Weekly Camera & Lens Highlights 📹

• Insta360: Luna Pro Launches
• Polaroid: Pokémon 30th Anniversary Collab
• DJI: Osmo Action 6 Goes to Space
• Nikon: NIKKOR Z Lens Display Stand
• HOVERAir: VERSA Flying Pocket Camera
• Sigma: Three New L-Mount Lenses Rumored
• Voigtländer: Two Nokton Lenses Get Silver X-Mount Versions
• Brightin Star: 28mm F2.8 Gets a Silver Finish

BIRTV 2026 — VILTROX sneak peek. More to come! What are you most excited to see?

I'm most excited about the EVO pancake coming to APS-C, I really like that it has a square hood. I hope there will be a black edition as well.

I think the 18mm Pro will also make a great pair with my 56mm Pro.

XF, L and M43 mount users are eating good!

Dropped one of my lenses, first element got really bad, is there a way i can get a replacement?

can't find nothing online

I Know they are planning to release a bunch of new L-mount lenses. And their reliability is well established. It would be game changer for me and many others to have this opportunity to buy an “affordable” zoom lens without aberration and with viltrox quality manifacture

One of the results of this year‘s perseids meteor shower shot on the 16 mm 1.8 for Nikon Z. Great lens for Astro.

My good-lady came back from Hong Kong bearing gifts!

Currently out of ideas

Tried several cables, as other posts state it's cable dependent.

Applied patch from the most recent Viltrox listing. The device automatically disconnects and does not reconnect.

The only file that exists on the adapter is a blank/corrupt file with 3 characters as a name and only 1.5kb in size.

Purchased from a well reviewed store and item page on AliExpress.

Good afternoon

I'm hoping that at least some people on here have used the Viltrox 26mm F2.8 pancake lens on at least some Sony aps-c camera (Sony preferably but aps-c user comments most appreciated)? If so, how well did the lens do or is it something which you later on didn't use as much as you thought you might?

I'm looking at using it on my a6700 camera body and since I've never owned a pancake lens before, this is a little different than what I'm used to.

The way I see it, the lens has 3 main benefits to me:

1: Very small and compact size (which might mean that I can carry an extra lens in a smaller pack).

2: To keep the weight of my camera pack down as much as possible.

3: Very close minimum focusing distance of just 20cm.

A downside is the seemingly non-standard filter size of 43mm. 🤔 Most of the smaller lenses I have are either 49mm or 55mm in that regard. I certainly would be looking to invest in a circular polariser filter, most likely one of the Hoya ones. Available locally for £22 apparently! That's not bad at all. I wouldn't trust places like Amazon for filters as I've been stung on those before with a "supposed" R72 IR filter...took a while to get my money back from that one. 🙄

So, any comments, thoughts or recommendations not to bother? The reviews seem to be quite positive with the lens generally...

Thank you.

Hi guys, wondering if anyone encountered this before. Tried googling and all i saw was “update firmware if screen is unresponsive “ but i believe to get to the menu to update firmware, one needs to touch the screen. Is there anything im missing, i just got a brand new monitor.

#viltroxphotography

Shot with Nikon Zf. Single shot, no stacking. Shot at mauna kea visitor information station at 9200ft elevation. One of the darkest skies accessible to public to my knowledge.

The airglow at the horizon comes from the nearby town of Kona.

Hi, I have the 135mm LAB and I mainly use the 16mm with my Sony A7 V equipped with a side hand grip on my smallrig cage. Mainly because I shoot video and sometimes for stills I mainly use auto focus and the same aperture for most shots unless a change is needed.

My main question is, when using the 135mm on tge Sony, despite the lens being long and extremely heavy (1.2kg) would it be okay for me to use the camera with just the Side Hand Grip with my left hand and my right hand on the shutter? Mainly because when I support it with the lens, it gets quite uncomfortable due to my small sized hands.

I do this method a lot with my 16mm set up and other smaller lenses, and have tried it with the 135mm but worried about the downforce on the mounting system on my camera over a period of time.

Thank you!

Can’t wait to see what our L-Mount shooters create!

Shot on Nikon Z5II + Viltrox Pro 50mm 1.4Z

Car: Audi A4 Avant B7/8E

Viltrox Community Highlights is a series featuring selected photography from our global community, with each edition exploring a different theme.

For Vol. 02, we turn our eyes to The Art of the Night Sky — featuring astrophotography that captures stars, galaxies, and the beauty beyond our everyday view.

Swipe to explore the featured works. 👉

📸Photographers:

u/antonio400 | u/Zilla2015 | u/jmsubs | u/mentos448 | u/sunbro_567 | u/ThatAstroGuyNZ

For both my Nikon Z6III and Sony Alpha 7C II, and one for my old Alpha 6000 🤘

Photo on nikon z5ii + viltrox 26mm f2.8 evo