Viltrox 13mm Fujifilm Review - Incredible!
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- Viltrox 13mm Fujifilm lens review. Full specs and unboxing, image quality, autofocus, video autofocus, focus breathing, face eye autodetect, a comparison to 16mm Fuji prime lens, Rokinon 12mm cinema lens, and shooting with the 13mm focal length. Special thank you to this video's sponsor, eufy Security, for keeping the Jawas out of my studio. 👍
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📔 Table of Contents
00:00 Intro
00:22 Welcome
01:17 13mm Lens Unboxing and Specs
02:19 Viltrox 13mm Image Quality
05:32 Sponsor Segment (Eufy Security)
07:58 Viltrox 13mm vs. Fujifilm 16mm vs. Rokinon 12mm
08:51 Autofocus Performance
09:32 Video Performance
10:36 Conclusion and Recommendations
12:25 Goodbye
12:42 Outro
The Viltrox 13mm is an ultra-wide prime lens designed for APS-C-format Fujifilm X-mount mirrorless cameras. STM autofocus motor and a minimum focus distance of 8.7 inches. This 13mm focal length is the 20mm equivalent to a full-frame camera.
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NOTE: I purposely did not test nor provide examples of Astrophotography with this lens. Reason: Astrophotography is not my strong point and I didn't want to make a final recommendation regarding lens optics for this. However, I'm sure you can find other 13mm info/reviews online from talented Fujifilm astrophotographers that can point you in the general direction if that is your area of expertise. If there are any astrophotographers using the Viltrox 13mm, feel free to comment here and I'll keep this pinned at the top of this video's comments. 👍
I was wondering about that. It's the main thing I use my 12mm Rokinon for. Thanks for the videos!
Futzing with it for astrophotography but NYC skies not particularly congenial. I think there is significant coma in the corners but I will need to futz more
@@JT-rq7nt Matthew Storer Photography has a video out with the 13mm used for astro work. He also has a link to download his raw files, in which he has done an aperture test. I looked them over. There are some imperfect stars in the corners at f/1.4 - 2.0 I'd say comparable to the Samyang 12mm at 2.0 but at f/2.8 the viltrox stars are perfect across the frame.
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13mm 1.4.... that's gonna suck up light like a black hole. I need to try one on an Astrophotox trip.
curious what that smoke bomb was in the stock footage
Thanks Chris . was waiting for this to seal the deal . Treated myself and ordered . Appreciate all your effort and great reviews
I’ve had my Viltrox 13mm for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it. Image quality, build quality and focus are superb. I agree with every single word that Chris shares with us about this wonderful lens. Truly the best Viltrox lens ever made.
Nice! Have you tried it out on videos?
Chris!! This video was a great compliment to this spring-ish weather Friday up here in Canada. VERY satisfying to hear your opinions and see your testing of this amazing lens. I received mine this week and am very impressed/happy with it. I've put my rokinon 12mm F2.0 up for sale.. no need to have both! I have been using the viltrox 13mm for my work video calls all this week and have found that on the X-t4 if you "force" the 1.39x crop it ends up being around an 18mm perspective which is GREAT. Thank you very much for this, and all of the great videos you create for us fuji users!
That’s so awesome!!!! Thank you so much!!!!! 👍
Thanks. I'm glad you finally got to review this lens.
Been waiting for this one! Thanks for confirming this will be my next lens purchase!
Love everything about this video impressive lens. 👌🏽 the Eufy ad. I know quite a few home owners looking for something like this. Thanks!
This lens looks perfect for my needs on my X-T5! Great video. I always enjoy your videos and appreciate the work you put into them. Your Channel is one of the best on UA-cam!
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AMAZİNG video. I’ve been waiting for such long time for this review and it worth it. Thanks 😊
I LOVE shooting wide angle, and the idea of a fast prime was too much to resist, so took a gamble and ordered one from the factory a few days ago. From your review I'm happy and relieved to hear my instincts appear to be correct! Thank you for the excellent review -- I can't wait to start shooting with this lens.
