[Music] Foreign Hi I'm Dustin Abbott and I'm here today To give you my definitive review of the Brand new viltrox Pro AF 75 millimeter F 1.2 STM lens this is the first lens and A new upscale series from viltrox and it Really doesn't surprise me at all to see Viltrox getting to this place they have Really progressed as quickly in their Lens design and development as any lens Maker as I've ever seen before and they Really are becoming a force to be Reckoned with this lens really seems to Solve a lot of previous viltrox Shortcomings and is going to be a very Competitive lens starting here on Fuji Where I've done this review on the brand New Fuji xt5 40 megapixel aps-c sensor Highest resolution aps-c sensor I've Ever used and and so it definitely gave The lens a good Optical test which by The way I'll give you a little bit of a News flash it passed without any Problems at all but beyond that they Have also are upgrading in terms of some Of the features that I've been looking For including weather sealing and an Afmf switch just a little more upscale Build but they're still really Competitive with their pricing coming in At 549 dollars so at least on paper that Adds up to a winning combination So Today we're going to give you our
Detailed breakdown of handling and Features we're going to look at the Autofocus performance in detail and then A really deep dive into the image Quality from the lens and give you a Final verdict right after a word from Our sponsor Today's episode is brought to you by Phantom wallet the minimalist modern Wallet that is now even better with the New Phantom X that is crafted from Aluminum right here in Canada it is 22 Percent smaller and 35 percent lighter While still making it easy to access Your cards and money when you need them Thanks to their unique Fanning mechanism You could even customize your wallet due To its modular design with accessories Like a money clip cash holder ID display And even chipolo and air tag tracking Integration visit Store.phantomwallet.com to check out Their unique sizes Styles and finishes That span from aluminum to Wood to Carbon fiber and use code Dustin 15 for 15 off when you're ready to check out So as noted there are some build Upgrades here this is by the way as you Can see it is not a small lens this is The largest viltrox lens to this point Though I will note that as far as the Weight goes it's it's really not much More than the very first viltroxylens That I reviewed which was a manual focus
20 millimeter F 1.8 but we do have a Large lens here that is 87 millimeters In diameter or 3.42 inches and has a 77 Millimeter millimeter front filter Thread which is large but very common And shared with a lot of other lenses The lens is 101 millimeters in length or About four inches it weighs in at 670 Grams or right over 23 and a half ounces And so it is a substantial lens and it's Going to be heavy for some so for Someone like myself you know a full-time Photographer I didn't notice the weight Of the lens really at all I had my wife Shoot with it just doing a little Portrait shoot of me and and she Complained about the weight of it and so Again it's going to be your my knowledge May vary depending on how comfortable You are with slightly larger lenses but That certainly is going to be the Trade-off here the reason for that Weight comes from a couple of things First of all this is all metal and glass In construction the only thing plastic Here is the lens Hood which is kind of Surprising because you know about half The time viltrox provides a metal lens Hood the other half they seem to provide A plastic one maybe in this case it was One of the ways that they kept the price Down a little bit more and so that's the Only plastic thing here but everything Else is really you know very nicely made
And of course if you look in the front There is a ton of glass in there a lot Of optical glass which as we're going to See is improved Optical glass a couple Of things stood out to me as being Changed first of all in terms of the Physical appearance it is a familiar Design but now we have a pro badge and Instead of some kind of the meaningless Letters that are there sometimes and Then on the other side there's a new Viltrox badge that I've not seen before Aperture is uh fairly typical for a Viltrox lens in that we have a stepped Aperture ring here which with one third Clicks and you can go all the way to one Side and click over into Auto automatic Mode where you can control it from Within the camera there is no d-clicked Option here and so if you're looking for That for video unfortunately you're out Of luck the manual focus ring here is Made of metal as everything it is ribbed Has a nice grip it moves very nicely the Damping is good the weight feels good to It however there is a little bit of a Feeling of some stepping when you're Trying to do very fine tuning a Precision autofocus or manual focus and So that did detract from it a little bit I just felt like I would you know move More than just a like a linear movement It would be more of like little tiny Jumps and so um you know the stepping
