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Viltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO

Viltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO
24 June 2026
Maciej Lata³³o

1. Introduction

The history of full frame Viltrox lenses started in 2020 from the AF 50 mm f/1.8 FE/Z, a lens we had an opportunity to test. To put it diplomatically we weren't exactly happy with the results.

Then there was a gap of several years in Viltrox launches in this category of equipment, and it stopped in February 2025 with the shapely 2/50 Air series instrument. Not long afterward, in October 2025, this offer was enlarged by the classic Viltrox AF 50 mm f/1.4 Pro. This one fared in our test perfectly well. Several months later, in April 2026, Viltrox showed us the AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO model, which looks like a fully-fledged successor of the 1.8/50 lens from 2020. The new model seemed very interesting and we decided to take a closer look.

Viltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO - Introduction

We would like to thank FotoTechnika for lending us one specimen for testing purposes and the results of our procedures can be found in the following chapters – enjoy your reading!

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Viltrox AF 55 mm f/1.8 EVO - Introduction

The following chart presents a comparison between basic parameters of standard Viltrox lenses we mention in this chapter.



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