Viltrox 28mm F1 8 Milky Way Photography Test

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Once again I'm doing a milky way lens test, this time the Viltrox 28mm f1.8 for Nikon Z cameras. I must say I've been very impressed with all the offerings from Viltrox and this is no exception.
It's a great budget lens for low light and milky way nightscape photography. I'll be keen to read your comments below.
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@carolelabrecque2799 10 ай бұрын

Viltrox seems to be very good ones. Less expensive for sure. Luv ya!

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes they are doing a really good job with their lenses.

@simonharding5696 9 ай бұрын

Great review of the Viltrox lens. Definitely worth some serious consideration. Keep up the great work, Richard 👍🙂

@nightscapeimages.richard 9 ай бұрын

You're always very welcome Simon

@samuelebertoli 10 ай бұрын

My favourite Milky Way and night photography lens is Sigma Art 28mm f1.4.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes all of the Sigma art lenses are wonderful Samuel.

@zygmuntziokowski7877 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Richard! I appreciate your review. I purchase a Viltrox 20mm the other day. I need to work on my editing skills for astrophotography.

@nightscapeimages.richard 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Yes editing milky way is 50% of the image for sure.

@boycefitzgerald 10 ай бұрын

I just picked up the Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 and am loving it especially for astrophotography time lapses.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes that's one I'm keen to try when they get a Nikon Z version Boyce . .I'm told it's on the way.

@carolelabrecque2799 10 ай бұрын

Breathtaking images as usual ❤❤❤❤

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that Carole

@Tony-gm3im 10 ай бұрын

Excellent information about this lens and beautiful photos. Thank you Richard,

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I very much appreciate you watching Tony

@PentaxLife 10 ай бұрын

Wow, some beautiful pictures again. I love that lens that's a keeper. Can't wait to get there and get some pictures.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for tuning in my friend. Yes it's a very good lens.

@PhillipMcCallum 10 ай бұрын

Good informative video thans Richard

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that Phil

@joanhuggett5164 10 ай бұрын

Three absolutely beautiful photos from that Viltrox lens, and just with moonlight on the foreground too - stunning photography, Richard. I created a PayPal account just so I could order your calendar 2024. I am so looking forward to receiving it.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

That's so very kind of you Joan, thanks for your wonderful support.

@morgankarno7335 10 ай бұрын

Nice job and what a compact little lens I might have to pick one up, the 20mm viltrox has also been announced.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. The Viltrox 20mm f1.8 for Nikon Z has been around for a while . .but that one is manual focus only.

@morgankarno7335 10 ай бұрын

I meant the 20mm 2.8 auto focus for z mount that’s just announced my mistake I thought it was a 1.8@@nightscapeimages.richard

@nightscapeimages.richard 9 ай бұрын

No worries. I have no info on that new lens.

@ericwilkes1840 10 ай бұрын

Nice review Richard

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks again for watching Eric

@juliehawken3128 10 ай бұрын

Loved the picture of the dam

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Julie. .yes that was my favourite as well.

@phillipbruce9892 10 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, Thanks for another great video 👍. . Impressive results from the lens and your images are superb as always 💯. Would love see another vid outlying any updated steps in your finely tuned alignment technique for your brilliant star tracking 🙏😉. Rgds

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Phillip. I will certainly do an update on my star tracking setup in the coming months.

@lesladbrook4508 10 ай бұрын

A very nice review Richard, have a great day :-)

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for tuning in Les.

@andysuzierawlins5462 10 ай бұрын

Great shots Richard, as usual, wish I could see your Australian skies

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Suzie. Yes the sky here at this time of year is spectacular.

@goanheat 10 ай бұрын

beautiful photos Richard, thanks for sharing astro view on these Viltrox lenses. Will pick up once they announce RF mount lenses. Hopefully Canon ties know with third party this year.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes it's hard to know when Canon will let them make lenses for the RF system.

@nightscapejournals 10 ай бұрын

Great review, RIchard, and the images you got with tell it all! So good to see these cheaper alternatives coming on the market, and with AF at that price point I think they’ll give Samyang / Rokinnon a run for their money!