Thanks Chris! Great review 👏🏻
Thanks so much for a great review! It looks so promising, but it also looks so HUGE.
Got my Viltrox on the weekend because of your recommendation - hasn’t disappointed yet.
I had you on my car’s audio system and when you started arc welding at the end, I thought my speakers were on fire. Phew.
Great video! Thank you!
Love the Manitoba reference at 5:25 🙂 Thanks for the great review... Very helpful
So glad to finally see your review of this lens. It’s been a while since you first said it was in the works. Thanks for waiting until you received official notice from Viltrox to release this video. Your integrity is truly appreciated.
Thank you! 🙏
It’s never boring to watch your educational videos Chris.
That sponsor segment was amazing
Hey Chris! And finally, the review is here 😊😎🙌 Great lens, I'll bought it! Thanks ❤️🙏
Finally! Thank you for your review!
Thanks Chris. With your seal of approval I ordered one today!🙂
Great review video...as always. Thank you for all of your honest reviews. While I don't know you personally, you evoke a trusting quality...and that's a rare thing. Keep the great work and thanks for your time in doing these videos.
Thanks Bob!
Brilliant review well worth the wait
Awesome review. Really surprised by this lens.
Also, got interested in the doorbell security camera. Not having to depend on cloud functionality is a huge plus for me.
thank you for this review, I am sold, that Viltrox should arrive home in a few days!
Thank you so much sir! Great review, as always. Watched with a huge joy and got very precious information!
Thank you Ulugbek!! 🙏
@pal2tech. Will this Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 lens perform well with the old Fujifilm X-T1 camera?
I have been waiting for this lens to drop for ages! I'm really happy with my other Viltrox products and have been lacking a wide angle since my 16 f1.4 got stolen.
Thanks for the - as always - convincing review. 👍👍👍 Kind regards from Bangkok 🇹🇭.
I've been looking at wide angles since I bought my camera, I'm glad I waited! I think I just found my lens! Thanks for a great review! :)
I have ordered this one last week and can't wait to have it. I have the 18mm f1.4 but when it comes to architecture stuff, I need a wider one and I believe this is the answer. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I like the fact that there are sponsorship in your video -- it helps support the channel, and I get a chance to check out new products or services. Case-in-point, I've never heard of eufy Security, but after seeing the sponsored content, I'm going to check out an unboxing and review by some other UA-camr's. Thanks for the content!
Hey Brent!! Thanks man, I really appreciate the support!! 🙏
Great review as always, even the sponsored part was interesting. You really know how to do this. Seems like this is the best Wide Angle option for Fuji, I think I'm set with lenses for a few years, this 13mm, sigma 18-35 and viltrox 56 are all I would ever need.
That's a great kit!
Just ordered mine! I'm excited to get it!
Great review thanks!
I was just about to grab Fuji’s new 18 1.4 when this was released. I decided to go with the 33 1.4 and grab this new Viltrox. I’m so glad the 13mm is getting great reviews.
Wonderful review.. Wonderful lens.. Thank you very much..
Great review, Chris. Long time coming and it was worth it. I already have the Fuji 16mm. Now, I gotta justify getting this lens. Lol
93.7K subs! That checkmark is almost there, Chris, keep it on!
Ooo… I like the new notes that come up with the comments! That’s cool (seeing it for the first time on the iOS app)! Also, I am so glad this review is finally out!!! I have high anticipation with this lens, and I am so glad that was justified after watching this! Thanks!!!
Just purchased.. hope it doesn't get stolen from my front porch!
Was trying to decide between this and the 23mm f2. Love the weather sealing on the f2 for hiking/camping, but I have yet to see or read a bad review of the 13mm, and I'm super excited to do some wide/close photography, as well as landscape, architecture, and low light. Very versatile! I also already own 67mm filters and that was a big selling point too.
