Viltrox 56mm f1.4 Review & Compared to Fuji XF 56mm f1.2 

Forgot to mention this in the review: Filmed with the latest Viltrox firmware at the time (v.1.08)

If you are shooting at 1.4 then really the corners shouldn’t matter. Portraits, isolating your subject etc. That’s the intended use of this lens and for that purpose it seems excellent for the price.

For me, this is one of the best comparison reviews I've ever seen - really clear and demonstrates the pros and cons so well. Thank you!

That was fun! You are one of the few reviewers who actually have the eye for composition! 👍👍👍

Good to see you again!! Some of the best videos around!

Great review. On a personal note, I love your fashion sense and style!

Fantastic comparison and review! Well made

The fuji has some amazing skin tones. Less red on the face.

I have seen a lot of complaints with the 56mm Viltrox. I have absolutely no complaints. I have done professional work and it looked great.

Great outtake at the end!

Great review! I have the viltrox 56 1.4 as well and I love it! Just wondering, which editing software do you use?

Very very good review, I’m saving up for the Fuji but wouldn’t be disappointed if I went for the Viltrox..👍🏼👍🏼

Great review! I'd go for Viltrox. So much value and performance as well as better AF. I'd rather get a 23/1.4 and 56/1.4 to compliment my Fuji 35/2.

awesome style man! thanks for the video.

great video. clear, sensible, balanced. good job.

Loved your production of this video. You're on to something great here. Awesome content and review. I bought an xt3 as a backup for a studio video recording (as b-cam) and I liked using it. Only issue I had with it was the battery life. I returned it and look forward to owning an xt4 as my backup to my a7iii productions

Hi thanks for this video! Would you say focus has improved since the latest viltrox updates? And do you still recommend this lens?

Thanks for the review. How does the viltrox compare to the Fuji 50mm 2.0? They are around the same price.

Thank you for review. Is this Hamburg where you were filmed ?

An update was released on 19/10 to fix continuous autofocus. Had you applied the update before making this review?

Purple fringing on this lens is a feature! 🤣

Had the Viltrox and the Fuji, and I will keep the fuji. The Apperture is incredibly noisy when it adjusts to light changes (The autofocus motor is more quiet yes, but its anoying the loud aperture changes), autofocus is very similar and the image quality is better on the fuji in my opinion, less purple fringing and sharper

Love the scream at the end lol!

Very much appreciated. My buddy has the fast Fuji and is snooty about it. Yet I have NEVER seen a single photo he's taken with it. When you were comparing auto focus, I wonder if or how it changes depending on your f stop..Regarding your end rant to Fuji for video lenses...don't forget Fuji makes cinema lenses....

I have the Viltrox 56mm and 85mm for Fuji. Portrait Power Duo. I love them both!!

Fuji really needs to reconsider its lens line up for video. Especially if it wants to keep it's existing base. They said they have cinema lens technology and photography and they're thinking of fusing the two together. So cinema lenses with improved autofocus? Hopefully. Nonetheless, I still think a big part of it is that fuji needs to upgrade it firmware and autofocus feathers. Great review.

I got the 56 1.2 a while ago used, if i would have to buy now i would go with a new viltrox or waiting for tokinas atx-m and see how those are

The end is 👌🏼😄. I think I may get the Viltrox

Very nice and stylish video presentation!

Fuji’s updates are supposed to make a big difference and Fuji did recently say they are going to release their protocol for third party lenses in the future. Not sure when

Was this recorded with the latest XT3 firmware update? Was wondering if that update helped the focusing for the fuji 56mm.

Nice review and I agree with your opinions. I bought the Viltrox and like it very much, but I realize that it's not a full equal to the Fuji. Being an enthusiast, I know the Viltrox is the wiser choice for me. I'm sure Fuji will eventually produce a significant advancement in a new 56 and I can re-consider then.

Great review! Now one with the 50mm f2 please 🤣

Lol my first Fuji lens is the Viltrox 23 now I’m probably gonna get the viltrox 56. I wonder if I’m missing anything by not going for a native Fuji lens.