Motor became a factor as a part of that Unfortunately but you know I was still Able to do reasonable manual focus pools As you can see in this shot here if we Look inside there are 11 rounded Aperture blades and uh that used to be a Real viltrox weakness just they were Kind of lopsided the blades fortunately Here that's really not the case at all And so we keep a nice circular shape as We begin to stop The Lens down certainly A highlight for me personally there and And so that is largely preferred also as Noted this does now have weather sealing And I think there are some internal Seals because there is a gasket here I Haven't seen a map of inside but they Say that it is dust and moisture sealed And they also talk about an anti-fouling Coating on the front element probably Something similar to flooring and so That makes it both resistance to water And then oils from fingerprints makes it Easier to clean and so definitely moving Upscale in terms of our overall build Here and one thing that has been Retained which I think is a great Feature and that is a USB C port on the Lens mount that allows you to do Firmware updates right through a Computer onto the lens itself so when it Comes to the build here it is a very Nicely made lens and it handles nicely And I always love having that afmf
Switch to me it Remains the single most Logical way to control that function Now speaking of autofocus this has a Lead screw type STM motor now you know Many manufacturers are finding as they Move a little bit more upscale a little More daring with their lens designs that They need more torque than what just the Basic STM loader or maybe even a single Linear type motor can provide you know I Think the viltrox is going to have to Come to that same conclusion because While this this lens autofocus is fairly Good for the most part if you're doing Minor Focus changes it's it's Snappy It's you know relatively quiet focus is Smooth but what I do miss out on seeing Is that um I I find that major Focus Changes are not as fast as what I would Like you can tell that the lens needs a Little bit more torque and you can see As I shift from subject to subject There's a little bit of lag there I Could also see that for example if I did My hand test and you can just see that It takes a little while before Focus Moves off my hand back to my eye and Vice versa likewise when I did video Focus tools I saw a fairly smooth Transition but I also saw a little bit Of pulsing before it settled and that Also can be a kind of evidence of not Enough torque and so it's not just the Speeding up end it's also the breaking
End and coming to a stop at the proper Place without any kind of need for Further movement so I think that is the Area that needs Improvement now on the Plus side the focus accuracy was Actually really good from the lens I got Very good iaf Focus results and for Example the shot of Ferrari you can see Even at F 1.2 how beautiful the eye is Focused and then from my portrait Session even though my wife is not at All familiar with Fuji when it comes to Their focus systems that I was because Iaf worked well we were able to get well Focused results and so at F 1.2 F4 I had Her shoot at a variety of large Apertures F2 you know we had really good Focus results and as you're probably Getting a preview this is a very sharp High contrast lens and so when it comes To autofocus the one area where I would Say forget about it for portraits no Problem for most general purpose Photography no problem for weddings you Know I I wouldn't be 100 confident I would Like to see a little bit more torque for That but definitely for sports if you Have moving action and so in this case As you can see this even knowledge just Walking towards me I wasn't able to nail Focus consistently enough which makes me Question a little bit for example of you Know a bride walking down the aisle now
If you're using this for wedding work And you're using it for pose stuff or in A very small movements no problem but I Wouldn't use this personally for my Critical shots of a bride coming up the Aisle or something to that effect so at The end of the day it's a mixed really The only place I find any kind of mixed Bag to this lens really is when it comes To the autofocus because as we're going To see the image quality is exceptional And I knew it'd be Exceptional from The Moment I Saw the MTF that showed Incredible sharpness and contrast in the Center of the frame with only a slight Dip at the edge of the frame and then at F8 perfect performance and so we'll dive Now into the image quality and see if it Lives up to those fabulous MTF charts so Let's start by taking a look at vignette And Distortion here so first of all as You can see from the uncorrected raw Image on the left there is no issue at All with Distortion it is basically Completely free of distortion you can See however there is some serious Darkening towards the corners some Fairly heavy vignette we'll take a look At manual Corrections so in this case I've done nothing to Distortion as Because there's no need for it but I Have dialed in a lot of vignette Correction about three and a half stops And move the midpoint over to get a
Clean result now interestingly there is A correction profile here that I don't Think does enough work but you know as You can see it it definitely helps I Think the vignette would need to be Cranked up a fair bit and so uh for my Chart test I don't necessarily love the End result however if we take a look at A real world image at F 1.2 with you Know snow in the corners which usually To me is where vignette shows up the Heaviest in this case I think that the Profile without any tweaks to it has Actually done quite a good job and you Can see that the corner looks very Neutral I don't know that I often see Viltrox lenses getting correction Profile Corrections like this so it's Really Pleasant to see this end result Byproduct is is that I don't think that Real world vignette is going to be an Issue because the camera profile seems To be doing a good job of taking care of It likewise there is a very very good Control uh here optically of any kind of Longitudinal chromatic aberrations and So you can see very very little fringing This is a near apachromatic result you Know as a byproduct we have got you know Really really crisp resolution and dark Lines there taking a look at some real World examples here you can see that Even on the bokeh there is a little bit Of fringing there but basically the only