I agree...Got mine a few weeks ago!
Thanks my friend! You`re the best! Regards from Brazil
thaanks for the review, watching other reviews I was expenting something even better, but it's certainly an interesting option......
Thanks for this review and for sharing your (almost) long-term thoughts on this lens. It sure looks like a winner, and I'm looking forward to the arrival of mine. Good luck catching the Jawa that stole your X-H2(s?) - now you'll have to request another one... Cheers!
At least Chris has proof of the theft when he asks for a replacement.
Love the XH2 package at your door
Definitely my next lens purchase. I've been using the rokinon f2 manual.
Great job, Chris. Well worth the wait. Glad Viltrox finally gave you the OK to review this lens. Note to self, don't mess with Chris' wife especially if she has a welding torch in her hand!! Have a get weekend!
LOL, exactly. You too Florian, thank you!!!!! Cheers!!! 👍
Fantastic review! This will most likely end up replacing my Fujifilm XC 15-45mm lens for video.
Thanks Chris. So helpful. It's still not available in the UK. I am eagerly waiting!
Thank you for this video Chris, I received my 13mm last week and I'm very happy with it for the same reasons you give in this review. Unlike the Viltrox 56mm which disappointed me a lot, this 13mm is really good.
Why did the 56mm disappoint you. I was thinking of getting it for portraits.
Congratulations for the review, one of the best fuji channel out there. Viltrox are doing an amazing job and this lens looks awesome, im looking for a wide lens for internal shoot and video and i cant chose between this lens and the sigma 16mm, what you racommande?
Thank you. Great video. They seem to have worked hard to get the best out of this lense main usage narrow depth of field. Probably need tome filters for outdoor videos but that is to be expected.
FINALLY THE VIDEO
Thanks for the great review Chris, no surprise there as you have a consistent quality and expertise that keeps me subscribed. I have the XH1 and was glad to see the XH2 package labelling, not sure I need to upgrade but I am looking forward to your take on the new one. Question for you, I am just starting to work with Fujifilm's Webcam integration. I am using the Fuji 23mm f1.4 lens. It seems to do OK but is not wide enough and seemed to refocus a lot. (could be my settings) Would you suggest this Viltrox 13mm as a Webcam?
I have the 13mm, too. And I love it! Great performance for a low price!
How's the video?
@@jazzampa The video is great as usual!
First of all, thank you for taking your time to review this lens for all of us.
I was leaning toward it for two reasons: price and all the reviews saying wonders about this lens.
I can't understand why no one talks about the distracting blue dot(s) from light flare(???) that appears in almost all reviews (in this one from 9:50 to 9:55), and I can't believe no one has seen it.
Isn't this a "flaw"?!
Though in comparison to other quality glass it's very cheap, it's still lots of money, at least to me, and I'm having a hard time justifying the investment and having to spend time thinking my shots to avoid this (I shoot mainly video) or learn to live with a blue dot(s) that looks like a dead pixel(s).
I trully don't know what to do...
Am I being too picky?
85mm was so outstanding in color that when i shoot with sony i drooled in the lab while retouching sony's color casting hyper sharp photos. Fuji's color and 13mm will be something i would like use together to point upward while hunting the illusive milkyway.
This lens got very high on my wishlist. I am sure this is a great lens for night/ astro photography.
Awesome video dude! I recently purchased the Viltrox 85mm for my XT-3 to use with automotive photography and its fantastic, now I just want to get something with a lot less focal length to do landscape photography with cars. Watching this video has made me want to go bankrupt and get this lens 😂👍
Thanks Chris!
Finally
Viltrox 13mm review by Pal2tech
Awesome video...I've never done astro but I wonder if this would be a good option to dip a toe into that water...and something good for indoor shots while traveling. Also ... awesome add...looking forward to the review on the x-H2. Also...probably going to buy that doorbell. Been wanting one and idea of remote storage and service fees turned me off.
