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It looks like a fine lens worth purchasing for someone getting started or needing an automatic focus lens in that range. Now add to that the fact that the overal revenue per lens of <35mm lenses has also dropped considerably and it all becomes an investment risk rather than an extension to your product line-up.
Ống kính Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 STM ED IF For Fujifilm X Ống kính Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 STM ED IF For Fujifilm X
If you are looking for a lens for standard documentary photography the 23mm focal length on APS-C will be a good fit. It yields a 35mm full-frame equivalent field of view. with the fuji film simulation of "monochrome + g filter", you can emulate those classic leica 90mm publicity portraits of the 1950s / 1960s Very happy with it and used much more often than I expected (previously I was not a big fan of 50mm).
The Viltrox AF 23mm F1.4 Z is one of a trio of fast primes for mirrorless APS-C Canon, Nikon, Sony and Fujifilm cameras
Although that can be read as something negative for the Viltrox, you have to read: "i don't need f1.4 so i will buy the Fuji, its WR and smaller as well, similar price…" The build quality is decent, it feels lighter than the Fuji XF 23mm f1.4 and balances really nice when mounted to the X-T3. Overall it looks great too. Not that buying a Fuji f2 or 1.4 is a mistake, it isn't, i have na 23mm f2 myself, its just that thinking about someone buying something that does the job cheaper then what we spent makes us angry... Viltrox 23mm F1.4 is good, but the 23mm F2 WR & 23mm F1.4 XF are being somewhat better. Viltrox does have some CAs at different apertures, therefore too much for my taste, and is much bigger than the 23/F2 XF. And of course, the cheaper Lens. Bokeh is a bit busy, open aperture heavy vignetting, and a bit distortion in straight lines, for architecture photography. Considering the price, its fair - good enough. I rarely open up discussions about price points. But this lens is really positioned itself very well. At *SGD488 (or USD339), it is above the XC35mm F2 at SGD299 (or USD 199) and slightly below the XF35mm F2 at SGD699 (or USD 399). Yet it offers one full stop more light. Fuji X-E4 . Sigma 30mmF1.4 @30mm . f/1.4 . 1/60″ . ISO 500 . Classic Neg Fuji X-E4 . Sigma 30mmF1.4 @30mm . f/1.4 . 1/60″ . ISO 400 . Classic Neg
Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 XF Lens V2 for FUJIFILM X-Mount
On universal healthcare; every country facing the demands of older population. Pandemic as virtual body-blow. In Britain partial privatisation with US companies buying hospitals serving more private patients. NHS will not survive in its present form with long waiting-lists (rationing) . NHS by not charging user-patients is a prescription for abuse. One thing I would say is that the aperture ring is so close to the lens mount that I've never accidentally turned it, so it's not too much of a big deal. Browsing through my images captured with the Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 XF I found them rather pleasing. That goes for images of English Bay as well as street photography. There’s fairly little color fringing in the f/1.4-2.8 sector of the aperture range, even less at f/4 and it becomes minimal at f/5.6 and narrower apertures.
All those resolution comparisons you are doing are meaningless. They are shot with different cameras with a huge difference in pixel density. With reusing an optical formula for DX lenses to X-mount Sigma would need to extend the tube for x-mount lenses with 19mm to make up for the flange range making the lenses considerably larger than needed and also making them considerably larger than the native X-Series lenses or Viltrox offerings. there has always been something about leaf-shutters that adds to the quality of rendering, almost a variable 'aperture' for a moment during exposure magically massaging OOF areas.
Viltrox AF 23mm F1.4 Z review | Digital Camera World
So the Viltrox has better resolution power (much better actually in center). Also has 2/3 of a stop less vignetting wide open.Color fringing is very negligible, there’s very little distortion for such a wide-angle lens, and resistance to ghosting and flare is impressive. Overall performance and image quality are highly impressive. Two words to describe it. Silent sniper. The focusing speed is surprisingly fast, accurate and completely silent. The word “completely” may sound too strong, but it is really silent, and the only sound I can hear is coming from my shutter. All thanks to the stepping motor that is equipped with the lens, this also means that this lens can be a wise choice for videographers to consider. Fuji X-E4 . Sigma 30mmF1.4 @30mm . f/4 . 1/160″ . ISO 500 . Classic Neg These comments they made in reply to users are also very importante. They imply that the resolution of the Fujis will lower when tested in the 26mpix sensor (both seem to have been tested in 16mpix, the 23mm f2 in an x-pro1 and the 23mm f1.4 on an X-E1). Fuji themselves talked about the design of the 35mm 1.4 and how it wasn’t meant to be an MTF chart monster. Yes - it’s noisy. Not a video shooter so I don’t care. The AF is horrible on the oldest X cameras but decent on the latest ones.
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