WAY BETTER Than It Should Be? Viltrox 56mm f/1.7 for Fujifilm X-Mount - Initial Review 

Thanks man!

Thanks! 😃

Absolutely, Charlie. It's VERY nice for the price! Kind of cool we are living in an age where these options are actually awesome.

You are spot on. Just a touch slower, right? Most of the time I don't notice, but it's there. And the quality is pretty nuts. I was just shooting with it today and it's still such a GOOD lens!

@@JerredZ yeah I've been using it as much as I can since I got it a few days ago. It's surprisingly good.

Thanks, my man! I was channeling your dark and gritty editing on a few of these, eh? I bet it would do fine with those older sensors!

Thanks so much, my friend. These aren't too much post-processing! I have a "Stormy Skies" preset that I use in these instances to add instant drama and then just edit to taste!

@@JerredZ Looks like a great preset Jerred! Love the emotive results on those exposures. I know you've shifted gears a bit, but would love to hear a long-term review on the X_H2(s) vs. A7iv... Not much out there, and I look every week :D. Have a great weekend!

Hey!!! Sorry I just saw your message! If you ever want to email me too, do it! jerredz@gmail.com - to answer your question, the XH2/XH2s thing is a tough one. For me I sold the "s" and kept just the XH2. Although the XH2s is WAY faster and more accurate for autofocus, for what I shoot, the 40 megapixels is slightly more valuable. The resolution jump isn't as big as people think though... but it's still there. hope this helps!

@@JerredZ Thanks Jerred! That seems to be the general consensus… and I don’t know how many photos I’ve looked at on Flickr etc that I thought had to be the 40mp resolution but was the H2S. Interestingly I always noticed the 24mp on my Z6iii and it never felt like enough in that particular camera. Maybe just the different sensors? Maybe what APSC can do with 26mp versus 24 on full frame? On the fence. Wish there were a local store anywhere nearby I could go and test them side-by-side :).

@@cohoonatube Yeah, I get it! I do the same thing with 26/40 mp on the XH2s and XH2. It's why some people were saying the XH2 wsn't a true 40 megapixels, but it is! And the focus testing thing - in the store doesn't really cut it. The cameras almost always seem like they are focusing fine! The green box is amazingly on the face/eye in most things... but it just seems they can't lock it in when it's time to take the photo. Not always - sometimes it's fine - but in way too many situations you KNEW that the focus was on the eye, the green confirmation was there, and you know Sony/Canon/Nikon would nail the shot... and the Fuji is inexplicably out of focus. I'm probably making it sound worse than it is though.. just frustrating sometimes when you use other camera systems that make it seems o easy.

@@JerredZ Agree, it’s really the Achilles heel of the Fuji system at the moment. Was the same with Nikon (my Z6ii got sold b/c of the af) but Nikon finally dialed their 3D back in. A bit of a shame since the X-T1 really birthed the Milc genre… or at least was a serious catalyst.

I get it! I'm glad you were able to get something from the RAW files though! Thanks for posting.