Viltrox's tiny AF 50mm f/2 Air L undercuts every L-mount rival on price, yet still delivers sharp, colour-accurate results across two weeks of real-world testing on a Leica SL3-P.
Keith James tests the Sirui Vision Prime 75mm T1.4 cine lens as a still-photography portrait optic, finding sharpness, character, and interchangeable mounts that rival dedicated photographic primes.
The minuscule Viltrox Chip is a remarkable new pancake lens for L-Mount. It is an ultracompact, sharp, autofocus, low-cost option for creating a lightweight walk-around kit, particularly for owners of Lumix S-series cameras.
A 35mm Sirui Saturn full-frame anamorphic lens turned out to be the perfect means of documenting the urban landscape of the Southern California city in which the author lives, via a series of panoramic images shot at dusk.
The Viltrox Chip 28mm f/4.5 is a fixed aperture, autofocus pancake lens for L-Mount. It is remarkably small and light weight, and now holds the record for the tiniest full-frame, autofocus L-Mount lens on the market.
Leica APS-C photography remains relevant, because of Leica's decision to use an L-Mount for this system, opening up a large ecosystem of lenses that can still be used with these cameras.
How good can a lens be that costs about the same price as a quality filter you might screw on the front of it? Keith puts this cheap and cheerful lens through its paces, and likes what he sees.