Hammer geil. Ich feier das Video. Ich werde mir die Fuji xt3 und dieses Objektiv als auch das 23 mm von Viltrox besorgen. Hauptsächlich für Gimbalwork, aber auch mal für Fotografie usw. Überlege nur, ob ich nicht doch lieber die XT4 holen sollte :S

good video, thx for the test

Is the Viltrox corner softness due to field curvature or is it always soft in the corners?

Good on you to test the sharpeness with a newspaper! Nice tool 👌🏼

Great video and I Love the hat!

Just bought the Vitrox 56 1.4 and had no time to test it yet. Hope it wil make me happy with its performance. At least, Viltrox 85 1.8 was quite good for portraits and flowers.

i think i will use viltrox for potrait model only not for landscape or other situation. nice video by the way. thanks

I hope more 3rd parties make lenses for Fuji....I'd love to try one of their cameras but the lenses or lack of is holding me back

I have both lenses and although the Viltrox does focus faster, even with the new firmware Version 4.0 on the XT3, I think the Fujifilm is a tad sharper with better contrast and less CA.

I love your channel so much

Excellent review...

Couldn't an associate link! Just bought the viltrox and wanted to throw some your way but maybe next time.

I do not shoot video,but I can tell you that the Viltrox 75mm f1.2 & the Viltrox 27mm f1.2 have not disappointed me for still photography. They offer fantastic build quality & produce excellent images.These 2 Viltrox lenses rival some Canon “L” lenses for the images that they produce. I am a retired photographer & shot with Canon products for nearly 40 years.

Its clearly seen on first newspaper test that the bottom corners are sharper on Fuji, BUT TOP CORNERS (you left them without attention) are sharper on Viltrox.

The last two seconds get you a subscribe. Too funny!

The photo has an extremely large purple border from 1.4 to 2.8 aperture

It's literally my favorite lens for video... And also the least expensive lens I've ever purchased. Lens flare is epic. Build is solid 🙌🏼

Good summary, I bought the Viltrox 56 and I found that the rear cap cannot be interchanged with Fujifilm lenses, not sure you aware of this?

Many reviewer tends to miss a final quality test. How sharp is it at the instant view wide open. Important for landscape photography and astrophotography. This is really where you see the quality difference of the glasses. Many even revered lenses fail that test.

Does the viltrox have that character of the Fuji 56?

Very good value the Viltrox, although the Fuji has much better contrast and rendering.

Is the purple fringing a problem in JPEG or just in raw?

I got 23mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.8 and both are extremely good for the price

56 1.2 is my second Fuji lens (after the 23 1.4, and now 16 1.4), I totally get it when you say that there should be better lenses for video from Fuji. I really want to stay in this system because the camera is also fun to use. At this moment, I’m being tempted by Sony.

Better to wait for the 56mm sigma 1.4 ) JPN built and well priced. )thanks for the review

I have the Viltrox 23mm/13mm and this one 56mm . The 23mm is one of their best and 13mm is their perfect lens even better than 16mm Fuji Primes . This 56mm has a lot purple fringing that already corrected by the newest updates! Though it still there. Lens flare is also an issues with their glass , so you have to be very careful when shooting directly on sunlight. It is sharp and bokeh is almost the same with Fuji, the only way to find difference between each photos taken by Fuji and Viltrox is by putting it side by side! For the price and quality I say , you can never go wrong with Viltrox lens!

is 11:46 at F1.4?

56 1.2 has more of that magic creaminess. Viltrox more clinical. I prefer the fuji and i'm never selling it. nice review!

Hello, i am beginner, i just want to ask if my fujif xa-20(year 2017) will fit to viltrox 56mm 1.4? Thank you.

Great review!

Headshots don't tell the whole story. In long shots the difference in object isolation becomes probably more visible. Nevertheless the viltrox seems to be a good lens.

sharpen or color?

Thank you!

Skip a bit of sharpness if you are not a difficult person. And we can use Adobe Camera Raw to remove the purple border within 5s. Save half to 2/3 of the price. If you do not think about the price, of course XF should be chosen. I think we should use viltrox as a starting point and save money to buy the perfect XF lens. I think at such a price we have no right to criticize it. :))

I would say the result obtained in the photograph of the newspaper is caused by field curvature on the viltrox. Is not lack of sharpness but the paper is out of focus, while the Fuji lens is a plane focal lens.

