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free Jared poen fronos
photo.com and this is a review of the
Sigma 50 mm f1.2 DG DN art lens for the
Sony E Mount as well as the L Mount
Alliance Alliance Alliance that's right
Sony now has some competition in the
51.2 range because this is the Sony
51.2 and we'll spend a lot of time in
this video comparing and contrasting
between both of these just so that you
can decide which one might be the right
one for you so what did I photograph
well I photographed some kids playing in
a playground because that is a great
situ ation to use a lens like this as
well as get rid of all of the
distractions in the background that you
might see at F4 or 56 or f8 but you
won't see at 1.2 I also have a couple of
photos to show you of my dad because he
needed some new photos and I went and
took them of him so a couple of years
ago Sony released the 51.2 and it is one
of my all-time favorite lenses on any
system made by anybody I absolutely love
this lens but for now I'm going to put
it down below because I want to talk
about sigma's 51.2 and talk about the
feel the build quality the size and the
buttons that are on the lens now the
first thing you'll notice is that this
is a nice small compact version of a
51.2 now Sigma says somehow that it's
smaller than the Sony version they're
basically the same size this may be a
little thinner around but other than
that they are basically the same yeah
you know I mean maybe the Sony is a
little bit choder but to stake a claim
that it's smaller lighter more compact I
mean it is lighter because the sigma
weighs in at 1.63 lb or 740 G whereas
the Sony weighs in at 1.72 lb or
778 G so yes by the GRS the sigma is
slightly lighter so Sigma does offer a
51.4 and so does Sony as well so keep
that in mind when you're trying to
decide which lens might be the right one
for you but let's talk about this lens
Hood real fast this is one of those
pedal lens hoods that when I put the
lens down it's rocking rock your body
all night yeah it it rocks whereas with
the Sony and not going anywhere and the
reason I bring that up is because I put
this down the first time and it almost
fell off the counter because it started
rocking that's one of those things that
I wish it was just flat on the bottom
and just just is it a big deal it's not
really a big deal just be aware of it
that if you do put it down on the ground
especially if the ground is uneven it
has more of a chance to fall over than
the other one now in terms of buttons
and switches on this lens we've got a
click on and off so that means you can
turn your aperture ring to click or
smooth you also have a lock for the
aperture ring it's nice that they put a
lock on here I'm personally never using
this aperture ring ever manually if I'm
shooting Stills and I'll probably never
use it if I'm shooting video either but
at least they give you the option as
well as to lock it you've got one custom
button on the side here whereas you have
two on Sony's 50 1.2 and you have a
switch for autofocus to manual and other
than that that is the outside of the
lens it feels perfectly fine in the
hands it is nice small and Compact and
it's not going to weigh a ton because
it's a
51.2 whereas Nikon's 51.2 now that is a
big lens cannons is also big and chy
this is much smaller and daintier now
let's jump into some of the images
starting with the ones in the playground
now what I was trying to capture are the
kids running around to see how the
autofocus is to see if it focuses as
fast perceivably as the Sony is going to
work and in the one case where the kids
were just running around the jungle gym
I felt that the focus was fast and I
felt that it was accurate most of the
time but when I had the girl sliding
down the SL SL towards me it didn't seem
to track her hookline and sinker and get
her in Focus each and every shot it
didn't seem to react as quickly as I
would have liked when she was on the
slide there when they were running
around the jungle gym I think it did a
very good job I do feel that the Sony is
slightly faster now in terms of focusing
Motors inside of the sigma there's dual
HLA linear floating Focus Motors now on
the Sony front they have four XD linear
Motors is that saying the same thing you
will see that the Sony is going to be
slightly snappier but the sigma is still
keeping up with it extremely well that
you might not even notice the difference
when you're shooting when I zoom in on
her running around she looks perfectly
fine at 1.2 it found the eye perfectly
well and that's what I care about the
colors the tone the clarity the
background looks fantastic let me jump
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let's get back to the video let me jump
to my childhood house where I'm going to
go photograph my dad real fast because
he wanted a picture of him leaning on
his teslaa so I went and got a picture
of him leaning on the teslaa the only
thing I would have liked to have seen
different in this photo is I I wish he
was not wearing Patagonia but I wish he
was wearing his members only jackets
from 1980s those would have been good in
this photo that's what I would like to
see but this also brings up the
background how is the bokeh because this
is the first Sigma lens or I haven't
really heard of many lenses that have
this to have not eight not nine not 11
aperture blades 13 13 aperture blades
the Sony has 11 aperture blades right
now you're seeing both lenses shooting
the same exact thing both at 1.2 to see
if you could see a difference in the
boka balls now one thing you might be
noticing is that one of them looks to be
closer than the other the Sony looks
like it's filling the frame a little bit
more a little closer nothing changed so
is one of them really a 50 and the other
is a 47 48 is one a 52 I don't know I
can't tell you I'm just showing you that
one seems to be a little longer which is
the Sony and then the sigma maybe it
