jrscls wrote:
Be careful on Amazon. I received two used Viltrox lenses recently. Even worse, I ordered the Nikon 50mm f/1.8 S and it arrived with no protective packaging as usual, but the Nikon box contained a heavily used Viltrox 50 f/2. All went back of course.
Yeah, I have some first hand experience here, but unfortunately my family just LOVES giving me amazon gift cards instead of B&H You've got to pay close attention to who is selling it. In this case, it's Sirui US.
I bought from the official Viltrox store on Amazon and got two obviously opened boxes and the Nikon one was sold/shipped by Amazon. Good luck, and I hope you get a good copy.
Wow. That bad copy is atrocious. I'll be interested to see how you get on with the 35/1.4. My used store has one of them, and I've thought about giving it a shot. Obviously I'd test it before buying.
Jman13 wrote:
Wow. That bad copy is atrocious. I'll be interested to see how you get on with the 35/1.4. My used store has one of them, and I've thought about giving it a shot. Obviously I'd test it before buying.
Long term, I'm planning on doing a little combo review of both the 35 and 85, shooting the same scenes just to give maybe some more context about how they differ.
I've read the 35 is the weaker rendering lens and so far in testing I think I'd agree with that. It definitely has more character than the 85, though not as much as the Z 35/1.4 seems to have. It's giving me exactly what I want which is a sharp center wide open with a bit of swirly bokeh and little LoCA.
Was smearing vaseline on the front element part of the testing process? RoamingScott wrote:
Holy copy variation, I'm glad I ordered two of the 35s! This is worse than any bad copy I've seen on Youtube.
You've got to pay close attention to who is selling it. In this case, it's Sirui US.
