this is the Sony 55 mil F 1.8 probably the best reviewed Sony e-mount lens out
there it's a focal length that I was lacking in my kit and I wanted to see
what the fuss was about so I decided to purchase it and give it a go and it does
not disappoint not at all
so I am hardly the first person to review this lens it's been out for years
but I had to try out and I'm gonna keep this simple and talk about the things I
always talk about the basic stuff that people want to know about and I always
put in my videos photos with some examples video autofocus likes and
dislikes and some video b-roll which is also a video test so first our build
design quality weight size all that kind of stuff so this is a 55 millons on a
full-frame sensor it's a full frame lens meaning it's designed to go on a
full-frame sensor if you're using on aps-c works out to be 82 I think
something like that 50 is a very natural focal length and when I say natural I
mean kind of what you see is almost a 50mm if you put this on your camera you
look up to your viewfinder and then you bring it down you really don't see much
in terms of the zoom or wideness added it's a very natural focal length so 55
is very similar to that to every camera company Canon Nikon Sony they all have
their own version of a 50 mil lens Sony does have a 50 mil F 1 point 8 it's not
very well reviewed I looked it up I did a lot research on it and this Trump's it
in every single way yes this is about three times the cost it's nowhere near
the same quality that this lenses this has an aperture of f11 8 and above 1.8
is really good for letting light in so a lot of light can get in through the lens
here and it's also really good for bokeh which we obviously like it is dust and
weather sealed meaning that you can take it out in the rain if you want it to or
in a dust storm is that a thing it is a small lens this is the 55 this is the 85
this was quite a bit smaller it's actually really light - it's not that
heavy whatsoever if your own time watcher of my channel you'll know that
normally I like heavier lenses I associate weight with being a higher
quality lens this is the exception to that let me tell you that in absolutely
no way does my normal it's heavier so it's better mean that this applies to
this absolutely not the case in any way it is made of metal obviously it's a
Sony lens most Sony lenses are made of metal they're really high quality
they're built very well the manual focus ring is large as nice turns really
smoothly farm she was a good thing and it's very
quiet to turn to which is nice it's a solid barrel of mail with some
really really good glass in it that's the easiest way I can describe it
alright so photo-quality everybody always says this lens is sharp not like
a little bit sharp we mean really really sharp sharpener shouldn't be a
determining factor when it comes to picking a lens rating a lens sometimes
it's just personal preference some people like sharp lenses some people
don't let me just tell you to forget about that this is probably the sharpest
lens that I have ever used and it's incredible
seriously the absolute sharpest lens if you follow me on instagram if you don't
then down below on instagram a few weeks ago I posted a real quick test look here
so that is a picture of my dog's eye and you can kind of see my reflection in it
but one second that is a cropped image let me just zoom out here to show you
the absolute real size of this image so you can see exactly how sharp it got my
dog's eye pretty good right pretty good so every of you says exactly the same
thing and I'm gonna echo exactly what they say this is an incredibly sharp
lens absolutely beautiful lens that has sharpness unlike any other lens I own
and I own quite a few Sony lenses here's some shots I took just me walking around
my local downtown Bayou my downtown I mean Peterborough Ontario in Canada yeah
here's those shots
all right so the video continuous autofocus is gonna be a big thing some
people if you have this on your age 73 and you're using it for weddings or
something like that the video continuous autofocus is a big
thing that people buy so many cameras for now and subsequently Sony lenses too
so here's some tests I didn't with the video autofocus just walking to and from
the camera back and forth around just general tests that you're gonna use in
real-world situations to try and see how it focuses so just here basically
checking out to see how it focuses when I move around very real-world situation
moving around the camera see how the continuous autofocus reacts notice that
it's actually raining as well the rain does not interfere with it whatsoever
and now just testing out to see how quickly the autofocus responds with
objects so you can see where I'm going the lens around here actually picks up
really quick look at that zeiss symbol their focus is quick
and now we're just checking to see how it focuses when I move away from the
camera and you can see it picks it up quite nicely yes I know it's overexposed
and now just another test of me just to see how it picks up me and my mug while
I'm drinking not so quick a little drink there you see it stays focused nice the
other mark the mug bug down fix it and focus again nice and quick so it's a
sony native lens if you own any some united lenses you know that they really
can't be beat when it comes to autofocus speed you can put a sigma lens on a sony
camera with an adapter or a canon lens on a sony camera with an adapter but it
just is never really as quick as using a sony native lens and exactly the same
thing applies to this I wish I had more to tell you but honestly kind of point
it where you want it to go and it does everything for you it works it works
quickly gets what you need in focus and that's really about it just trying to
take it from me that it works very well alright so what don't I like
I suppose the only thing that maybe could be an issue is it doesn't have a
on an autofocus or manual focus switch on the side they're not a huge deal you
can still do it in the camera but that's about it really
everything else about this lens is exactly as the hype surrounding it says
so as we all know gear is expensive good gear is expensive and this lens is only
$1,000 u.s. you might be thinking that only $1000 for a 55 no prime that's a
lot it's really not and let me tell you you could spend twice the amount that
you would spend on this and you still wouldn't get a lens quite sharp so that
is pretty incredible remember as well that if you're using an a7 3 or a camera
that has aps-c mode and it's the full-frame camera you have the ability
to go in as well you have the ability to use aps-c mode or super 35 no and this
55 is now to prime lenses so it's a 55 and an 82 if you don't know how to do
that click my little video up here I'll explain that to you a little bit more so
yeah it's to prime lenses and one all right so last but not least a little be
your I'll segment for you demonstrates quick moving in and out moving around
just do a general b-roll really everything is shot in auto either F 2 or
F 2.8 all handheld as well let's roll that sequence
so there we go the 55f 1.9 yeah if you're thinking about picking this lens
up I mean don't wait any longer I waited for quite a while I did a ton of
research I read a lot of reviews and everything pointed to yes I should just
buy it but still I don't know I thought it wouldn't be as good as it wasn't it
really is as good as that so if you're thinking about getting it I would just
say go ahead buy it you're not gonna regret it it's gonna go on your camera
and you're instantly gonna be thankful he bought it for both the video and the
photo 55 is a very very natural length it's a very versatile and you can use it
for a lot of different stuff I think it's a lens every once you're done
so that is it for today if you like what you saw you know what to do hit that
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alright I'll see you guys in the next video which is probably Monday Tuesday
who knows these days probably Monday I'll see you then see ya
you