Sony shooters, has anyone used a Viltrox PRO series lens on the A7C II? How does the setup feel in hand? I’m especially curious about the size, weight, balance, and whether it feels comfortable to use for a full day of shooting. Or should I just stick with evos and air series ?
**Big day for little Dolly. 🐾❤**️
First day home alone in her pen ✅
First vet visit ✅
Completely pooped ✅
Now it’s time for a well-earned nap. 💤
#DollyJoleen #GoldenRetrieverPuppy #GoldenRetriever #PuppyLife #FirstVetVisit #SleepyPuppy #PuppyDays #DogPhotography
If Viltrox developed an 85mm f/1.2 LAB for Sony E-mount before Sony, would it move the brand out of the “budget third-party” category and put it in the same tier as Sigma and Tamron?
I’m starting to realize the boxes are taking up almost as much space as the camera gear itself. Curious where everyone draws the line—keep them all, only for expensive gear, or toss them? Share your boxes in the comments!
I’m a hobbyist photographer. I mostly shoot my family, vacations, and everyday life. For the last few years, my go-to portrait setup has been the Viltrox 135mm LAB on my Nikon Z8. It’s about as perfect as a lens could be for me, and I’ve taken some unbelievable family portraits with it.
Its one downside is that it’s big. It’s not a lens I can just toss in my bag. Using it has to be planned.
Now that I’m chasing around a very active five-year-old, my priorities have changed. I don’t carry a camera bag anymore where I can throw in a body and a few lenses. Now it’s a backpack with limited space for my stuff because most of it is filled with my daughter’s.
I’ve been slowly downsizing my kit, and this spring I went to the extreme. I bought a Fujifilm X-T50 and decided to stick with primes. One of them, was the Viltrox 90mm f/2.2 EVO, which is the reason for this post.
On the X-T50, the 90mm gives me the same field of view as a 135mm lens on full frame, but in a setup that’s over 3 pounds lighter!
While editing a portrait of my wife and daughter in front of the Eiffel Tower (sorry, I don’t post photos of my wife or daughter), what really stood out was that I didn’t feel like I had made some huge compromise by bringing the smaller setup. The detail is there, the sharpness is there, and I’m still getting that beautiful background separation I want from a portrait lens. Even compared with the 135mm LAB—a lens I consider nearly perfect—the 90mm EVO holds its own. Paired with the X-T50’s 40-megapixel sensor, the results are much closer to my larger setup than I expected.
That doesn’t mean the 135mm LAB is going anywhere. The 135mm LAB still has a place in my collection. But the 90mm EVO is probably going to be the lens sitting in my much smaller everyday camera bag.
Shot from the balcony of our hotel in Paris. The Eiffel Tower was off to my right, but with the sun dropping behind the rooftops, I honestly couldn’t take my eyes off this view.
Shot with the Fujifilm X-T50 and Viltrox 25mm f/1.7 AIR. The 25mm focal length was wide enough to fit several characters and most of the float into the frame.
The 40MP APS-C sensor also leaves plenty of room to crop afterward while still retaining a lot of detail.
Nikon Z8 + Viltrox 50mm f/1.4 PRO Z. There’s something about a fast 50mm that makes even an ordinary day at home feel like an excuse to take some photos
The Viltrox L-mount Air Series Creator Testing Program is now open.
We’re selecting a limited number of creators to test our latest lightweight L-mount lenses in real-world shooting scenarios:
14 Air · 20 Air · 40 Air · 50 Air
🌍📷 Selected creators can keep the lens after completing the testing requirements
Application Period: Aug 28 – Sep 6, 2026
Selected Creators Announced: Sep 8, 2026
Limited spots available.
Scan to apply and be among the first to experience the Viltrox L-mount Air Series.
Can’t wait to see what our L-Mount shooters create!
Just picked up this beauty, my second islander for now! Can anybody confirm if this is the correct reference number.
Great review if you’re still on the fence about the Viltrox 35mm f/1.2 LAB. Amateur Photographer gave it a perfect 5/5, praising its sharpness, bokeh, autofocus overall value, and performance competes with native lenses costing much more.
Cooling off the only way I know how! #limoncellospritz shot on 25mm f1.7 Air