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- #48 in Mirrorless Camera Lenses
Product Description
Viltrox AF 20mm f/2.8 Z is compatible with Nikon Z, the aperture range is F2.8 to F16. It uses STM motor + lead screw to achieve autofocus. The minimum focusing distance is 0.19m, and the magnification is 0.17X, it uses a 52mm filter, the size is 173g only, it is lighter than an iPhone 15 Pro.
Optical structure of 10 elements in 8 groups
2 ED lenses, 1 lens with high refractive index, and 2 aspherical lens
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This creates a dreamy background blur, ensuring your subject stands out with unmatched clarity.
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173g, lighter than an iPhone 15 Pro.
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STM motor + lead screw to achieve autofocus
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Captivate with the Wide-Angle World
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Getting closer to your subject
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Crafting tales of beauty, depth, and detail
Jorge Martínez M.
Reviewed in Mexico on February 28, 2025
Es un equipo excelente y económico, funciona muy bien en la Nikon Z6 III , lo utilizo para hacer vlog y algunas fotos
Valère
Reviewed in Belgium on February 10, 2025
Prachtige FF lens voor een prijs veel lager dan de bekende merken maar daarom niet de mindere
Jtes
Reviewed in Germany on January 12, 2025
This Viltrox 20mm 2.8 is the best travel landscape lens there is. It's so light and compact it would be a sin not to take this lens on your travels. This lens and the Nikon 40 F2 are my one two punch when I'm traveling with my Z6III and I want to keep my kit nice, small, compact and ready to go.
David Moody
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2025
I use this on a Zfc and typically swap between it and a 35mm lens (for a tighter FOV). I use this lens most of the time, though. Even though it is a wide angle lens, I find it a practical lens in many cases where I am taking quick shots and can crop a little bit for composition later. It has a flat field with only slight vignetting. The aperture of the lens is fairly good sized which probably explains how forgiving it appears to be. While the edge performance is good, because of the larger aperture I can stop it down below max (which I commonly only open all of my lenses up to max of one stop below wide open as a practice, which is a good practice especially with low light star fields) and still get excellent lower light performance.The len’s autofocus capability with my Nikon is excellent, fast, and seamless. Given the price point of the lens and the overall high image quality, this was an easy call for a max rating.
Michael Wilkins
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2024
May not be the best build quality or weather seal but it is a great inexpensive lens. Image quality is great and auto focus is similar or equal to Nikon lenses.
Greg Brummett
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2024
YouTube videos are a great source of information for photographers. However, most videos and reviews would have us believe that the sharpest lens, the widest aperture lenses, and most expensive cameras and lenses are the best way to get great pictures. That way of thinking couldn't be more wrong. Look at the greatest photographs ever taken coming from the mid 1900's and you will find inferior cameras and lenses (by today's standards) being used time and time again resulting in awesome photos. It's not the equipment taking great pictures, it's the photographer. That brings me to this lens. There is no need to spend $1,000 for a brand name lens when you can get this one for under $200. It's a great lens. Learn HOW to take pictures and don't dwell on equipment so much. These Viltrox lenses are great. My advice comes from 55 years of shooting.
trev lee
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2024
I currently use this on my Nikon ZFC and it’s a very good lens. The focus is decent and the sharpness is really good… Surprisingly good!
wowography
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
I bought this to supplement my Nikon 24-120MM lens with is my standard shooting choice on my Nikon Z8. Right off the bat the camera is materially lighter to use. This is big as coupled with high quality optical features this lens shoots beautifully. It also has the optical tweaks built into Photoshop and Lightroom. They help dissipate soft corners and other unwanted optical aberrations. Overall an excellent optical performer and well built exceeded what you would expect for the money. Need even shaper pictures, shoot 5.6.
Mimolor
Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2024
Very sharp wide open in the center at 2.8, ok in the corners. Autofocus works like native lenses. It's wide, it's lightweight. Pretty perfect travel lens for video/pics hybrid use. I had the Viltrox 85/1.8 - this is better. Picture quality is similar to to the Nikon 24-70/F4 in the center. Wish they made a series like this. 16/F2.8, 105/2.8 or longer. Small, lightweight, inexpensive and Good. For the price = Recomended
Mario A.
Reviewed in Italy on December 28, 2024
Un obbiettivo che per un prezzo letteralmente ridicolo (poco più di 150 euro al prime day) offre tantissimo. Sia - innanzitutto - come resa ottica. Usato per ritratti e street è semplicemente perfetto. Definito, uniforme anche a TA. Io lo uso su Zf prevalentemente per BN. E' leggerissimo, molto veloce nell'autofocus e gradevole nello sfocato. Assolutamente fondamentale è l'aggiornamento del firmware da fare appena lo si acquista: è dotato di connettore USB-c integrato (grande risorsa) e sul sito Viltrox ci sono tutte le istruzioni e i file da scaricare e installare.
Helmut Sassenfeld
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2024
Used on Z8, excellent sharp photos and great handling at a great price
J. L. Bredin
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
It sounds like a low bar, but it just works is miles above a lot of other inexpensive third-party lenses. I wouldn't describe the auto focus as fast, but it's more than sufficient for a wide angle lens where the generous depth of field makes sharpness less critical.There's a bit of vignetting, which you might not even notice after you've composed your shot. Editing my photos, I notice there's some color quantizing. (The posted examples are unedited, aside from converting from NEF to JPG, taken on a Nikon Zf.)It's not a macro lens, but the minimum focus distance is generous, allowing you to compose beautiful backgrounds on close subjects. 20mm is a nice focal length in that there's not a lot of distortion and you can get a lot of depth stopping down just a bit.The lens is lightweight, which might feel cheap to some, but if you've got several prime lenses in your bag, you might appreciate. There's no rattle and the focus ring operation is smooth, so I don't have any doubts of the build quality. There's no aperture ring, so there's less complexity.I appreciate the lens hood, if anything just to protect the frontal element when I set the camera down.For travel, this lens has become a go-to for me. It's lightweight, simple, not-to-dear, and 20mm full-frame seems to work for a wide variety of shots.
Jim C
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2023
I do a good bit of photography of musicians playing at small venues, capturing both them and people listening. These venues tend to be dimly lit, so a big bit of glass is really helpful. This lens delivers great shots in low light, and really nice blurred backgrounds when wide open. Auto focus seems to be as good as the Nikon kit lenses and everything feels well built.If you're a Z-50 owner with the kit lenses, prepare yourself for a bit more bulk. The laws of physics are pretty strict around what it takes to gather more light, and that means more glass size and more glass weight. All in all, a very good lens at a great price.
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