Hice una extensa busqueda de un lente angular que se ajustara al presupuesto que queria invertir en el, espere ofertas por meses y nada… este lente lo vi desde principios de ao y nunca me anime a comprarlo dudando de su calidad de imagen y WOOOW hasta el momento es un lente que combinado con mi Z6ii me da una exceme te nitidez, el angular y dostorcion es el esperado para un lente de ese milimetraje, pero definitivamente la calidad de imagen que da no esta nada despreciable, sin duda comprare nuevamente este lente para otras camaras y probare el 85mm en unos meses esperando recibir la misma calidad.

De momento recomiendo ampliamente este lente si buscas algo un poco mas angular, te encantara como a mi

I purchased this lens specifically for landscape (wide-field) astrophotography (e.g. Milky Way with landscape foreground) and I imagine that a lot of people are looking at this lens for the same reason. With landacape astro a fast lens (aperture of f/2.8 or bigger) is essential if you are shooting without a star tracker. Bigger apertures allow you to reduce your shutter speed and and (hopefully) avoid coma (elongation of the stars due to earth’s movement). The Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/1.4 in manual focus (because autofocus doesn’t work well with stars) are what you commonly see recommended for landscape astro on a budget. And both of those are wonderful lenses. However, I have both lenses and recently the 14mm (which is, admittedly F mount) has been staying in the bag.

The primary reason is the speed of the Viltrox. My usual choice was the 14mm because it gives me a little extra latitude in my composition and with a Nikon Z7II, f/2.8 was fast enough to get me around a 20 sec. exposure at ISO 4000 without any significant center frame coma and manageable noise. However, there was still some coma in the corners (for the pixel peepers out there). Using the 16mm I did lose some width, but not enough to compromise my “looser” framing and more importantly, I gained one and a third stops of light. Going to f/1.8 allowed me to drop my shutter speed to 13 sec at the same ISO and in astro every second counts. At 13 sec. coma is simply not an issue. I haven’t used the Viltrox much in non-astro situations, but I think that extra light will be a tremendous asset in other low light situations.

So in the end, why get this?

– Is the image quality significantly better than the Rokinon–probably not.
– Is the price significantly better than the Rokinon–yes, but that’s for the MF version. The AF version is
around the same BUT it doesn’t come in a Z mount, only F mount which means you have to break out
the FTZ.
– What about the build quality–they’re about the same. I’d give a slight edge to the Viltrox, but I haven’t
used the MF Z version of the Rokinon. Neither are flagship quality, but both are well above OEM plastic
kit quality lenses.
– How about that nifty LCD window on the lens–it’s neat but it not necessarily accurate to the point that I
would rely on it for a repeatable focus distance.
– Buttons. The Viltrox has 2 user programmable buttons on the lens.

In the end, while there are similarities between this and the Rokinon, as a Z user I went for the Viltrox because 1) it has AF; 2) it is in native Z mount; 3) it is faster and 4) it has 2 user programmable buttons.

Based on this lens, it looks like Viltrox is serious about grabbing a piece of the third party Z lens pie. I’ll be keeping an eye on them, for sure.

La singola stella non correlata alla qualit della lente, in linea con le recensioni trovate in Rete, davvero notevole. Sarebbe da 5 stelle anche il relazione al costo.
Tuttavia, per l’aggiornamento firmware, la lente non viene riconosciuta sia su Win 10 e 11 (prima foto). Posseggo un’altra lente Viltrox, riconosciuta senza alcun problema (seconda foto), firmware aggiornato.
Contattata l’assistenza Viltrox via mail (in inglese), risposte ottenute senza capo n coda….
Nessuna istruzione per la programmazione dei tasti sul barilotto (che, sensazione, mi pare presentino qualche problema, non ho per approfondito). Insomma, 1 stella legata non tanto al difetto (al limite pu succedere) ma, appunto, all’assistenza Viltrox.
Meno male che Amazon sempre presente, una sicurezza, in pochi minuti organizzato il reso.
Magari stata un articolo “infelice”, prover con un secondo.
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AGGIORNAMENTO

Con molta sorpresa sono stato contatto dal responsabile dall’assistenza e sono rimasto favorevolmente sorpreso dalla qualit e la completezza della comunicazione. All’origine un equivoco, anche probabilmente per colpa mia: invece di contattare l’assistenza Viltrox tramite Amazon, ho contattato direttamente Viltrox (mi stato spiegato che sono 2 strutture differenti).
Mi sono state fornite le indicazioni per l’aggiornamento firmware della lente (per questa, pi recente, non tramite PC ma via App da scaricare sul telefono).
Pertanto, visto che ero molto soddisfatto per la qualit della lente (anche in relazione al prezzo di vendita) e chiarito il tema dell’Assistenza, 5 stelle.

I never write reviews, but this lens deserves it! The price is unbeatably, the quality is amazing. Mainly used for YouTube, videography, and vlogs. Couldn’t be more thrilled, will be buying more of their lenses in the near future for sure.