Viltrox AF 55mm 1.8 APO EVO Full-Frame FE für Sony E

The Viltrox AF 55mm f/1.8 EVO Z delivers an almost shockingly high performance in our tests. The sharpness (contrast and resolution) is about as good as it gets in this lens class. Viltrox also has a special treat with this lens - an APO design - resulting in much reduced axial CAs which are plaguing many other fast 50s. Lateral CAs are also minimal. There is some native vignetting, which is nicely handled via auto-correction. Image distortions are a bit odd. They are very low in RAW files, but auto-correction makes things a little worse - at least at the focus distance that we use for testing. It's nothing to get headaches about, though. The quality of the bokeh is a bit of a mixed bag. Out-of-focus highlights are generally nicely rendered, but the blur quality can be a bit too contrasty in certain scenes. The build quality is impressively high for the price as well. The lens is tightly assembled based on a metal body. Viltrox also added a basic mount sealing, at least. The AF is reliable and "fast enough" for such a lens. Quality comes at a price - also in China - so the price tag isn't rock bottom for a fifty. However, given the performance, it's still a bargain.