Viltrox Air lenses are unfeasibly compact and are real featherweights. There’s a growing range of APS-C and full-frame options to choose from, including the Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.7 Air and Viltrox AF 50mm f/2 Air, respectively. But while they’re supremely small and lightweight, they have very basic handling characteristics. The only moving part is generally the focus control ring.
In the upper echelons, there are sophisticated lenses that are comparatively chunky heavyweights, like the Viltrox AF 85mm f/1.4 Pro and Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 Lab, which have pretty much all of the bells and whistles you could imagine. The AF 85mm f/2.0 Evo is the first of a new series of ‘Evo’ lenses that aim to deliver up-market handling exotica in a relatively compact, lightweight and easily manageable build.
