths are different.
Another great review, however, for my use I find the 56 1.4 too long most of the time, and I sold my Viltrox 85 1.8. Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks Mark lad, very kind as always!
Damian, did you film with that lens as well??? It looked really good with the musician!
Yes all with the lens.
good review. Good job Viltrox.
Thanks!
I think the next one it is a 15-55mm f:2 but it could be interesting a 105mm f:1.2 or a 125mm f:1.2...
A fast zoom would be good!
@@DamianBrown a 50-200mm f:4 could be nice, even made by Fujifilm because the 55-200 or the 70-300 are not as interesting as the 50-140, but even a 50-200mm f:2.8 could be nice, the Sony FE 70-200mm 2.8 II it is just a 1 kg lens, the same weight of the 50-140mm 2.8. That kind of lens it is very important in the Fuji system. I am using a Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L-IS with Fringer adapter in a X-H1, an awesome lens and it works fantastic, I’ve seen lots of 50-140 and XF 70-300 for sale in the second hand market recently and that it is a bad symptom…
I’m a street photographer and am really looking to try this out. I switch from 16mm Fujinon 33mm Viltrox, and the 50 mm 1.0 fujinon. How would the 75mm work street?
If the size and weight is fine then I think you can get some brilliant images.
Can you make a comparison between viltrox 56mm, viltrox 75mm, viltrox 56 mm? Which is the best bank for the buck?
which focal length do you prefer?
Good afternoon How did you manage to capture such warm colors in the photo?
Mostly the fujifilm simulations especially Astia and the light that day which was an absolute miracle (even if not amazing compared to other times of the year and countries)
@@DamianBrown thanks for the answer!
Would you say the viltrox 85 would be better for travel?
For travel there's not that much difference for me to choose one over the other. I'm not into big lenses when I travel so I'd take something smaller. I will have another option on the channel soon.
Thanks for sharing, Damian!
I'm not a prophotog, so I already have more than I 'need'. But this does induce a significant volume of GAS, of course. The only nit pick, and what may end up being the saviour of my back account on this one, is the less than stellar min focus distance. Yes, I'm greedy and wanted that to be awesome too, like that rest of the lens. So that's the only thing, it's not because I'm becoming sensible 😄
(I have the 90mm f/2 and would never part with it, even if accumulating the 75mm)
I think it's good to nitpick, to help with the G.A.S issue for example!
Just wondering, did you change anyting along with the aperture? I can't understand why the manequin face is lighting up when at F4 compared to F2?????
Didn't change anything at all except the aperture. It was quite a jump.
How does it compare to the Fujinon 90mm f2?
I don't have that here anymore and for me as it's a different focal length and more expensive I'm not sure it would be a fair comparison. Both are brilliant lenses.
@@DamianBrown Thank you!
Excellent view Mr Brown.
Yes sir, thank you!
@@DamianBrown Would you recommend this lens over Fuji 56mm f1.2 the original.
Hey Damian! Excellent video absolutely floored by this lens and your presentation. However being a Sony shooter I’m hoping that Viltrox brings this to the Emount soon! I would like to query if you would be comfortable using this on a FF camera body as I’m guessing the focal length would then be 112mm or so? As in would you have to step back quite a lot?
Thanks Dave!
I'd be happy to use it on FF, naturally it would then be 75mm with no crop factor so it would take a little adjustment. It would be like using a 50mm on the Fujifilm crop sensor as far as focal length goes. It would be interesting!
@@DamianBrown oh yes, but then it would have the circle ring around it wouldn’t it? Meaning one would have to put the FF camera into APS-C mode then? Please correct me if I am wrong
Great review 👌 do you own the new xt5 or xh2 fuji bodies?
As a cheapskate I'm managing to hold off. In fairness I'm not 100% convinced which I would get of the three. There'll be videos on here about each one soon
@@DamianBrown I’m buying them all
i'd love to see viltrox in 35mm 1.2
Even a 35 1.4 would suit my needs perfectly. Viltrox certainly makes some excellent glass for the Fuji X series and the S10.
