Nifty Fifty wrote: Yogifi wrote:
I'd get the viltrox 50mm f2 air if you mostly want it for non-people shots. Its incredibly sharp, well corrected, small, light and cheap. Sharpest out of the compact 50s available but not the best bokeh.
I see it exactly the other way around. Especially for portraits, I would definitely prefer the 1.8 50 to the Air, precisely because it is not so extremely sharp and contrasty.
I prefer the 50mm f1.8 for people too.. for the same reasons.
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly there but viltrox f2 air is great, but not for people shots.
I don't get the hate for the 50mm f1.8 (from others), I think it's actually a brilliant lens for people. There's no frills or special sauce to the look, it's just very clean but not overly sharp or modern, very natural and pleasing looking images. Tiny, light, and cheap - got it new on amazon for £135 during a sale.
Even better with a very slight glimmerglass (I've found 1/4 to be less strong than 1/8 for some reason, mr leica mentioned this too with a different range from glimmerglass) - takes off a bit of the edge but not essential especially with post processing. 1/8 can have a cool look with some colour postprocessing too.
Sometimes the bokeh isn't great, but usually it's fine. I've basically only used it for people shots though.
Nifty Fifty wrote: Yogifi wrote:
I'd get the viltrox 50mm f2 air if you mostly want it for non-people shots. Its incredibly sharp, well corrected, small, light and cheap. Sharpest out of the compact 50s available but not the best bokeh.
I see it exactly the other way around. Especially for portraits, I would definitely prefer the 1.8 50 to the Air, precisely because it is not so extremely sharp and contrasty.
I prefer the 50mm f1.8 for people too.. for the same reasons.
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly there but viltrox f2 air is great, but not for people shots.
I don't get the hate for the 50mm f1.8 (from others), I think it's actually a brilliant lens for people. There's no frills or special sauce to the look, it's just very clean but not overly sharp or modern, very natural and pleasing looking images. Tiny, light, and cheap - got it new on amazon for £135 during a sale.
Even better with a very slight glimmerglass (I've found 1/4 to be less strong than 1/8 for some reason, mr leica mentioned this too with a different range from glimmerglass) - takes off a bit of the edge but not essential especially with post processing. 1/8 can have a cool look with some colour postprocessing too.
Sometimes the bokeh isn't great, but usually it's fine. I've basically only used it for people shots though.
Nifty Fifty wrote: Yogifi wrote:
I'd get the viltrox 50mm f2 air if you mostly want it for non-people shots. Its incredibly sharp, well corrected, small, light and cheap. Sharpest out of the compact 50s available but not the best bokeh.
I see it exactly the other way around. Especially for portraits, I would definitely prefer the 1.8 50 to the Air, precisely because it is not so extremely sharp and contrasty.
I prefer the 50mm f1.8 for people too.. for the same reasons.
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly there but viltrox f2 air is great, but not for people shots.
I don't get the hate for the 50mm f1.8 (from others), I think it's actually a brilliant lens for people. There's no frills or special sauce to the look, it's just very clean but not overly sharp, very natural and pleasing looking images. Tiny, light, and cheap - got it new on amazon for £135 during a sale.
Even better with a very slight glimmerglass (I've found 1/4 to be less strong than 1/8 for some reason, mr leica mentioned this too with a different range from glimmerglass) - takes off a bit of the edge but not essential especially with post processing. 1/8 can have a cool look with some colour postprocessing too.
Sometimes the bokeh isn't great, but usually it's fine. I've basically only used it for people shots though.
Nifty Fifty wrote: Yogifi wrote:
I'd get the viltrox 50mm f2 air if you mostly want it for non-people shots. Its incredibly sharp, well corrected, small, light and cheap. Sharpest out of the compact 50s available but not the best bokeh.
I see it exactly the other way around. Especially for portraits, I would definitely prefer the 1.8 50 to the Air, precisely because it is not so extremely sharp and contrasty.
I prefer the 50mm f1.8 for people too.. for the same reasons.
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly there but viltrox f2 air is great, but not for people shots.
I don't get the hate for the 50mm f1.8 (from others), I think it's actually a brilliant lens for people. There's no frills or special sauce to the look, it's just very clean but not overly sharp, very natural and pleasing looking images. Tiny, light, and cheap - got it new on amazon for £135 during a sale.
Even better with a very slight glimmerglass (I've found 1/4 to be less strong than 1/8 for some reason, mr leica mentioned this too with a different range from glimmerglass) - takes off a bit of the edge but essential by any means especially with post processing.
Sometimes the bokeh isn't great, but usually it's fine. I've basically only used it for people shots though.
Nifty Fifty wrote: Yogifi wrote:
I'd get the viltrox 50mm f2 air if you mostly want it for non-people shots. Its incredibly sharp, well corrected, small, light and cheap. Sharpest out of the compact 50s available but not the best bokeh.
I see it exactly the other way around. Especially for portraits, I would definitely prefer the 1.8 50 to the Air, precisely because it is not so extremely sharp and contrasty.
I prefer the 50mm f1.8 for people too.. for the same reasons.
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly there but viltrox f2 air is great, but not for people shots.
I don't get the hate for the 50mm f1.8 (from others), I think it's actually a brilliant lens for people. There's no frills or special sauce to the look, it's just very clean but not overly sharp, very natural and pleasing looking images. Tiny, light, and cheap - got it new on amazon for £135 during a sale.
Even better with a very slight glimmerglass (I've found 1/4 to be less strong than 1/8 for some reason, mr leica mentioned this too with a different range from glimmerglass).
Sometimes the bokeh isn't great, but usually it's fine. I've basically only used it for people shots though.
Oct 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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