The next Viltrox winner: The 75mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens is a great performer!
You can now preorder the new VILTROX 75mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens at BHphoto, Amazon US&EU, Pergear, Viltroxstore.
I do now own the new Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 FE lens (my review here). And I somehow believe that Viltrox managed to get to a level of quality that is on par with Sony/Sigma/Tamron. And this for a half or even a third of the price of the competition! So I was curious to see how the new 75mm f/1.2 APS-C E-mount lens would perform and the reviewers seem to be pretty enthusiasic about it:
Phillip Reeve tested the lens and concluded:
Dedicated portrait tele lenses designed solely for the APS-C frame are rare, by which I mean this Viltrox 75mm 1.2 doesn’t have a real competitor in the APS-C world. Fuji “only” has a 56mm f/1.2 and a 90mm 2.0 for their X-mount, whereas Sony, Canon, Nikon and Sigma didn’t really bother to produce a similar lens like this at all. They would probably point at their fullframe lenses, but if they are comparable to this Viltrox lens they are far from being as affordable.
Therefore In the past, whenever someone asked me for an affordable longer portrait lens for their APS-C E-mount or Fuji-X camera, I usually recommended the Viltrox 85mm 1.8 Mk II. But from now on that recommendation will be changed in favour of this Viltrox 75mm 1.2 AF.
We don’t need a longer conclusion here: the image quality is outstanding, bokeh is nice, the build quality and controls hardly leave something to be desired and even the price is fair. What is not to like here?
And here more reviews from Dustin Abbott, Jason and Christopher Frost:
