>>4317849The 16mm f1.8 Viltrox is very good and a steal at that price. You can't go wrong with it, though it's probably larger than what you want. The 24mm is not as good, but considering its price, it's decent enough.
As for me, despite the large lens choice, I'm struggling finding the wide angle that would suit my needs : fully manual, will be used for milky way, ideally 18/20mm, ~f2, and 5, 6, 8, 10 or 12 aperture blades for the sunstars I want.
I come from a cheapo manual Samyang 12mm f2.0 on E APS-C, and so far nothing replaced it in its price range. Laowa 15mm exists but it's hard finding a used copy with 5 aperture blades (5 and 7 version exist, it's a lottery) and it has other issues, Voiglander 21 f1.4 is too pricey, thus I went with a used 21mm Loxia f2.8, it's the closest to my needs at my already stretched budget, but I wish I could have a f2.0 18/20mm. The Loxia could have been my endgame, but I don't really like its handling, and I'm not sure about my copy but I'll test it more thoroughly.
Viltrox is so close to it, and yet still so far away. But god damn they're coming with decent glass for cheap these days. Hopefully they'll make some 18/20/21mm FE prime down the line.
