24mm is a useful and popular focal length, offering a noticeably wide angle of view without a lot of the distortion that starts to creep in as you go wider. Viltrox offers the AF 24mm f/1.8, which brings with it a wide maximum aperture and autofocus capabilities at an affordable price, and this excellent video review takes a look at the performance and image quality you can expect from it in practice.
Coming to you from Arthur R, this great video review takes a look at the Viltrox AF 24mm f/1.8 lens. At $429, the AF 24mm f/1.8 is rather affordable, but it still comes with a variety of great features, including:
- STM stepping motor for fast and quiet autofocus suitable for both photo and video work
- Full-time manual focus override
- Metal construction
- USB-C port for firmware updates
- Three extra-low dispersion elements for reduced chromatic aberration and increased clarity
- Two aspherical elements for reduced distortion and increased sharpness
- Three high refractive index elements for reduced distortion and increased sharpness
- HD Nano multi-layer coating for reduced flares and ghosting and increased contrast
- Eye AF support
- Aperture ring
- Nine-blade diaphragm for smoother bokeh
- Weight: 12 oz (340 g)
Altogether, the AF 24mm f/1.8 looks like a useful lens. Check out the video above for the full rundown.
Looks film-like to me...back in the older days when lenses weren't perfect...