Full-Frame Viltrox AF 16mm f1.8 FE

[DaveC Oz]

First few images from my new Viltrox 16mm, haven't played with it in daylight so far, but thought I'd re-post a couple of my astro shots in the lens image topic. So far it seems to be a nice lens, although these were manually focused.

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/1.7999999523163
• 6 sec
• ISO 1600

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/1.7999999523163
• 180 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[Richard A]

These are nice. Do you have any tricks for manual focusing?

 

[DaveC Oz]

For astrophotography, because I'm using wide angle it's pretty easy even with the lens wide open. I just set up focus magnification for the camera, and then select a brighter starry area of the sky, and try to make the stars as pin point as possible.

 

[DaveC Oz]

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/1.7999999523163
• 15 sec
• ISO 800

4 image stitched panorama

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3000001907349
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 200

 

[Richard A]

For astrophotography, because I'm using wide angle it's pretty easy even with the lens wide open. I just set up focus magnification for the camera, and then select a brighter starry area of the sky, and try to make the stars as pin point as possible.

Have you ever used a Bahtinov Mask? I went all in on the 2nd round of Maven filters and selected their etched Bahtinov Mask filter as one of them. I should receive them soon.