Kind of fringing you're going to see When looking at it you know at 100 Magnification like here I see very Little and we'll also just take a look At the bokeh Quality there's only a Little bit of an inner line there for The most part this is a really really Clean and geometry not too bad you know It goes cat eye towards the edge of the Frame but overall as we saw earlier a Pretty good result so the combination of Really really doing a great job of Controlling chromatic aberrations on Channel chromatic aberrations and then You know having very high resolution and Contrast is that this is a near Apachromatic performance here where I Mean the pop at F 1.2 that is just Spectacular and and as you can see Moving off towards defocus we don't Really see any kind of fringing here at All it is very very nice transitions Even on these bright shiny objects Here's another F 1.2 shot of my wife's Glasses they're just sitting on a side Table but you can see once again what an Amazing job it does of just producing Really really crisp detail and very high Contrast even at F 1.2 and we can see Here this is a place that's begging for Chromatic aberration and there is just a Tiny tiny bit of fringing there overall A really spectacular result on that Front likewise when it comes to
Longitudinal chromatic aberration we can See here stop down to about f8 very Often on my chart when I'm stop down you Can really see a lot of fringing on Either side from lateral chromatic Aberrations this is completely neutral Here a really strong performance this Applies in the real world too this is The kind of scene that is just begging For lateral chromatic aberrations Um you know bright contrast the snow There and there's just no fringing that Is there you can see this turkey trying To get away from me because I was Getting too close and anyway just a Really really fabulous real world result So this is my first review on the new Fuji xt5 which has a 40 megapixel aps-c Sensor which is the highest resolution That I've ever seen by a fairly good Margin on an aps-c sensor despite that Kind of torture test and showing you the Results at 200 percent you can see in The center of the frame this is just a Fantastic result amazing detail and Contrast mid frame looks fantastic very Very high resolution very high contrast And down here in the corners even though There is a you know it's not complete Completely perfectly resolved here Actually it's almost like there's a Little dip here because the the very Edge of the frame looks just fabulous so Stopping down to F 1.4 gives us a little
Bit of boost in the the corner and I Would say a little bit more contrast Moving on to F2 and by F2 our Corners Are looking really really crisp you know Resolve very nicely and we've kind of Lost a little bit of that slightly Nervous quality that was there before we Can see a pretty huge uptick here over On the left side you can see how crisp Everything looks here on Sir Winston There so past F2 it's going to be more About depth of field I think we're Pretty close to tapping out the top of The potential for resolution here and And so if we look back here I mean back In the familiar territory I mean it Looks fabulous but in some ways I think F2 actually looks a hair better than F 2.8 likewise moving on to F4 I just Don't see any greater Improvement myself So F2 is kind of a killer aperture here If you're wanting performance across the Frame now if we step down into the very Corner you know there's I would say a Little bit further Improvement there but For the for the most part you're going To get you know fairly even performance From F2 through about f8 with the Corners looking the best at F 5.6 and f8 In terms of just general consistency Now By F 16 our minimum aperture you can see That diffraction is starting to just Soften some of the contrast it still Looks actually fairly good but we can
Just see particularly if we look in the Center of the frame where it is you know So awesome wide open that you're losing A fair bit due to diffraction by F 16 so Again I would probably use somewhere Around f8 if you're using like the new Xt5 as an upper limit and then f11 on Some of the lower resolution bodies this Plays out really really nicely for Portrait work here we have at F 1.2 so First of all just take a look at the General rendering of the lens you can See that the transition to defocus the Colors everything is really really nice Skin tones looks look very good and you Can see that even at F 1.2 there is Wonderful detail and so this is a very Compelling portrait lens here is uh F 1.4 and in this case I've you know I've Played with the tone curve a little bit For a certain look but you can see just How much you know detail is there at F 1.4 you know when you're shooting in Kind of the general area where you're Going to shoot portraits that kind of Two-thirds of the frame this is an Amazingly crisp lens but it also has Really really nice bokeh the shot I Alluded to earlier a Ferrari you can see At F 1.2 depth of field is very very Shallow here but you can see number one How well focused it is on the eye but Then you can just see how great of Detail and contrast is there I mean you
