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Of course there are, although perhaps unusually nothing that is directly comparable in terms of focal length and aperture. Fujifilm has a plethora of lenses, although the closest is the XF 14 mm f/2.8 R— along with 16mm and 18mm variants — while Sigma has also recently released its 16mm f/1.4 for X-mount. That places the Viltrox 13mm in a class of its own, and perhaps that was the intent. Should You Buy It? As you can see from the lineup, the Fujifilm 27mm is a svelte pancake lens that really suits the ergonomics of a street camera; the Viltrox 23mm and 56mm look positively DSLR-like in origin by comparison. The 13mm is a step above those in both size and weight. I am generally quite pleased with the images from the Viltrox AF 23mm f/1.4 at this wedding but did notice two areas for improvement.
VILTROX AF 13/1.4 XF is a super wide-angle large-aperture prime lens for Fujifilm X-mount camera models. It features an STM focusing motor, steppes aperture dialing, and anti-fouling coating, supporting eye/face detection autofocus. The compact and lightweight body makes it the best choice for Vlog creation. Your outstanding video shooting will contribute to the optimized video performance and insignificantly weak focus breathing! Yes. While I might have questioned the 20mm equivalent focal length at the beginning, it is quite clear that — while maybe not as popular as other focal lengths — there is a market. The lens adds a focal length option that isn’t available in Fujifilm’s first-party lineup and what Viltrox has made here works well, especially for the price. I’ve shot many wide lenses in the past but most have been the manual focus – either vintage lenses from the days of film, or modern manual focus lenses. This one, of course, is an autofocus lens, and it’s been a real breath of fresh air. It’s wonderful to have the lens do the work of focusing, no need to use focusing aids like peaking or magnification, just frame the shot and shoot! The autofocus freed me from having to think about focussing and allowed me to focus only on the aesthetic aspects of the shot like line, form, shape, light and colour – as a photographer I found it liberating to let the camera and lens take care of the technical elements, leaving me free to concentrate on the visual components of the shot, and get on with making images!In short: if you love film simulations, like I do, native Fujinon lenses will deliver better results, or let’s say results that more faithfully reproduce the vibe and tone Fujifilm intended to give us with the various film simulations. Four ED (extra-low dispersion) lens elements greatly reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations to produce greater clarity and color accuracy no matter which aperture you choose. The unpleasant six-pointed sunstars exhibited by the Rokinon 12mm are, in my opinion, subpar compared to the sunstars produced by the other three lenses, despite its otherwise excellent performance. More importantly for this type of lens, bokeh is beautifully soft and dreamy. The Viltrox also does well to keep axial chromatic aberration to a minimum, avoiding color fringes around high-contrast edges in a scene that are just in front of or behind the plane of focus. All in all, performance is excellent.
On the X-E3 the lens unsurprisingly feels a little front heavy, however not unduly so. It was still pleasant to use, but would be better balanced on a larger camera. Ultra-wide prime lens designed for APS-C-format FUJIFILM X-mount mirrorless cameras where it provides a 20mm equivalent to full-frame 35mm focal length.Ultra wide-angle lens is designed for APS-C-format FUJIFILM X-mount mirrorless cameras. with it , you could portray anything. You can shoot environmental portrait, cityscape, landscape, architecture, or even macro photography. Designed for smooth video capture, the lens effectively eliminates focus breathing when changing focusing distances while shooting video. With its bright maximum aperture of F1.4, you can combine beautiful bokeh with a uniquely wider perspective, to create sweeping scenic landscapes. Unlike my Rokinon 12mm, the infinity markings are accurate on my copy of the lens, and perhaps even better are the brilliant 14-pointed sunstars the lens produces through its 7-bladed diaphragm. For this reason, I would easily choose the 7Artisans over the Rokinon 12mm for work on cityscapes, but the fully one-stop brighter aperture of the Rokinon gives it a slight edge for astro work.
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