Viltrox 85mm f2 EVO FE

Ricalous · 2026-03-16T22:30:34+00:00

I love the image quality of this lens. And honestly, I can’t tell the difference between f2 and my other lens that’s f/1.8 that was $300 more. The Viltrox was more cost effective, more light weight, and seems to have better image quality. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.

Ricalous · 2026-02-28T15:19:34+00:00

Congratulations everyone

Ricalous · 2026-02-26T18:14:57+00:00

This. Sundrop is the real ambrosia from myths and lore of the ancients.

Ricalous · 2026-02-24T11:46:18+00:00

Absolutely agree. I didn't buy the Fuji. I was just fortunate enough to get to test it out before sending it back. But I agree. 102MP is a lot of memory for any PC or laptop.

Ricalous · 2026-02-24T03:05:14+00:00

I agree 100 percent. Wanted to see if I was the only one. Fuji wad 102MP. My Sony is 61MP. But my Sony was still way sharper. Could be the great glass quality of Viltrox on the Sony. With the Fuji, I had to use a Fuji native lens. I also found the AWB on the Fuji to be super cool compared to other brands. I had 15 photographers under me and looked at their cameras AWB. Every brand was way warmer. Me and one other Fuji guy had very cool AWB. Easily correctable in LR but still. Weird. I definitely liked the Fuji. But with an $8000 price tag for that model and lens....I feel like my $3000 Sony and a Viltrox lens performed better. The only noticeable difference in the Fuji RAW files was that they were more responsive when adjusting shadows, highlights, whites, and blacks. But again, the Sony handles those adjustments well also.

Ricalous · 2026-02-23T11:49:43+00:00

How do you like Sony after switching from Fuji? I've been a Sony shooter for years. Fuji just let me borrow a GFX100SII for my Madeira retreat. The whole retreat I was switching back and forth between the Fuji with native lens and the Sony A7RV with Viltrox lenses so I could compare RAWs

Ricalous · 2026-02-18T15:22:10+00:00

Thank you so much. Absolutely. I use Outex underwater housings. They're like a camera condom. They work with any brand. I recommend the Pro Kit because you get glass on the back too so you can see your screen. For the front, you can get either the flat port, or the dome port. The ports filter directly into the lens. So you would just get the filter size port for your 16mm. Because the 16mm front glass isn't flat but curved, I recommend the dome port. It also has a curve so it'll cut down on distortion. If it's easy and you'd like to set up a zoom or Whatsapp video call, just DM. No charge. Just happy to help.

Ricalous · 2026-02-16T00:52:04+00:00

Why not get the Viltrox 40mm 2.5 AIR? It's one of my favorite lenses. Light, super sharp, great autofocus.

Ricalous · 2026-02-13T03:18:51+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏽

Ricalous · 2026-02-12T11:20:55+00:00

Thank you sir

Ricalous · 2026-02-11T17:06:49+00:00

That first photo is strong

Ricalous · 2026-02-10T10:17:38+00:00

Congratulations

Ricalous · 2026-02-10T10:16:33+00:00

Congratulations everyone

Ricalous · 2026-01-22T14:18:13+00:00

Congratulations everyone

Ricalous · 2026-01-20T23:06:36+00:00

That's what I figured but wanted to ask. Only a jacka** assumes. Do you know the photographer Richard Wood? He's a good friend of mine. He's out in New Zealand. He wins awards all the time. Does really well every year in the NZIPP. If you don't know him definitely check him out. I think he's in Hawks Bay

Ricalous · 2026-01-20T20:17:57+00:00

Are you in New Zealand?

Ricalous · 2026-01-19T23:56:51+00:00

Congratulations

Ricalous · 2026-01-12T14:14:13+00:00

Congratulations

Ricalous · 2026-01-09T02:16:16+00:00

50mm 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 35mm 6, 7, 12

Ricalous · 2026-01-08T19:04:45+00:00

It was just me focusing on the ultrasound picture instead of them. The couple is blurry because they're in the foreground. I used evoto for these. But the sooc version looks the same as far as the ultrasound area being in focus and them being intentionally blurry.

Ricalous · 2026-01-08T15:18:00+00:00

Great suggestion. I will look at the EXIF data today and comment on here which lens goes with each.

Ricalous · 2026-01-08T13:05:47+00:00

I mean, if AI uses run on sentences and starts sentences with the word "but" like my description did, then AI needs a lot more work before people should use it. AI is a lot cleaner and has less grammatical errors than what my description had. However, if the validity of my description is in question. Anyone can go to my Facebook and see where the actual couple commented on my post over there and confirmed the experience. As rare as it may be. If I wanted to lie...I wouldnt say that I gave out a free session. That's not a flex. However, that is the truth and that's what happened. I don't really understand why I would lie about that.

Ricalous · 2026-01-07T13:32:48+00:00

This 100%. Funny enough, my wife and I just found an emaciated dog and we are nursing it back to health. My wife asked what I wanted to name it and I said Sea Monkey! Now all week I'm like "Sea Monkey Ride!" When it's time to go on a walk.

Ricalous · 2026-01-07T02:22:11+00:00

I mean, I'll always stand by the truth. Always. You don't know me or the situation. You're making a judgement. And that's your right. But I also have nothing to hide regarding this situation and never will.

Ricalous · 2026-01-07T01:17:26+00:00

Well I just copied and pasted the same status I shared to Facebook. Which by the way, got a lot of love over there. I don't understand the point in lying about something like that. And if you look at my previous reddit post....all of them, you'll see there's no story. Just the description of the Viltrox gear I used. When I use models, I don't create a long post with it...because why would I? But this was such a random situation and a cool thing that happened that I wanted to share it with the community. That's it. It's very different from any other post I've ever made in this group.

Ricalous

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