Can see the the door reflected there in His eye just a tremendous amount of Detail that is captured now in shooting Landscapes on a shot like this obviously Depth of field is going to you know Affect where focus is going to be but You can see that even at F 1.2 we've got Lots of wonderful detail here and even As we resolve towards the distance it's Doing an amazing job here in the Foreground obviously things are out of Focus but I mean it's capturing a Tremendous amount of detail across the Frame even at F 1.2 if you stop on down To like f 5.6 as we've got here you can See the images it just pops I mean it's You know it's drawing beautifully off Into the distance there beautiful Contrast really really nice color and That detail is just consistent you know Right from edge to edge now as noted Minimum Focus distance remains a voltrox Weakness and so you can't get Particularly close right under 90 Centimeters and here we can see that the Uh it's only a 0.10 times magnification However it is boosted by the fact that The lens is just so good Um you know optically and so you know Plane of focus seems to be fairly flat Here and we can see really good detail And contrast which means the lens is Still useful I just wish it had a higher Magnification level I was very impressed
With the bokeh from the lens considering How sharp and high contrast it is and so You can see here that you know obviously The subject really Pops at F 1.2 and Even though this distance wise has the Potential of being a very busy scene the Rendering is quite nice and if we go to You know easier subjects again we can See the detail where focus is is really Great and then the the bleed off you Know the transition towards defocus just Real really nice you know here's a more Optimal situation and so again detail And contrast everything is really crisp And that transition no kind of haze or Blur towards the edges but then in this Situation we've able to been able to Completely blur out the background very Nice and soft here again you can see Some of the snowflakes in the air being Rendered as bokeh it just looks really Really nice very soft and creamy now in Times past I have found viltrox colors Sometimes to not be my favorite to Process just a little bit you know a Little bit go garish a little bit more Easily the optical glass here I think is Definitely improved and so as a Byproduct here you can see compared side By side with a Fuji Lin the new 30 Millimeter F 2.8 macro you can just see That really the colors are quite Consistent between the two lenses and I Would say that I would call the Fuji
Colors ever so slightly richer but you Know truth be told they are very very Similar and of course the you know the Viltrox is easier easily the sharper of The two lenses at F 2.8 but I think that Color and I just speak kind of generally I found like colors were easier to Process skin tones were good I was just Happy with the end results finally a Quick word on flare resistance now for Real world Flair you know like for Example this morning shot there's no Ghosting artifacts here obviously no Problems there and this backlit issue Image with you know bright sun in the Frame again I don't see any issues maybe A tiny bit of veiling here but this also Could just be some defocus you can see That it's held up really well against That backlight condition however if I Shine a flashlight like a high-powered Flashlight into it as with most lenses It it's going to react in Extreme Ways And here is a you know this is a maybe a Little bit more typical as I moved Around and tried to find some ghosting Blobs you can see I got a couple of Little ghosting blobs here but overall I Think for most you know not extreme real World work you're probably not going to Have too much of a problem with flair And so as you can see optically this Lens is a real treat which makes it a Real treat as a lens at this price point
This is very very strong Optical Performance and that near apricomatic Performance makes this feel like much More expensive glass that I've used in The past and again it speaks to me of How they have upgraded the optical glass That's used in the Pro Series makes me Very excited about what is yet to come From viltrox in their new Pro Series but I'm also excited about this lens itself I really love this focal length about 115 millimeters I feel like this is an Underutilized range for lens makers the 100 to slightly over 100 millimeter Range because you know it's a it's a Little bit more compression than what 85 Millimeter option offers but it's not as Long as 135 millimeters which can feel Restrictive sometimes to me this is a Real sweet spot that I think more lens Makers should explore and I'm really Glad that viltrox has done that here at 549 dollars if you have a Fuji camera And you're looking for a great portrait Lens frankly I haven't seen a better Portrait lens from Fuji at this point That I would recommend over it and I Personally would take this over either The 56 millimeter F 1.2 or the 90 Millimeter F2 because I just feel like It's a more appealing package overall And of course it comes in at hundreds And hundreds of dollars cheaper at the End of the day that makes the new build
Trucks Pro AF 75 millimeter F 1.2 a real Winner I'm Dustin Abbott and if we look In the description down below you can Find linkage to my full text review you Can also find links to my image gallery And check out more photos there are Buying links there some of which are Just being populated because this is a Brand new lens but there there's also Linkage to follow myself and or Craig on Social media to become a patron or get Channel merchandise check out let the Light in TV our sister channel for more Great reviews there thanks for watching Have a great day and let the light in [Music]
