Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai. In this video gonna look at these two different lenses
together. The 22mm f2 lens and 11 to 22mm lens. I took them out a
few different times with a dual camera bracket and two M50 cameras. To get a
feel for how they're similar and how they're different. Basically give you an
idea of which one might work best for you if you can't have both.
For the outings I use the lenses basically at 22mm f5.6...
Because the zoom lens, that is the largest aperture in that case. I also
used the 22 at f2 and the 11 to 22 at 11mm f4, which is the widest
for 11mm. As well as 5.6. So those were my main settings with the two
different lenses to get a feel for how they work, and which ones might be best
based on the situation.
Let's get started!
I did try a vlogging test with the dual camera bracket and the two different
lenses. You can see how it looks...
Let's see how it works in a vlogging situation...
On this one I have digital IS on the 22 and standard IS on the 11 of 22. So we're
going to see the crop factor and also going to see how that works out.
The challenge is getting them in frame when I can't see what's going on. But yeah...
So a lot of different settings with the vlogging stuff. You can see 22 is pretty
tight for vlogging, but it can work. And of course optical image
stabilization is very helpful in this situation. I also did a few basic tests
with autofocus. Just on a tripod.. the dual camera bracket. Walked around, jumped
around, moved around quite a bit to see how both lenses track in those situations.
Over here we've got f2 and f5.6 on that side.
So we can do is use 60 frames a second on this one.
60 frames a second and then
you do 1/125th of a second shutter speed. See the difference in the
benefit of that...
Compared to this.
What we can do with this one is adjust the focal length to 11mm...
And then we can access the f4 aperture.
So we should be at 11mm. I'm not really sure...
Can't see the screen if it's a at f4 or 5.6. I can check that really quick...
Now we're at f4 with 11mm and f2 with the 22mm lens.
Now we're in 4k mode. I have image stabilization disabled on there.
Image quality wise, at 22mm f5.6.
Largest aperture for the zoom lens...
As expected, the prime lens does resolve more detail. There is definitely a
little bit more. You can see in the photos at 5.6. However with the prime
lens there's a little bit more chromatic aberration. Color fringing... Now, it's just
based on how they're designed I guess. But maybe a little bit of the softening
with the zoom lens helps out with aberrations. But just keep that in mind.
You'll probably get sharper results, more detailed with the prime lens at 22mm.
But! You could get more aberrations.
When all is said and done...
It really depends on what you want to do. For example, with the prime lens you have
f/2 aperture. That large aperture is very helpful in many situations. And it can
give you a more artistic look if you want blur backgrounds and such. But also
in dark conditions, f/2 aperture can be very helpful. With a lot of photos that I
took you could see the difference when I used f/2...
That large aperture can be very helpful.
With the zoom lens it also has a lot of benefits based on the situation.
If you want some type of optical image stabilization that's the lens you want
to use. Vlogging situations. Any type of video situation. That optical
stabilization with the Canon stuff is very helpful. Because, at least at the
moment, there is no in-body image stabilization. Of course another big
benefit of the zoom lens is that you can go to 11mm. That's very helpful
in a lot of situations. Again with the vlogging stuff. But if you just want a
wider (FOV). You want to get close to something and get that ultra wide look.
Now, you do have the challenge of smaller apertures with the zoom lens.
It can be difficult, but it's definitely manageable.
Especially with the stabilization.
Size is also something to consider.
Of course, both lenses are both very small as is, but the 22mm
aperture lens is about half the size.
If I had to pick one lens, I would go with
the zoom lens in this case. Now I definitely do like the larger aperture
range of the 22 f2 and the smaller size...
But having the versatility of 11mm to 22mm on the zoom lens is
very beneficial. And the optical image stabilization is also very beneficial
for a lot of the stuff that I do. That was a look at the two different lenses
side-by-side. Which one might work best based on
what you want to do with the lenses.
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