What can you do and not do with 16 millimeters lens?
What can you photograph or film with this focal length?
What to avoid?
I've got here a newly released Viltrox full frame AF 16
1.8 FE E-mount auto focus prime lens.
I'll be using it with the Sony A7SIII.
Ahoj, this is Zdenka.
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First of all, let me show you the lens I will be working with.
The lens is heavy duty.
It's made of metal.
The weight is 550 grams.
It is dustproof and water resistant but not fully waterproof,
so you have to be careful in the rain.
Focal length is 16 millimeters.
Aperture starts at F/1.8,
so this is excellent in low light conditions and it can go all the way to F/22.
You can either set aperture to A and control it
through the camera or you can change aperture directly on the lens.
There are two modes available.
Clickable, so you feel the clicks
or you can turn off the clicks with this side button.
Now it's smooth and very quiet.
Viewing angle is 105.6 degrees.
Shooting distance starts at 0.27m
and goes all the way to infinity.
Lens is 85.2 millimeters x 1.3 millimeters.
And if you need to use a filter with this lens,
you would use a 77 millimeters filter.
Maximum magnification is 0.1x.
It has noiseless STM focus motor.
Here is automatic focus and manual focus switch.
There is also F1 and F2 button
which I will show you a bit later together with the display, which is very cool.
I will run noise and focus tests a little bit later in this video
and I will also look at some photos and check out the sharpness.
I am a big fan of Viltrox lenses.
I have few of them and I use them regularly.
What is a 16 millimeters lens used for?
Wide angle shots.
It has a wide field of view, so you can fit
more of a scene compared to standard lenses.
It is used for many things.
It's ideal for landscape photography.
Architecture would be another choice.
You can capture those tall buildings, interior photography,
large groups of people, and certain types of documentary filmmaking.
It is also a popular choice for filmmakers
who want to create a sense of depth and immersion.
It can magnify a distance between objects in foreground
and background giving a unique perspective.
The whole visual impact of the scene will stand out even more.
As this has large aperture, let's do some night filming and photography.
It's nice and early.
I'm here, the location quite empty, so I have the whole thing to myself.
I'm going to do some photos and some clips to show you
sample footage and sample obviously photos of this lens.
For video
I'm going to be using Freewell VND filter.
Since we are at it, let's look at the sharpness of the images.
The most sharpness obviously you are going to get at Aperture F/2.8,
which is expected.
When we are going to close down the aperture
to F/16, you are going to see some sun stars.
This is the shape you are going to get.
There are no strict rules, but you shouldn't be filming
with 16 millimeters lens
or taking photos off, but there are certain subjects and scenarios
which are not ideal with 16 millimeters focal length.
First one would be closeups.
Because of the wide angle
getting extremely close to the subject might give you distortion
or not really nice proportions unless you want to get close
on purpose to get those distortions.
For extreme closeups, it is better to use
a longer focal length lens.
Next our portraits.
16 millimeters
lenses can cause facial distortion.
What it means is that faces
can look stretched or changed.
So that is not really what you want for traditional portrait photography.
The same goes when it comes to product photography.
When you take photos of small objects or products, a wide angle will cause
distortions and the object is not going to look the way it really looks.
You might want to grab a longer focal length instead.
Lastly, wildlife or sports photography.
For fast moving
objects or distant wildlife, you may not get the magnification
you need.
A longer focal length lens with a narrow
field of view is always a preferred choice for such situations.
But all this doesn't mean that you should stop experimenting,
that you should stop being creative, push the limits,
try something new and interesting, weird and unique.
Shape your own personal style.
Bottom line, the best to shoot with this lens is landscapes,
architecture, interior, and large groups of people.
This lens has silent motors, so I would like to obviously test it
how silent it is and how quick the focus is.
So I am going to put it on the Sony camera now.
I'm going to put the microphone a bit closer.
I'm going to get a very quiet and let's run a quick test.
There are two more
things I would like to mention about this lens.
First of all, I want to return to the display.
It has very detailed information.
You can see object distance, AB preset
object distance, function icon.
AB Preset object distance, object distance bar, current
object distance, aperture bar and aperture indication identification.
So when I change auto focus to manual, for example,
and I start changing focus, you can see how the numbers are all changing.
Function one and function two buttons.
What are they for?
Function one is a focus lock.
If I'm, let's say in photo mode,
I have automatic focus selected and I focus on something.
I will press and hold the function one button.
It will lock the focus and now I can compose the shot.
When I half press, it's not going to focus again
because I like the focus already with the button and I'm holding
now I can take the shot.
Function
two is for AB preset distance object operation.
In simple words, I will select a manual focus.
I will focus on something, press and hold the function 2 button.
The little A icon will go green.
This means now that this focus has been saved as a preset.
Then I will manually focus on something else,
that would be the point B.
Press and hold to save this.
Now when I press the function 2 button, it will select A focus
and if I press again, it will go to B focus.
So I can go between those two.
I hope it makes sense.
From my personal experience,
Viltrox has good quality lenses.
I am super happy with the results and I have received
many compliments on the footage in the post below
the videos in the comments.
You seem to notice whenever I use any of those prime lenses.
The best part is that they are priced in a lower category
so you don't end up paying crazy amounts.
For those interested, I linked the product below in a video description.
Let me know in the comments section below.
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