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks heaps Paul. Yes I reckon Samyang have had it their way for a long time now.

@GeorgeENorkus 10 ай бұрын

A couple things to mention. One is for the size of the lenses. When you remove the lens hoods, they are all close to the same length. Only the diameter is dramatically different. The second thing is that you seemed to only consider the lens hood for a safety factor not the origional reason of preventing stray light.

@wullieg7269 10 ай бұрын

my mega wide lost the lens cap in no time the hood does the job how i lost a MASSIVE lens cap????

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate you watching, thank you.

@GrowPhotography 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review Richard. I recently picked up the Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 for my Nikon z30 (DX) which I use for vlogging. Also used it for a couple of astro timelapses and it did a great job. I understand there is a full frame 16mm f/1.8 on the way which will also be interesting

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks heaps Greg. Yes I'm hanging out to try that 16mm f1.8. There has been a Sony E mount version of that lens out for a while now with good reviews.

@kerrykroberts7809 10 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, beautiful image of your little lake. Are you still using the shoot-move-shoot tracker?

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching Kerry. I've never owned an MSM tracker. I have star adventurers, ioptron and Benro Polaris trackers.

@jorgediehl6845 10 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, you got great images with this lens. One question: does the lens focus at infinity automatically when AF is activated and turned off/on, like the original Nikon Z lenses? Hug from Brazil.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jorge. No unfortunately this lens will not automatically focus to infinity when turned on. I think only the native Nikon Z lenses do that.

@robgale4974 10 ай бұрын

I hope Nikon will give you the new ZF to have a play with Richard, would be interesting to hear your thoughts on that one as it sounds exciting. Have a wonderful weekend.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I'd love to give the ZF a go Rob .. but alas .. Nikon don't know I exist ...!!!

@robgale4974 10 ай бұрын

Jumping Kangaroo's I will sort that@@nightscapeimages.richard

@Robert-R 10 ай бұрын

Great video and images Richard. Seems to be a pretty good budget lens option. On the editing front, I always tend to struggle with bringing out the nebulosity of the Milky Way. I was wondering if you have one or two of your prior videos that you could recommend where you go into more detail in how to bring out the nebulosity in Photoshop. Cheers.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Robert. Yes I have quite a few editing videos. See here: kzfaq.info/sun/PLAYKmqkUeSM9eXVRj3boNPWRTSgYIShUh I really love the plug-in to Photoshop called StarXterminator which is demonstrated in some of my videos. It gives a unique way to edit the nebulosity of the milky way. See here: www.rc-astro.com/software/sxt/

@Robert-R 10 ай бұрын

@@nightscapeimages.richard Thanks Richard. I'll go through the videos. I recently got Star Xterminator, but have only played around with it for a little bit. I got to the point of removing the stars easily enough, but editing the remaining Milky Way gas structures to make them pop is where I was struggling. I'll send you a copy of the image.

@AstroRoad 10 ай бұрын

I find the 28mm focal length really interesting, seems to be a good option for simpler single row portrait orientation panoramics. Not a focal length I've seen many options for apart from the Sigma art. I see Laowa also released a 28mm except at f/1.2, though from what Ive seen it has extreme vignetting wide open. Seems quite similar to the Viltrox you're looking at here.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

I think 28mm is an old focal length .. maybe back in the film days. Nikon make a Z mount 28mm f2.8 compact. I quite like what Viltrox is doing .. affordable lenses that are not that far off the name brands in quality. Certainly they are very well built.

@mariopereira8261 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful photos with Vitrox in the Moonlight, thank you Richard for this video. Richard, I know from your videos that you use the Sony 20mm lens with an adapter on your Nikon Z 6 cameras, have you ever had the opportunity to use the Sony 14mm f/1.8 lens?? If so, what is your opinion as Nikon does not yet have a 14mm f/1.8 lens. Thanks again Richard

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Mario. I haven't used the Sony 14mm f1.8GM but I know from others that it's an amazing lens . .well worth the money.

