- All the lenses that I own for both photo
and video purposes are all Canon.
Some are L Series, some are the cheap ones,
but I wanted to try out these new Sigma Art Series lenses,
both the 18 to 35, and the 50 to 100 for awhile now,
so in this video I'm going to do a little a review
and share my experiences using both of these.
If you follow some of the most subscribed to
tech YouTube channels out there, lik MKBHD or TLD
or I think even Austin Evans
now is using these Sigma lenses.
This 18 to 35 is kind of the go to
for someone like Marquez, or Jonathan
to film those really close-up shots
of phones and other tech devices and such,
and to be able to shoot at an aperture of 1.8
on a zoom lens is really nice.
Same with this 50 to 100, the aperture opens up
all the way to F1.8, but what I really love
about this 18 to 35 is how close this focus is.
So you can get some really cool shots
where you get up really close to a piece of tech,
like this shot of the loop deck that I reviewed,
and you can get this lens within inches
of what you're reviewing, with a really shallow
depth of focus, depth of field, focus on the front part
of whatever that is, and you can still see
everything behind, but it's completely blurred out,
there's really beautiful bokeh with it.
So, using this thing at its widest focal length of 18
is really great, but also if you're using it at 35.
I've been filming some talking heads stuff on my RED
with it at 35 mil, and it's very standard looking,
so this is just a good, all-around lens.
The focus ring is really smooth, which is great.
It has a decent throw, maybe be like 120 degrees,
so like a third of the barrel you're getting on the turn.
And it has an auto-focus or manual focus switch,
but what it doesn't have is image stabilization,
so I tried to use this hand-held a little bit,
at a wider distance, a wider zoom,
and you do see some shake, not quite as bad
as other lenses I've tested at this focal length,
but there still is no image stabilization in this lens.
And then going to the 50 to 100, I was actually
a little disappointed in a few regards to this lens.
One was just the sheer weight;
this thing weighs like a 70 to 200,
if you're familiar with how heavy
a Canon L Series two eight 70 to 200 is.
But it is a beautiful lens, I just couldn't see myself
using this for a long period of time
to take portrait photos, or to film hand-held with
'cause it's a pretty heavy lens,
but what you're getting is a standard 50 mil,
all the way to 100, and the biggest bummer to me
about this is how close you can focus.
You're only getting within two to three feet
of what you're trying to focus on,
so this isn't going to be a good macro lens,
if you're trying to get a 100 mil macro, or a 50 mil macro,
you're gonna need a separate lens for that.
But this lens is beautiful, the ability to be
at 1.8 aperture through the whole zoom range,
you can't really beat that, in a zoom lens
'cause it's just typically not an option,
but it is a heavier lens, it even comes with the
tripod mount adapter ring that you can take off
or shift if you need to.
But this again also is a very fast lens,
focuses super fast and in auto focus,
and it has a very shallow depth of field.
I would recommend these two lenses,
like if you were starting from scratch
and you had to pick two lenses to use for photo and video.
If you picked up these two
that would be an amazing combination,
because they're not as expensive
as some of the Canon L Series lenses,
or some of the other brands if you're doing this
on a different mount other than EF.
But you're getting a good focal range,
you're getting from 18 all the way to 100,
which for most circumstances is gonna be
pretty much everything you need.
And you have that standard aperture at 1.8 throughout,
so you can get some really shallow depth of field shots,
and if I was building my lens collection from scratch,
and I needed to do both stills and video,
these are probably the two lenses I would go with.
So I need to package these up and send these back
to B&H because I've been testing them for about a month.
So a special thanks to B&H for sending them to me to review,
but if you're interested in either of these lenses,
or learning more about exactly how much they weigh,
or what the price is first day,
definitely go to B&H and check them out,
down in the description below this video.
I'm Caleb Wojcik, and I'll see you in the next one.