I've been impatiently awaiting the Viltrox 23mm and 56mm ever since I bought my M5 six months ago. Searching for large aperture, autofocus lprime ens options for the camera, I learned about the Viltrox that had been available for e-mount and X-mountr and was happy to hear they were promising the same for EF-M "soon". Just what I wanted and great quality, value (according to all the reviews in the other mounts).
Finally! A full year after releasing them for Sony and Fuji, here they are!
But I won't be buying them.
I don't want SILVER lenses!
That may sound like nitpicking, but I bought an M5 largely to use for street photography and candid portraiture (plus for some travel, when we're able to do that again). I already have several DSLRs for sports, action, wildlife, macro, landscapes and studio portraiture. Those are big, intrusive cameras and lenses. The M5 needed to be just the opposite... Small, unobtrusive, downright "touristy" looking to not attract attention and not scream "I'm taking your picture" to anyone it's pointed at.
Silver lenses on a black camera pretty much spoil that low-profile scenario. Sure, they can look great on a partly silver camera body and aren't any problem for other types of photography. But a silver lens sticks out like a sore thumb on a black camera when you don't want to be noticed any more than necessary.
Viltrox says they'll eventually produce them in black, too. When? Do I have to wait another six months or year? They aren't saying.
In the meantime I guess I'll have to get a Canon 22mm and Sigma 56mm to use on my M5. Maybe I'll like those enough I won't want to switch to the Viltrox if and when they paint theirs black (like they've done with every other lens until now).
Too bad.