Viltrox New Firmware Download Page is a Joke… and Firmware Updates for 56mm f/1.7 and 85mmf/1.8 II

Viltrox has released firmware updates for a few X mount lenses.

But before I share the details, let me say this to Viltrox (who hopefully will read this, but probably not).

Dear Viltrox, your new firmware download page is a joke. It was already bad before, but you were able to make it even worst. Congratulations.

For fellow FR-readers: this is the Viltrox firmware page.

Check it every now and then, open up the page for your lens, and see if the firmware number has changed. If a new number is up, download the zip file, unpack it, open it and see what changes it brings. But beware: sometimes the details of the firmware change are written only in Chinese, so you better use machine translation to understand what the update brings.

Viltrox does not offer any way to be notified about changes, they do not write the date of firmware release on the page (except in rare cases, but also with completely wrong dates), nor do they list their firmware from newest to oldest.

Viltrox also won’t inform you on their social media about new firmware updates. At least not immediately. They might (if you are lucky) make a post on Instagram about new firmware at some point, but that post (if it comes) could be shared weeks if not months after the firmware had already been released.

That’s how things are right now. I hope they will improve the page and understand that good customer experience and service looks different.

Anyway, here are the firmware updates.

Viltrox 56mm f/1.7 ver. 1.0.2 – details here
1. Fixed the problem of lens deviating from the focus at close range at F1.7 aperture. (google translated)

Viltrox 85mm f/1.8 II ver. 1.1.0 – details here
1. Adapt to X-T5 X-H2 X-H2S
2. Optimize AF-C speed