VILTROX 28mm f4.5 Pancake Lens for Sony E, Auto Focus 28mm f/4.5 FE Chips-Size Ultra-Thin Full Frame Lens for Sony E Mount
Original price was: $99.00.$84.15Current price is: $84.15.
Last updated on November 8, 2024 12:36 pm Details
- Compact Prime Lens: The VILTROX 28mm f4.5 FE lens is a compact, lightweight prime lens designed for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras. 60.3mm in diameter and 15.3mm thick, and weighs only about 60g.
- Wide-Angle Perspective: With a 28mm focal length, this lens offers a versatile wide-angle perspective, ideal for landscapes, architecture, and environmental portraits.
- Precise Focusing: The lens features a multi-layer coating that minimizes ghosting and flare, ensuring sharp and clear images.
- USB Upgrade Port: The lens is equipped with a USB upgrade port, creating more opportunities for compatibility with the continuously evolving E-mount cameras.
- Durable Construction: Crafted with a metal lens barrel, this lens is built to withstand the rigors of daily use and travel.
- Inbuilt Lens Cap: The lens is protected via an inbuilt lens cap that you slide to open and close.
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13 reviews for VILTROX 28mm f4.5 Pancake Lens for Sony E, Auto Focus 28mm f/4.5 FE Chips-Size Ultra-Thin Full Frame Lens for Sony E Mount
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C. L. Nee –
Obviously there are some glaring downsides with this lens. Lack of manual focus and a fixed, low aperture make it hard to use in some situations. However, you have to take this lens for what it is. It’s so tiny that it makes my a6700 pocketable. Now I can bring my camera with me on outings I otherwise normally wouldn’t have. The sharpness is amazing for this price point, especially on apsc. The 42mm equivalent is nice and my first ever experience with shooting on a prime. It’s a nice focal length for just about most situations. While there is a lot of flaring, I think it adds to the character of the lens. The results are nice enough that I can just share the jpegs straight out of camera and be happy
Neil Fuller –
AFの効くボディキャップレンズと考えれば良好ではないかと。
古いボディを使用しているのでAF速度が遅いのは仕方ないかな？
ただ、NEX-5Nとの相性が悪いのかレンズをつけると電源入らず、NEX-3は認識するので原因わからず。←ファームは最新です。
Amazon Customer –
the auto focus is soooo hard to get focus with. I know it’s suposed to look like a toy polaroid with the crazy flare and what not, but focus is focus. when you it hits, the infocus is sharp. sharper than I thought it’d be, but it does not what catch your talent in the eyes.
FrostyZitty –
ソニーEマウントのフルサイズ対応レンズです。
純正品には選択肢が少ないパンケーキですが、この製品は小型で軽量、そして安価。
ボディキャップ代わりにつけっぱなしにしてもいいですし、日常使いにおいてもカバンの中にポンと放り込んで邪魔にならないサイズ感。
散歩するときに持ち出すメインの1本に加えて、思い立ったらすぐに使える28mmがあると思うと心強い。
このサイズ・価格でAF使えるのがとてもありがたい。
レンズフードは装着できず、F4.5で固定となりますが、1万円台で小型軽量でAF対応してて他に何を求めますか。
Seth –
I purchased this lens through Viltrox’s crowd funding drive. Viltrox uploaded an update on the crowd funding site a few days after openning, which I quote here:
” IMPORTANT USE REMINDER: Make sure the lens cap is open!
Before using your Viltrox 28mm f/4.5 FE, please remember to press the quickly button to open the lens cap. Be sure to slide the button completely to confirm the lens cap is fully open！
Since Sony cameras automatically adjust the lens during startup, failing to open the lens cap can prevent the autofocus function from activating. Prolonged use without fully opening the lens cap can also damage the lens motor, may cause auto focus function problems
Additionally, once you’ve opened the lens cap and started the camera, please avoid interfering with the lens calibration and autofocus process (you may notice slight back-and-forth movement). Interrupting this can also risk damaging the lens.
Thank you for your attention to these details and for helping ensure the longevity and performance of your lens!”
You can decide for yourself if this is the right lens for you.
s –
What this lens lacks in features it makes up for in fun and simplicity. I wish this lens had a lot of things like a variable aperture, manual focus ring, or better close focusing. However, considering it’s about the size of a body cap I can’t imagine how they would pull any of that off without making it bigger and that would just ruin the experience.
