Now that deliveries of the new Viltrox 35/1.8 EVO are happening, I thought it would be good to have a dedicated image thread just for this lens. This will give people considering purchasing this lens a central place to see the images. Mine came today, and all I had to photograph was my wife's dead and neglected garden. I'll post more varied images in the days to come. In the meantime, if you have the lens, post images.
mudlake wrote:
Now that deliveries of the new Viltrox 35/1.8 EVO are happening, I thought it would be good to have a dedicated image thread just for this lens. This will give people considering purchasing this lens a central place to see the images. Mine came today, and all I had to photograph was my wife's dead and neglected garden. I'll post more varied images in the days to come. In the meantime, if you have the lens, post images.
Good to see some photos from the 35 EVO. Thank you for posting!
Many images I have seen from the 35 EVO look good, but I am yet to be convinced about its bokeh. The third photo is a case in point. It does look like a challenging background, but it would be interesting to see how other 35mm lenses go with it. Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing more photos from the 35 EVO.
The 35 EVO excels when there is little background to deal with, or if that background is further away. It's excellent for architecture if 35mm is wide enough for the environment or shot. Great sharpness and contrast to the edges at every aperture.
Here's an example of bokeh that is nice in the middle of frame but puzzling at frame's edge. Note how the bokeh balls completely degrade into dixie cups at the edges. Working distance was about 8'.
This example shows the worst the lens has to offer...smeary, jittery, and overall unappealing bokeh in stark foliage, even at a decent working distance both between camera/subject and subject/background.
Only once you get the background quite far behind the subject does it start to behave consistently across the frame.
Overall, the 35 behaves nearly identically to the 55 and 85...sharpness across the frame is the key positive bullet point, and bokeh consistency is the main negative. Coupled with the yellowish tint the lens coatings give every image, you really need to be comfortable with this funky bokeh because you're seeing it a lot.
If you can get a subject with no background, even f/5.6 produces remarkable results. The sharpness made my 24mp files feel like they came off my 45mp camera.
Nice images, Scott. I’m looking forward to seeing more images of people with this lens. I’m primarily going to use it on vacation when I don’t want to take the 35-150.
RoamingScott wrote:
The 35 EVO excels when there is little background to deal with, or if that background is further away. It's excellent for architecture if 35mm is wide enough for the environment or shot. Great sharpness and contrast to the edges at every aperture.
jojib wrote:
wow, those are gorgeous portrait samples---thanks for the link!
Yes - gorgeous examples. Two very clear uses cases that I can see so far, one needs just be mindful of the mid distance ones with closer backgrounds, that's where Scott showed it getting messy. But for portraits like these, closer with less background, very nice. Reminds me a bit of the Zony 55 in that way.
While I agree with the above, my issue with a rather inconsistent lens is you don’t always know what kind of background situation you’re going to find yourself in.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the 55mm will be more suited for use cases like this, and I will know more soon.
Dave Sanders wrote:
Yes - gorgeous examples. Two very clear uses cases that I can see so far, one needs just be mindful of the mid distance ones with closer backgrounds, that's where Scott showed it getting messy. But for portraits like these, closer with less background, very nice. Reminds me a bit of the Zony 55 in that way.
Yeah that's right.
Excellent photographer too, he/she didn't get too close to the subject as with 35mm it will distort the facial features. If I didn't have the 40G I would have placed an order for the Viltrox already.
Not a great image. I just happened to be out when my better half got home from work at Friday evening. I snapped away so this is the first image of a human I took with the EVO35. At f2.2, at a distance and half the pixels or more are cropped away.
Thanks for creating this thread Eric!
My 35 Evo arrived Wednesday, seems rock solid and extremely sharp!
Optical performance that Ive so far only seen with the CV 65 APO, but with much more depth/pop.
Everything about it feels just right, except for the busy bokey with foliage at mid distance.
I saw this much more extreme on some pics with the 85 Evo, still holding off on that one.
From what I see the 35 has more pop than the 55. The 35 does have one more HR element.
Anyhow, heres the first snap, a handheld selfie. Sorry for my dirty mouth, was eating.
Didnt even pay attention to f/ stop. This is 1.8 jpeg sooc and monochrome edit in C1.
This 35 EVO is already so sharp wide open at 1.8, its sharpness doesnt really seem to improve much when stopping down.
see this aperature sequence focus on the front lilly at close distance.