@@robertcudlipp3426 Viltrox has a 33mm f1.4. It is a good lens, I use it quite often as I like this focal length
Me too, actually a lot of my videos are filmed with that very lens, the bits where I talk to the camera and say it's a different lens/ camera is usually with that 33mm.
Interesting idea!
Do you you Need, as opposed to want, that 1.2 speed? The lens would be far more expensive and pretty heavy.
Awesome lens. AF is the dealbreaker-too many slow Fuji portrait lenses. Definitely the 50-140 or the 90 f/2 over this one!
For me the AF is perfectly fine for portraits as my subjects don't move that fast.
@@DamianBrown Absolutely! But I prefer my lenses to have as much versatility as possible - fast AF adds so much value in my book. If this lens was as fast as the Viltrox 56mm f/1.4 I could actually have some fun with it outside of "sit and stare" portrait shots. Still, I love what Viltrox is doing and look forward to more interesting lenses.
Has anyone given this lens a go on the xs10/20? Just wondering how it handles?
This is interesting indeed!
Yes indeed 😃
Does 75mm f1.2 okay for FujiXA3?
I think so but I haven't got the camera to try it.
Vitrox should do 200f2. The native lens is tooo costly.
Wow ye, that would be so good
Great lens. Just can’t get hold of it
Definitely an issue...
Thanks 🙏
You're welcome!
8:47 does any1 know if this guy has a youtube channel? this sounds just awesome ^^
Ye he's amazing youtube.com/@basschatfield
@basschatfield on IG too.
@@DamianBrown wow, thanks for that instant reply :D
i ordered the lens now, and its your fault! So... Thanks ;)
Love your videos Damien! Stop saying micro contrast though please, contrast is just contrast. Great shots and I can't wait to get one of these!
Thank you!
Now, there are different levels of contrast, high / low/ tonal. Micro is a pretty common term but I hear you :D Thanks for the feedback!
Sold!
You're not having mine 😅
What language do you speak?
The video is in English, I also speak Spanish.
Thanks for the presentation. There is no doubt this lens produces quality images.
But looking at the images in your video also got me thinking....Using a 75mm focal length, the photo shoot has to be purposeful.
I guess this lens will work well for professional portrait photographers who earn their living taking people shots.
Otherwise, the general photographer might just end up with many images of strangers and mundane things. It's nice to look at the background blur you can get but I think after a while, the novelty will wear out.
The images tell less of a story as the backgrounds of your subjects are compressed and the "story-telling" surroundings cut off which a wider angle lens can otherwise produce.
The 75mm is a very "specialised" focal length indeed!
As I said, a brilliant lens for portraits but my test samples were purely to test the range of the lens. I could have included a load of portraits where you barely learn anything about the full range of focus/ colour/ background, indeed usage.
Mind you, I don't believe street photography needs to be solely with wide angle lenses, the same as landscape doesn't always have to be done with wide angle. But yes, purely for a wider range of test than the usual portrait application, which the lens is ideal for but I was enjoying it too much and wanted to take it out on a general shoot too.
I sold my 90mm f2 so that I can get this gem.
You prefer the focal length? The 90 is amazing, but you know this :)
How was it?
@@DamianBrown Yes 90mm is AMAZING but the 135mm ff equiv. Is hard to use in many situations. 115mm ff is a nice sweet spot between 85mm and 135mm.
I still can't decide if I am willing to let my Viltrox 85mm F1.8 go to buy this. Good review, cheers Damian. :-)
Thanks Nicholas. I'd be tempted but yes that 85mm, I have both now and I still don't think I'll move the 85mm on
The problem is that it is made in China.
Everything is made in China.
What’s your point? What other lenses or cameras do you own
Agree. The lens is made in China and this is a problem.
@@a97b18b The point is that China is misusing the world for their own benefits since China is still a developing country and this is not true. The Universal postal union is paying the shipment for them, in other words every nation is paying for their cheap cost of shipping.
Every country has it's own beauty, and also huge man made flaws.
I can't stand Viltrox as a company. So probably wouldn't buy even if the lens is good. They're despicable and untrustworthy.
Nor can I... The lens is sharp though but I don't like the image.
What have you experienced?
Of the brand or their lenses?
?
They can't stand you either.