Viltrox AF 50mm F2.0 Air Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-Mount

Excellent Value for Money

It is an excellent lens with great sharpness, beautiful contrast. Focus is quick and the build quality of the lens feels very nice. It's a nice 50mm basic to have with your go to camera. What could be even better : even though already small and pretty light overall, I find it still a bit heavy for small camera bodies & lens cap can be a bit tricky sometimes too (maybe just mine). Otherwise, compared to some other brands, this lens is awesome for its price.

Light, affordable, and very pleasing lens

Bought the Viltrox AF 50/2 for weight and size, and because it is free of distortion, flare, coma, CA, LoCA. It is very sharp in the center from f2 and from there it gets better and better as you stop down. The background is very pleasing, colour rendition is neutral. AF is not particularly fast, even in daylight, and it struggles to cath eyes in portraits. For the price the optical performance is incredible, just wished for an AF/MF button on the lens, and better overall autofocus performance (updated to the latest firmware).

This lens should be illegal :)

I was looking for a nifty fifty for my Sony for a while and it's not really easy to decide. The Sony 1.8 is really low quality even if cheap, the 55 Zeiss is nice but it feels dated especially for the price, also it's too long. The G 2.5 is beautiful construction, small, but it’s expensive and 2.5. Numerous other options are there but they all fell into one of the categories: 1: very cheap and you feel it, 2: Too expensive for what you get, 3: Nice but too big and heavy for street photography. I somehow always ignored Viltrox as a not known brand as I never had one before. But then this little lens caught my attention because it seemed to bridge the gap between affordable and good enough quality so I decided to give it a try. And wow I am impressed. While the plastic build and simple design does show that this is not a Leica, it still feels solid and well made (Similar to tamrons). It still feels much better than Sony 1.8 version. The AF is fast precise and practically inaudible. Works very well with AF-C mode too, eye autofocus is spot on. But what shocked me most was - This lens is SHARP! It’s is so sharp that it rivals pretty much anything regardless of what you are willing to pay. Paired with the excellent AF this is sounds too good to be true. I almost want to ask the question is "How is it legal at this price point :D” There are obviously some small limitations which are normal at this price point, like no official weather sealing ( I still feel comfortable using in the light drizzle). The minimal focus distance could be smaller and bokeh could be a bit less busy (although it gives it a character). But if you need a 50mm lens which is small light and performs close to what a large G Master can do (at f2 of course) without the weight in the camera bag and on your finances. Just get this lens without thinking. There is nothing even close to this in terms of price to performance on a market right now. And because of this viltrox being so small, light and so affordable, I can just throw it in a bag wherever I go. I can only recommend this one.