And... the wife welds ! I love it. Great review
Finally, Yay! 🥳👍
Hi Chris great video as always! Do you think this lens can be good for portraits? thanks for all your help in this new fuji world for me.
I love the concluding scene with your wife firing up the welder.
Now $429 Amazon and Viltrox store* Great review! I can't wait to get one soon.
Amazon has bad reviews
Fuji ecosystem is pretty much great now. Because of the Sigma trinity I got myself 3 lenses instead of one fujinon lens as my starter kit and this Viltrox 13mm and their 85mm will be my next lens.
Amazing review as always! And also I actually bought the Eufy doorbell for my Mom as she had been wanting one and surprised her for Xmas. She loves it and has come in handy esp with packages and just this week with a neighbor who was banging on her door and others in the early 3am and she was able to show management. She said, she was so grateful to have the camera and to know who it was and also management also now knows who has been doing it in the complex.
All the best to you, and thanks for all the Fuji informations always always....great videos and just an all around warmth - and esp the video also when you took time to share something personal and real!
Keep shining and all the best to you, your family and those you love and surround you!
my Fuji:
X-H1, 16mm f1.4, kit lens 18 - 55 f2.8 - 4, Super Takumar 50mm f 1.4
OoooOoo Nice lens!!!
i just ordered one !
Thank you!
Just got mine yesterday. Hope to get out with it after work today to see what I think.
Let me know how it does with videos
This quite well might be the best a lens manufacturer has done to get out lens reviews. Let the content creators use it for a few months versus a few weeks and then you'll get an even clearer opinion versus new product bias. Certainly your channel strives to be honest always but I feel there's no substitute to passage of time and no substitute for someone like you who actually waited out of pure integrity. Thank you!
I didn't receive an NDA, date or anything when I did it.
Fantastic thorough review. Hope you're getting some rest now.
great video, seems to be a banger lens!
as a little tip for the next time when you test for image quality, maybe print a siemens star or a test chart to put at the image center. it'll make for more consistant results. i know you're not trying to be christopher frost but i think using charts will improve the value of your IQ tests.
This honestly makes me want to swap my 10-24mm for this lens. Don't get me wrong. The 10-24 is great for those wide expansive shots. But if I'm being real with myself I don't really need a zoom option like that. I've got the Fujifilm 16mm 1.4 already. Which is nearly my go-to for walking around. Glad this lens came out!
Well... I received my copy.
At 1.4 it's INSANELY sharp. However, for an unknown reason, the moment I start to close it, it loses contrast and the focus seems to be shifting a little bit. I try to shoot a relatively close subject (no more than 30cm away).
It feels like that at 1.4 the center sharpness is like 5.6 or 8, and the moment I start to close the lens down, it's getting worse.
The firmware was 1.0.1 and I upgraded it to 1.0.2 - no change.
I tried to disable in camera lens optimizer - no change.
I tried to disable the stabilizer (Fuji X-S10) - no change.
I tried to nail focus in manual focus mode with AF-ON button - no change.
I tried to nail focus in AF-S mode - no change.
I repeat - at 1.4 it seems to be the sharpest lens I ever put on my X-S10, it's really that good. F/2 and closer - it seems to be loosing contrast and focus.
Defective lens? Focus shifting? field curvature?
What's going on?
The video doorbell seems amazing.
Maybe more so than this Viltrox lens.
Great review, and many thanks. Just wondering how you think this will perform with the new sensors in XH2 and XT5 and will it make the best of the new larger sensor and resolve fully? Something new to consider when looking at lenses?
So, if you had to decide on a wide angle lens, and were torn between the 10-24mm and this one, I take it that you'd pick this one in a heartbeat?
I think I might be fine without that slight zoom functionality, but I'm wondering about the difference between 10mm and 13mm and whether it really is meaningful...
Thanks for the review!
What’s your take on the video quality? I saw a few reviews and looks so wobly especially in the corners. Is it true?
