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Viltrox gained me over with its vary of 13mm, 23mm, 33mm and 56mm f/1.4 prime lenses for APS-C format Fujifilm X, Nikon Z and Sony Alpha mirrorless cameras. They’re very well turned out with an all steel construct that extends to the mounting plate, barrel and hood, they usually all characteristic a de-clicked aperture management ring. Even so, they’re very competitively priced for ‘quick glass’. The Air collection of lenses units its sights just a little decrease, with a principally plastic construct however nonetheless retaining a steel mounting plate, ditching the aperture ring and the aperture scores are just a little slower. The upside is that Viltrox’s Air lenses are designed to be as small and light-weight as doable, whereas nonetheless delivering spectacular picture high quality and all-round efficiency, at extremely low-budget costs. From the Air collection, I’ve already been impressed with the APS-C format AF 35mm F1.7 Air and AF 56mm F1.7 Air, and the full-frame suitable AF 20mm F2.8 Air and AF 40mm F2.5 Air. The brand new AF 25mm f/1.7 Air is the fifth within the collection, aiming to compete with own-brand prime lenses for the greatest Fujifilm X, greatest Nikon Z and greatest Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras.
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Viltrox AF 25mm f/1.7 Air: Specs
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Mount choices
Fujifilm X, Nikon Z (DX), Sony E
Lens building
12 parts in 10 teams
Angle of view
60 levels
Diaphragm blades
9
Minimal aperture
f/16
Minimal focus distance
0.3m
Most magnification
0.11x
Filter dimension
52mm
Dimensions
64x54mm / 2.5×2.1″
Weight
170g / 6oz
Viltrox AF 25mm f/1.7 Air: Worth
Unsurprisingly, the AF 25mm f/1.7 Air units out to undercut the sooner f/1.4 lenses within the Viltrox APS-C format line-up. That’s really fairly a tall order, because the metal-bodied Viltrox AF 23mm F1.4 Z, Viltrox AF 33mm F1.4 Z, and Viltrox AF 56mm F1.4 Z primes at the moment value round $239 / £185 / AU$377 every, whereas the marginally bigger Viltrox AF 13mm F1.4 Z prices round $486 / £377 / AU$767. Even so, the collection of Viltrox Air lenses to date for each APS-C and full-frame cameras wins out for cost-cutting, all 5 of them promoting for about $179 / £139 / AU$282 every. To offer additional context to the AF 25mm f/1.7 Air, the Fujifilm XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR prices $399 / £399 / AU$646, the Nikon Z DX 24mm f/1.7 prices $277 / £224 /AU$499 and the Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS prices $473 / £325 / AU$698. Suffice it to say that the AF 24mm f/1.7 Air is a severely inexpensive lens!
