Ultra-Wide Lens with Excellent AF Performance: Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8 | Ingrate Japan

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The ultra-wide lens 'Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8' with excellent AF performance is now available for Z mount. Announced on May 7, 2024. Suggested retail price is ¥79,800 (tax included).
High-Performance Ultra-Wide Lens
The 'Viltrox AF 16mm F1.8' Z mount is a full-frame lens featuring a 16mm ultra-wide angle and a large F1.8 aperture. It offers excellent AF performance, making it a rare find among Nikon mount wide-angle autofocus lenses.
It showcases unique strengths in creative photography fields such as landscape and astrophotography. The large F1.8 aperture facilitates shooting in low-light conditions, allowing bright photos without the need for flash or high ISO settings.
Additionally, it achieves a shallow depth of field, enabling creative effects using selective focus.

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Versatile for Various Scenes from Starry Skies to Portraits
Equipped with a 0.93-inch color screen, it allows easy confirmation of information such as focus distance, aperture value, and depth of field range. The Fn2 button for saving and switching focus settings is particularly suitable for scenes requiring delicate focus, like astrophotography.
The focus lock button is customizable, allowing the default setting to be changed to other functions. With the built-in Bluetooth module, the lens firmware can be updated using a smartphone app, making it ideal for field use.
Main Specifications of the New Product
- Mount: E / Z
- Minimum Focusing Distance: 0.27m
- Format: Full Frame
- Maximum Magnification: Unknown
- Focal Length: 16mm
- Filter Diameter: 77mm
- Lens Construction: 12 groups, 15 elements
- Maximum Aperture: F1.8
- Minimum Aperture: F22
- Coating: NanoM
- Aperture Blades: 9
- Size: φ85 mm×103 mm
- Dust and Drip Resistant: Yes
- Weight: 560g
- AF: STM
- Others: Click switch aperture ring, LCD panel
- Accessories: Lens hood