Rumors Viltrox will join L alliance on September 1st

[Quentinquirelino]

Viltrox has dropped a teaser for an announcement on September first. The teaser is a big hint to the L alliance.

Big News: Viltrox Joins the L-Mount Alliance on September 1st - L mount system camera rumors and news

Viltrox has just dropped a teaser for a September 1st announcement — and the big ‘L’ in the image says it all. I’d say it’s 99% certain they’re about to join the L-Mount alliance! Check out their current mirrorless lineup on BHphoto and Amazon — and soon, we’ll likely see all those lenses available

www.l-rumors.com

Hopefully they will release many of their lenses for L-Mount in a foreseeable amount of time. Samyang was very disappointing to this point.

 

[xaviergut]

If that is true, I will probably get this one:

Viltrox AF 40mm F2.5 Air Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-mount

Lightweight and Portable: With an ultra-light 167g design, it's easy to carry anywhere, making it ideal for travel and street photography. Advanced Optical Performance: Featuring an F2.5 aperture, 10 elements in 6 groups, including 1 ED, 3 HR and 1 aspherical element, it delivers sharp, clear...

viltrox.com

And this one too:

Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-Mount

Ultra-Light and Slim: Weighs only 60g and 15.3mm thick only, lightest and thinnest Viltrox lens, perfect for easy, on-the-go shooting. Efficient Autofocus designed for a wide range of full-frame cameras. Slide Cap Design, lightweight design while maintaining excellent image quality.

viltrox.com

 

[xaviergut]

By the way, Venus Laowa could also join the L-Mount alliance and give us AUTOFOCUS lenses. I would not mind this one, but with AF like the Sony and Nikon ones, please:

Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF - LAOWA Camera Lenses

Name Laowa 10mm f/2.8 Zero-D FF Format Full-frame Focal Distance 10mm Aperture Range F2.8 Angle of View 130.4° Lens Structure 15 elements/9 groups (2 Aspherical Glasses, 3 ED Glasses) Aperture Blades 5 blades / 14 blades* * A 14-blade variant (only available in manual focus) can be ordered Min...

www.venuslens.net

 

[Pete_W]

If that is true, I will probably get this one:

Viltrox AF 40mm F2.5 Air Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-mount

Lightweight and Portable: With an ultra-light 167g design, it's easy to carry anywhere, making it ideal for travel and street photography. Advanced Optical Performance: Featuring an F2.5 aperture, 10 elements in 6 groups, including 1 ED, 3 HR and 1 aspherical element, it delivers sharp, clear...

viltrox.com

And this one too:

Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 Full-Frame Lens for Sony E-Mount

Ultra-Light and Slim: Weighs only 60g and 15.3mm thick only, lightest and thinnest Viltrox lens, perfect for easy, on-the-go shooting. Efficient Autofocus designed for a wide range of full-frame cameras. Slide Cap Design, lightweight design while maintaining excellent image quality.

viltrox.com

That little 28mm would be very nice on the S9!

 

[dirk]

Maybe we should start to collect links to reviews of the Viltrox 40mm and 28mm lens (no matter on which camera)?

 

[xaviergut]

Here a video of the pancake 28mm of Richard Wong:

 

[pdk42]

I guess we all have our own needs/wants, but a pancake is not high on my list. I'd love a decent 24-200 though.

 

[sergun80]

Fred Miranda mentioned on his portal in the topic "Voigtlander color skopar 28/28 vm" that a decent alternative to this lens will be released very soon. Apparently he's already tested it, but he can't say or show anything before the announcement.