@mariopereira8261 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Richard for your opinion.🙏 Richard, the widest angle lens I have is the Z 20mm f/1.8 and if everything goes well in February I'm going to Iceland to try to photograph the Northern Lights, but I'd like to take a lens between 14 and 16mm, do you have any suggestions Richard for mount on Nikon Z Cameras?? A hug from your follower

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

There is a Laowa 15mm f2 for Nikon Z mount. Also I think Samyang may have a 14mm @@mariopereira8261

@mariopereira8261 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Richard, I'll check out these lenses.🙏

@galacticnemesis366 10 ай бұрын

Hi Richard appreciate your insights on that particular lens. I was wondering how it would perform tracked at f4. Perhaps that would help with the vignette and coma issues.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes you are right ..at f4 it would be very clean . .but to be honest I liked it at f2.8 anyway.

@dhg1960 10 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, a very interesting review. I think for the money, this lens offers very good value. The shots you showed were terrific but they raised one question for me. At about 11:00 you mentioned processing in PS with Star Terminator and workinf on the luminosity. Do you have a video showing your workflow? I am sure you do and I have probably seen it but don't recall it and can't find it. If you could provide a link, that would be great.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks again for watching David. Yes I have included this workflow in a few videos. See here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZiKo5R03qzNk2g.html

@dhg1960 10 ай бұрын

@@nightscapeimages.richard Hi Richard, many thanks for the link, it really helped. I am sure I saw this vid at the time but couldn't find it.

@dennisblack4444 10 ай бұрын

Great review Richard, would love to see the Sony version. I'm looking at the Sigma 35mm 1.4 at the moment but the 28mm focal length looks good also. Cheers Dennis

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Dennis. Yes I think the 28mm is a great focal length.

@matej.mlakar 10 ай бұрын

Hmm, it does look like a very solid lens... I would really like to see how it compares to my Sigma 28mm ART. The weight and no need for FTZ is on Viltorx's side, I'm just worried about optical performance.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

It won't be as good as the Sigma Art . .but I don't like heavy lenses anymore. With the kind of editing I do these lenses are plenty sharp enough.

@matej.mlakar 10 ай бұрын

@@nightscapeimages.richard this is exactly why I am even considering it. If I go out to shoot astro, there is always hiking and I want to get my setup as light as possible. Is there any chance to get the f1.8 and f2.2 RAW files, so I can compare it to my Sigma? I can contact you via email

@tonystephenson8105 10 ай бұрын

Great video Richard. Do you still favour the 20mm focal length for overall nightscapes? I have always used the nikon F mount 20mm 1.8 G but I took advantage of a recent sale and purchased the sigma 28mm f1.4 dg hsm art series. An absolute beast of a lens! I personally find that the 28mm is a happy medium between 20 and 50mm for tracked night shots allowing me to still get some decent foreground in and maximising detail in the milky-way.

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Yes I think your comments are spot on Tony. For general nightscapes I still like the 20mm but for tracking I think 28 is fantastic.

@oliver_ceczka 10 ай бұрын

hey richard, thanks for your content to nightscape photography, always watching your videos. but now i have a question, an answer would be great. what are your camera settings for your vlogs outside in landscape. how is it possible to see the stars so clear in the background? greets from germany oliver

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. I'm using a Sony A7S3 camera which is incredible in low light. I also use a Sony 24mm f1.4GM lens. I shoot my videos at 1080p 25pfs f1.4 iso64,000

@oliver_ceczka 10 ай бұрын

@@nightscapeimages.richard thanks so much for your answer. watched all of yout tasmania videos :) best entertainment on youtube,

@GeorgeENorkus 10 ай бұрын

The photos do look very good, as always. Is the greenish lower sky from city lights or could it be a form of the aurora australis?

@nightscapeimages.richard 10 ай бұрын

There was quite a bit of green airglow in the sky .. not aurora in these shots. Maybe a bit of stray light pollution as well.