isn't as tight now let's jump back out
to the playground take a look at some of
these images just look at how accurate
this is at 1.2 the colors pop off the
screen the background isn't super
distracting it just Butters away which
is what you look for when you're
shooting a 1.2 will you see such a
difference at from 1.4 to 1.2 probably
not that much of a difference but if you
want to say that you have a 1.2 then
this is a very good option to do that so
after she came down the slide she was
hugging these stringy things and walking
around I just I just love the isolation
that you get here that's what you're
going for when you get close to your
subject and you filled a frame with a
51.2 man the photos just look absolutely
incredible if you've never had a 14 a 18
or a 1.2 and you're looking to step up
your game and step up the images that
you're going to capture the difference
is tremendous and the isolation is
absolutely fantastic because as she came
down the slide look at her sitting at
the bottom of the slide the colors pop
she's is olated right there she has 2
feet extra coming out of her hips it's
cuz her brother was right behind her it
I just you know realized that there's
extra feet there but look how sharp the
eyes are I shot at 1.2 because if it can
hit at 1.2 it can hit at f2 it can hit
at f2.2 so that's why I like to shoot
wide open with these lenses when I'm
testing them to just show you what
they're capable of doing now one of the
things you need to take into
consideration when you're deciding
between a third-party Sigma l lens or
Tamron Lens on a Sony camera vers a
native Sony lens is that you are limited
to 15 frames per second if you've got a
Sony A1 or a Sony a93 or the older A9
anything that shoots more than 15 frames
a second you're not going to get that
amount of shots you're not going to get
more than 15 because the sigma is
limited whereas with the 51.2 Sony
you're going to get 15 20 30 60 frames 9
frames 120 frames a second on the a93
you are absolutely going to get it with
the Sony native version so if you don't
have a camera that shoots above that or
you don't need to shoot portraits at 120
frames per second those 15 frames per
second are going to be perfectly fine
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let's get back back to the video now
we've got a couple of more images in the
park to point out to you look at this
kid look what he's doing he's blowing
raspberries at me or something but look
at the background there's a dog park
back there and the fence looks weird but
it would look even weirder if we weren't
using such a good lens if we weren't
shooting at 1.2 we wouldn't have that
separation that's the point of having a
1.2 is being able to separate and
isolate your subject from the background
so that a distracting background is no
longer distracting now in this case
where I photographed the little girl
looking through the park bench I just
loved this shot I just love that I'm at
a higher angle for this one she's
looking up at me the eyes are nice tack
sharp the black and white edit looks
fantastic and she's just isolated right
there that's the quality that you end up
popping out of a lens that's a 1.2 now
the last couple of images are basically
family portraits I was like hey you guys
want to do a quick family portrait while
you're here and for this I didn't shoot
at 1.2 because I knew they would be on
different planes and if you're going to
get a 1.2 and you're going to shoot two
people together you better make sure
they're on the same exact plane because
if one's further back or forward one of
them's going to be in focus and the
other one isn't so that's why you want
to make sure you up it in this case for
the family walking towards me I went to
F2 now is the person on the right in
Focus not as much as the person on the
left but it looks great the people will
never know the difference unless they
watch my video but I love the contrast I
love the tones that I got out of this I
am really happy with the results that I
got from this but I want to give you the
price and tell you who it's for but
before I do that we've got the sniff
test as well as the wind tunnel test
which should we do first Stephen sniff
test sniff test of the sigma
51.2 ooh pink laser cuz it's so sharp
just don't snort a laser it might put a
hole in your nose and now the wind
tunnel
test it stands up to the wind and says
wind take that and it passes the wind
tunnel test so how much is this lens it
is
$1,399 whereas the Sony version is
$2,000 and if it's on sale it might be a
few hundred less but that is a big
difference between
$1,400 and $2,000 you're talking $600
difference now to put everything else
into perspective you can get a sigma
51.4 DG DN art for
$849 which is
$550 less than the cost of the 1.2 if
you've never ventured into a faster
piece of glass and you're just starting
out you can't go wrong with the
51.4 if you're someone who's a
professional you want to get that 1.2
you do portraits you do
photojournalistic stuff you shoot
weddings maybe you do some action stuff
you can't go wrong with the 1.2 from
Sigma Sigma did a fantastic job with
this lens but if you are a full-time
professional you have the A1 you have
the capabilities of shooting at faster
frames per second then spend that extra
money if you make money if you're making
good money you're shooting weddings
you're doing all that stuff you put the
51.2 Sony in your bag and you never turn
back and you never look around and say
turn around every now and then you never
turn around and say
that at the end of the day both of these
are amazing lenses I think Sigma did a
great job and they priced this right for
a 1.2 in comparison to what Sony sells
theirs for and if you're on the El Mount
Alliance you really don't have too many
other options to get a 1.2 which one
would you go with and why let me know
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