Viltrox AF 23 mm f/1.4 XF
11. Summary
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Pros:
- stylish and solid casing,
- excellent image quality in frame centre,
- low lateral chromatic aberration,
- lack of serious problems with spherical aberration,
- moderate distortion,
- sensible correction of astigmatism,
- nice appearance of out-of-focus areas,
- silent and very quick autofocus,
- good price/performance ratio.
Cons:
- image quality on the edge of the frame could have been better,
- a bit too pronounced longitudinal chromatic aberration,
- too high coma level,
- autofocus could have been more accurate.
Of course the Vlitrox is not without flaws. By f/1.4 images are sensibly good only in a small part of the middle of the field and on the edge of the field you can forget about very good image quality because the lens never reaches such results. Additionally, it doesn't correct coma and longitudinal chromatic aberration well. Still the Fujinon fared equally weak in these categories and it wasn't able to reach results close to record levels on stopping down, a trick the cheaper Viltrox managed to perform without a problem.
Overall, if you buy the tested Viltrox you'll get a very nice optical instrument that will charm you with good quality photos without draining your pocket. The more such lenses the better.
