It was inevitable.  Viltrox has proven to be an aggressive new player on the lens market that isn’t afraid to take some risks, and they have been steadily stepping up their game in terms of build and autofocus.  They started with the safe, traditional focal lengths, (roughly the equivalent of 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm on full frame), but more recently have taken on a wider angle of view in the Viltrox AF 13mm F1.4 STM, a lens I considered perhaps their best yet in my review.  But now they are pushing the boundaries into more extreme (and premium) territory with the release of their newest lens:  the Viltrox AF 75mm F1.2 STM.  This is an APS-C lens, so the crop factor of the camera it is mounted on will affect its apparent aperture.   The Viltrox Pro AF 75mm is first being released on Fujifilm’s XF mount, which has a crop factor of roughly 1.5x (just a bit more, actually), which will make it behave something like 115mm on a full frame camera – a very, very intriguing focal length for portrait work, particularly with that extremely wide maximum aperture.

Viltrox’ maturation in autofocus design has never been put to the test more than on the Viltrox Pro 75mm.  A lens with this long of a focal length and this wide of an aperture will be working with very narrow depths of field in many situations, which means that even a little misfocus will be very obvious.  I’ve had the privilege of using Fuji’s latest and greatest to do this review on – the new Fujifilm X-T5, so its a great opportunity to see what both Fuji and Viltrox have been able to accomplish here.

The Viltrox Pro AF 75mm is the first in Viltrox’s new flagship “Pro Series”, and as such it comes with some new premium features like weather sealing, something I’ve been looking for from Viltrox as the next level in their progression.  They are also claiming near APO levels of correction for chromatic aberrations, which is impressive in a lens with this wide of an aperture.  This lens has a tremendous amount of “bite” even at F1.2, and at its best the lens produces images that look much, much more expensive than the price tag suggests.

It’s a bold step for Viltrox, and in this review we’ll explore whether or not they’ve successfully navigated to this next level of lens build and performance.  The MSRP as it comes to market is $549USD (though if you buy it from the Viltrox store and use code DUSTINABBOTT you can get 10% any Viltrox product, including this lens), which makes this lens an absolute bargain.  If you want more information, you can watch my definitive video review, read the text review, or just enjoy the photos below.

Viltrox Pro AF 75mm F1.2 STM Quick Review (on the 40MP Fuji X-T5)

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Thanks to Viltrox for sending me an evaluation copy of the 75mm F1.2.   I’ve used the new Fujifilm X-T5 for this review, which was kindly loaned to me by Fujifilm Canada.  As always, this is a completely independent review. 

Photos of the Viltrox Pro AF 75mm F1.2

Images taken with the Viltrox Pro AF 75mm F1.2

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