Viltrox has formally introduced a brand new lens in its compact and light-weight Air collection of prime lenses for APS-C cameras. The brand new AF 23mm F1.7 joins the present AF 20mm F2.8 Air, AF 35mm F1.7 Air, AF 40mm F2.5 Air and AF 56mm F1.7 Air.
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Regardless of that includes stepping motor autofocus and a full praise of digital contacts for lens-body communication, Viltrox has managed to maintain the load of the AF 23mm down to simply 170g, and the lens can also be impressively small, measuring 64mm in diameter and 54.4mm lengthy.
[Note: the image we have of the AF 23mm F1.7 seems to show the lens labelled as a 25mm, not 23mm. As the lens doesn’t yet appear on Viltrox’s website or at any of the usual retailers, we can’t be sure whether it is in fact a 23mm, or rather a 25mm]
Inside are 12 parts organized in 10 teams, together with two aspherical parts for controlling distortion, two excessive refractive index parts to enhance picture high quality whereas maintaining general weight low, and one extra-low dispersion aspect to reduce chromatic aberration. The lens additionally advantages from a multi-layer coating to supress flare and ghosting. 9 blades make up the aperture diaphragm, and the minimal focus distance is listed as 0.3m.
The Viltrox AF 23mm F1.7 Air ought to go on sale quickly for APS-C Sony E, Nikon Z and Fujifilm X cameras. Preliminary sources counsel it’s going to be priced at $899, however that is nowhere close to in line with different lenses within the Air vary that are all below $200, so we suspect the brand new AF 23mm Air will truly be priced in step with these.