Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Officially Announced and Fujifilm X Mount Version Coming Within 2 Months

The news is this: the new Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 has been officially announced.

You can now get it for Sony E and Nikon Z mount here:

Main Features:

  • 20mm focallength, F2.8 aperture
  • 8 groups of 10 optical elements, including 2 ED lenses, 1 lenses with high refractiveindex and 2 aspherical lens
  • HD Nano multilayer coating with water-resistant and antifouling coating
  • Electronic aperture,internal focus,constant lens length
  • Noiseless STM focus motor
  • Precision hardened aluminum alloy bayonet
  • Convenient and lightweight

I have been told that the Fujifilm X mount version will “maybe be released/available within 2 months“.

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Rumor Update Regarding Fujifilm’s Next XF Lens

From the top of a mountain peak in the Dolomites (see video here) we told you this:

We said no more no less than this.

However, I see the rumor is spreading the wrong way around the internet, so sources have now reached us to out again and would like me to clarify.

So I’ll do it now.

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Meike AF 55mm f/1.4 Autofocus lens for Fujifilm X Coming Second Half of December

We already reported a few months ago about the upcoming Meike 55mm f/1.4 autofocus lens coming for Fujifilm X mount.

You can also see lots of images of the lens shared in that article.

Now a few specs have surfaced (see below) on Japanese and Chinese websites via asobinet and 独立摄影师联合会.

  • images here
  • Meike AF 55mm F1.4 X-mount
  • minimum focus distance 0.61m
  • weight about 290g
  • coming mid-late December

This will be Meike’s second AF X mount lens after the Meike AF 85mm f/1.8 .

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Sirui Sniper 23/33/56mm F1.2 Review and Sirui Sniper 16mmF1.2 and 75mmF1.2 Coming Soon

CineD has reviewed the brand new Sirui Sniper f/1.2 series of lenses that can now be backed at Indiegogo, as we reported here.

In short we can say: it has its flaws (quite a few of them), such as lack of sharpness wide open, visible chromatic aberration, not ideal bokeh, jittery IBIS (communication problems with the camera) and what not.

So it is far from an optically perfect lens.

However, it has definitely its character and CineD liked working with it, because it has its peculiar identity (something we often don’t find in optically “perfect” lenses).

Or, as the Sigma CEO said here “it’s easier to make a perfect lens, than a lens with character” [Note: which is why I LOVE my good old XF35mmF1.4 R – see it in action here in Barcelona]

You can look the video above and read the article at CineD here.