The neat part about his lens is you get f1.4 for low light situations where you can't use a tripod, something that you'll always run into in architecture photography, ie interiors. Corners might look soft when you're looking at it taking a photo of a chart, and would normally be worse in real life where whatever is in the corners won't be on the same point plane as the focal point, but
1. Based on what I've seen so far the corners seem to still be rather usable, more so compared to dealing with motion blur or even having to compensate too much in post.
2. If the corners are usable for interior architecture (or landscapes, like in a cave, although that has as much in common with architecture as it does landscapes), then landscapes including wide angle astrophotography should be fine.
In short, I never thought I'd even consider getting anything over my Samyang 12/2 - not even the 8-16/2.8, given the 8 isn't always compensated for by the 2.8 when it comes to avoiding star streaks and won't necessarily help indoors either - but I can give up 1mm on the wide end for a 1.4 aperture. Even if that also means having to focus with or through a motor.
Quick tip for everybody that has this precise lens and others from Viltrox.
Do not try to mount a K&F UV filter together with the different lenses' hoods since they're not compatible in size being the Alu rim of the filter a bit bigger than the hood's inner diameter.
Do yourself a favour and attach an Hoya Pro1 one. They seem to be done one for the other.
Wife the welder - hot stuff😁. Open bottle here - nice.
Great combo! new lens and welding... love it... I know its a lot of money but.... the 10-24?
pal2tech,u are doing soo well,will love a comparing between the sigma 16mm f1.4 vs the viltrox 13mm f1.4 sharpness and color fringing......thank u
Awesome
I hope they update their other lenses with this build quality!
Finally that wait is over! Yeah! Love that XH2 package, too bad it was stolen right off your front door. Lol
... probably reflected in some other comments and apologies if it already exists but a round-up of the wide lenses in one place would be great.
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Great review and man that's an interesting looking lens. I'm still leaning towards the 10-24 for versatility and I just got the Rokinon/Samyang 12mm f2 manual version to hold me over while I save up for the 10-24 (it was only €196 in a store which is what they normally sell for used, so can't lose too much on it). Do you know how long this 13mm is? Edit: 90mm it seems.
I'd go with the 10-24. I've used both and the 13mm was just too wide for me. Everything looked too far away, even being right up next to things. Architecture, everything needed some kind of correction as the lines really warp. People, it goes without saying it's not flattering unless they're like 10 feet away and then it just looks like they're too far. It's a fantastic lens but not the look I personally was going for.
@pal2tech, thanks for the review. How does this compare to the 14mm f2.8 ? And how about the distortion ? The f1.4 somehow doesn't make sense for such a wide lens
Something none is mentioning about this lens is,what about the stepping motor when it comes to manual focus, does it have any lag while manual focusing or is it as smooth as it should?
FYI video AF is greatly affected by your f-stop, you had the f-stop at F8, you want to be wider open for better results, f2.8-4 will give you much better results
Wow!!! This was an awesome video Chris!!! This lens is looking like a must buy 😅 I find that 16mm is slightly too tight! How does this lens perform for vlogging? Thanks Chris and have a great weekend! 😁
Great for vlogging. But MUST have on camera with IBIS, like X-T4 for that. Put it at f/4 and it's pretty sweet!
@@pal2tech Ahhhh that's awesome to hear! I'm using the X-T3 rn and I wish I had IBIS 😭
i need some advice on the cable for my Fujifilm XT3. The original cable from the box is too short for me sometimes, and 3rd party cable i just couldn't find a workable one, is there any specific cable you would recommend ? FYI, I'm using it for zoom purpose
I had this lens as well as the 33 and the 56. This one worked well, but suffered the same issue as the other Viltrox lens where sun plays havoc with the lenses. The imagine quality, given the right evironment and lighting is great, but try and use these lens in anything less than adequate they really struggle.
What about low-light photography around sunset? Would it just be a nightmare?
@@alexlindstrom9971 there no good in low light either.
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