Oooh, the fuji is just outstanding. Love fuji glass!

For the money, the Viltrox looks like a good deal. Yeah upon close inspection (like when you compared the newspaper text) it's clear the Fuji is clearer but for everything else, the Viltrox looks to be very good at 1/3 the price and a tad bit (i mean, a tad... 1.4 vs 1.2) slower. Thanks for the comparison. This made my decision a lot easier....

Nice review. The Viltrox has too much purple fringing for me.

One thing I notice after watching different youtubers review this lens, those who were given a copy from Viltrox have definitely sharper and better build quality. Those who bought the lens with their own money tho, definitely have noticeable fringing, slightly softer, and some build quality issues (where the aperture is dented and focus failing altogether.) where they have to send back the lens for service, telling they were writing a review for the lens. They were sent with a new copy, all working good. But I doubt if their requests will be handled pleasantly if they did not say that they are writing a review. So there might be something fishy. Viltrox might be refining the copies they present to the content creators, while the production copies have a little lousy quality control.

2:15 Viltrox way Sharper but Fuji has better microcontrast and tonality.

Viltrox rocks!

Officially there are 3 Zeiss lenses available for Fujifilm system.If you looking wide angle look no further then , Zeiss 12mm f2.8.

at least for still, I'd not even bother with the Viltrox. That color fringing is just annoying to say the least. It only highlights how much better the Fujinon 56mm f1.2 is.

I’m in the market for one of these and actually convinced me to get the fuji. Why? The skin tone/rendering and the bokeh. The focus fall off is also super pleasant. Viltrox is plenty sharp (maybe sharper) and def better for video, but my main aim is a top notch portrait lens, particularly for female subjects. I don’t really shoot video anyway and when I do the 18-55 is fine. I think I need to just pony up the money for a used one

A saw many reviews and comparisons between oem lenses and third party ones, but most if not all are evaluating only the sharpness, bokeh, focusing speed and precision, never the durability in time, how sturdy a lens is, how it works after 2-3 or more years of heavy use, how reliable in time the focusing motor is, etc. :(

Viltrox 56 or Fuji F2?

What's with the hat indoors?

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Pretty sure I'll not get any of these but adapt some of my existing Canon lenses. My Fuji native lenses first and foremost need to be compact and convenient, that's why I'm preferring their f/2 "Fujicron" lineup.

Whatever happened to sonya? She was a beauty.

No so much difference on the portrait itself, but huge difference on the surroundings.!

Zeiss makes 3 Fuji X-mount lenses.

Optical quality of Viltrox is terrible. Yes most can be "fixed" in post..but this speaks about the quality Look at fuji colors in photos with doors.. they are gorgeous... Viltrox-like canon - dead. Also Viltrox autofocus nothing better then Fuji 56. I mean both unreliable.

last scream

Hey Evidently S. I see you guys are in Altona's Neue Mitte. We got our office right there :) Would like to come over to have a chat! Würde mich freuen, bin ein aufstrebender Fotograf und Videomaker...

IT IS NOT SPECTACULAR PRICE. Look at SIGMA 56mm cost the same and is MUCH better. (not for fuji system of course).

on the openings shots the fuji has a black hat, and the viltron looks brown....with reddish skintones....oh viltrox no f stop clicks, but smooth changing?

well

Just a little remark: Fuji already opened their lens mount for 3rd party manufacturer in the beginning/middle of 2020 and Viltrox 23, 33 and 56mm are the first AF lenses using it. The only lens, which was re-engineered, was the 85mm. I am not happy with the image quality from Viltox and will wait for the already announced Sigma lenses.

Yess to what you said at the end, let’s go Fuji! Also get that damn app fixed COME ONNNN !! Unless Fuji is about to go belly up.. starting to think they are. once made in Japan, now made in China. 🥀⚰️

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what an ending xD

BECAUSE you will shot wide open always with the Lens, get the Fuji. you will keep this Lens for a long time.... !

Viltrox skin tones are red

Thank you for saying bokeh correctly... Increasingly hard to find on RU-vid

Why do you have to wear Your hat indoors?