Ahoj! I've introduced Viltrox lenses on this channel before.
I've got Viltrox
23 millimeters F/1.4 lens on Canon M6
Mark II attached pretty much permanently.
I've reviewed 24 millimeters lens F/1.8
FE for E-mount full frame Sony cameras.
I have here Sony A7SIII, which is filming right now.
And today I've got here 50 millimeters
lens F/1.8 FE for E-mount Sony cameras.
Nifty 50 lens, prime lens, third party.
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Let's take a closer look at this 50 millimeters lens.
Nifty 50 lens is usually the first prime lens
everyone gets. The perfect portrait lens.
The body is made of metal. Lens hood and cap is plastic.
You will also get a holding pouch
instruction manual and warranty card in the package.
The weight of the lens is a 350 grams,
outer diameter size is 70 millimeters by 88.2 millimeters.
Filter size is 55 millimeters.
Focusing ring is quite smooth.
You cannot hear it much.
You hear a tiny bit, though, but I'm going to try to record a sound of it...
so its decent, it is very minimal.
The aperture ring is not clickable.
That means that it is better for video, not so much for photography.
Again, I'm going to try to record the sound when you are actually turning
the aperture ring.
You can hear it a little bit.
You can leave it on auto
and then set aperture in the camera or you can set it up manually on the lens.
Maximum aperture is F/1.8 and a minimal aperture is F/16.
There is a click and hard
stop on A which is auto, so you don't accidentally move it.
This lens has a USB port so you can make future firmware updates,
which is very good.
Right now I have Viltrox 24 millimeters on the camera
so let me switch to Wiltrox 50 millimeters lens to give you an idea how much closer
you are going to get. The minimal focusing distance is 0.55 meters.
So you need to be quite far from the lens.
Let's place the video side by side.
On the left you see a 24 millimeters view
and on the right you see a 50 millimeters view.
How is auto focus?
Is it silent?
Can you hear it?
Is it fast? Is slow? Let's give it a test.
I have an aperture F/1.8 set right now.
My settings on a camera are autofocus transmission speed 5, autofocus
subjects shift sensitivity 5, focus area
wide, face eyes focus is on.
I think the autofocus is very good. It's got very little focus breathing.
Some lenses can get quite loud while focusing and to show you
I got actually one of those loud lenses here just for a comparison.
So let me actually play you the sound while focusing with Canon
50 millimeters lens with adapter on Canon M6 Mark II.
When I
was recording that, I had a microphone placed on top of the camera.
So now let me play sound with this lens will tracks
50 millimeters nifty 50 lens with these Sony A7 III.
It is a lot quieter lens.
Because such an open aperture F/1.8,
it is already going to suggest that this is going to be great in low
light conditions, so I'm going to play now some sample clips I filmed in low light.
I'm going to display my camera settings on the screen.
Let's move
on to photography and check out some photos.
I'm going to start with some self portrait photos and then just random shots.
The most sharpness you are going to get at Aperture F/2.8, which is expected.
Let's look at some samples at F/1.8,
2.8, 4.0, 5.6 and 8.
Next samples will be a bokeh shots.
Let's see what type of a shape we are going to get.
There is vignetting at F/1.8 that goes away at around
4. Chromatic aberrations or color fringing
is quite high. You can see it when you look at the edges, kind of pink, purple.
When you are going to close down the aperture to F/16,
you are going to see some sun stars. This is a shape you are going to get.
When you are going to be processing photos in Lightroom,
there is a profile for this lens. For those interested
linked to this product can be found below the video in a video description.
It is an international link, so it's going to show you pricing
in your currency depending on where you live.
I am personally quite happy with this lens.
Normally I use Tamron lenses on Sony
A7S III.
I use also the Viltrox
24 millimeters lens on that as well.
And I know I'm happy with this lens, so I know I'm going to be happy with this
one too. But that's just me.
You need to make your own decision based on video samples and photo samples
I was showing in this video.
If you need to see more of the photo samples or you need to review them again,
I do have a written version of this video on my website zdenkadarula.com
You will see it in the vlog section.
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