What’s great:
The small size is absolutely amazing. The image quality is great. The autofocus is sufficient, it’s no GM but it works well.
What could be better:
The lens is extremely sensitive to flare and haze, you have to be extremely mindful where your light sources are. The lever to open the lens sticks out a little too much and has gotten snagged when placing in a camera bag and opened the lens.
Overall I would highly recommend the Viltrox 28 f4.5, this thing is coming with me everywhere! There is no reason not to have one of these as a fancy body cap with an autofocus skylight!
Pahaku Ewing –
What a terrific little lens. It won’t win any prices for the best image quality ever but for what it costs and the utility it provides it is a fantastic deal. Auto focus is reasonable and image quality is satisfactory on my Sony. I also really like the little switch that lets you protect the lens. When you just want a little walk around, I’m thinking this is gonna be great
JMA –
Perfect for the A7II and APSC cameras
FrostyZitty –
For the price of it I had to buy one, I’ve always loved the 28mm focal length and wanted something small for my A7c. It came nicely boxed and I was impressed by the build quality. I’ve taken a few shots with it so far and I have to say I’m impressed. One shot I took you could count the hairs on the back of my hand. Autofocus isn’t really close and not the fastest but overall I can see this lens spending a lot of time on my camera
M. Cohen –
I bought this lens based on reviews I read.
I’ve used a few pancake lens in the past, most recently one from 7artisans. While I’ve not been all that impressed with their quality, it was generally acceptable and was a fair trade-off for the smallness of the lens.
That’s pretty much changed with this Viltrox lens. First of all, I did not do any pixel peeping, but I did enlarge every image I took on the computer screen. To my surprise, there was a sharpness I have not seen with previous pancake lenses I’ve shot with. Contrast was good; I didn’t see any color fringing (but other than shooting a few white labels with black lettering, I’d say my test shots didn’t really test for this).
Overall, I’m happy with this lens. Autofocus is quicker than I’d expected. Lens construction is on par with full-sized Viltrox (and other) lenses I have. I expect this lens will see quite a bit of use.
藤沢 航（ZenBlog） –
α7C、Nex5R、Nex6で試したところα7Cでは問題なく動作していますが、Nex5R、Nex6では電源すら入らなくなります。Xにα6300でも不安定との投稿がありましたので、APS-C機、古い機種での使用を考えている人は要注意です。ファームウェアアップデートで解決する問題ならばメーカーには是非対応をお願いしたい。
追記
「この商品について」に対応機種が書いてあるので動作問題で⭐️を減らすのは間違いなので修正しました。
理解の上購入したのですがやはり絞りが変えられないのが惜しい。もう少し絞れたらと思うことがありました。
s –
It’s a super portable/pocketable FF auto focus lens for $99, that is a great bargain for what you get. Yes it’s not without its limitations but that’s the fun part. It’s fun to shoot with just what you’re given. If you’re willing to do that, this lens is a great addition to your gear. Only reason I deducted a star is it’s not quite suitable for Slog3 shooting for video. The high ISO requirement makes an ND filter mandatory. Again, gotta figure out a way around this but a filter thread would have been nice. Go get it! At the very least it’s a great lens for travel, if you want to go light.
Effdub Wheezy –
My thoughts on the lens after having tested on an A7III and A7C:
Overall image quality is rather good, especially in the middle third of the frame, although it’s not terrible at the edges either. It’s quite sharp, actually. And chromatic aberration is remarkably well controlled. Flair, however, is moderately atrocious in certain shooting situations. I think a hood would help with this, but there’s no direct way to mount a hood. Not having the option to manual focus is also kind of an issue for me, but at the price point I’m willing to overlook this.
AF works, but it is rather slow and very antiquated. In AF-S mode, it racks focus all the way to infinity (or back to minimum focus distance) and then tries to find the focal point. It is accurate most of the time (~80%) but does miss here and there. Interestingly, it works far better in my testing in AF-C mode, where it exhibits far less “hunting” and seems to be more responsive and accurate.
For $99 it’s a total banger. Sure, you can’t attach a filter or hood or manually focus, but your get a tiny lens that has AF and surprisingly good sharpness and color rendering. I could totally see this being a good street lens, especially if you post-crop a bit to get a more intimate FOV (although frankly I shoot a lot of street at 28mm).