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Hello, everyone. I am Brian.
Welcome to ColorBee Photography Life Magazine.
Today i gonna have a subjective review for SONY 24-105 G lens
The reason why it is "subjective review" is that it does not want to make it like that...
(a really boring job)
I want to share with you the experiences I have used over the past few days.
I hope you can understand this lens overall that could help you to make a right choice.
Sometimes you have to compromise between follow facts during your travel.
Weight/size, image quality, functionality and price of the lens
it is very obvious that the prime lens is great
But, it is impossible to carry around with all different lenses while you travel
Whether the manufacturer can design an excellent image quality
reasonable price and "travel friendly" size lens.
it is depends on the sincerity of the market and product departments
My first impression of this lens is very good
full of function buttons
such as AF/MF switch
OSS on/off switch
there is a big function button that you can customize your favorite functions
my current setting on this button is to active eye-AF function
you also can customize this function button to STOP fucus or ACTIVATE face detection such such
this lens feel hold comfortable on the body
it does NOT have "zoom lock" switch usually you can see on the other brand lenses
I never seen this lense "creep" while I'm using or carry it
As you can see there some rubber seal design around lens mount
I went to Sony website said that the lens has SOME dust/splash resistant design
it is constant f4 apture setting
Some experience travel photographer said that
you MUST have a fast 2.8 lens while you do travel photography
However, each manufacturer has its own soulution
Olympus Panasonic those crop sensor manufacturers
Their approach is to enhance the IBIS (In Body Image Stabilizer) and provide large aperture lenses
SONY takes advantage of full-frame large sensors
just simply to increase ISO setting to solve the issues
I recently test this lense on my SONY A7 iii at ISO 12800
with dual stabilized function: lens OSS + IBIS
it can achieve very good resoult in low light
with dual stabilized setting, I can confidently handheld for 1/8 second
So. it doesn't bother me shoot in low lihgt that lens "only" has aperture on f/4
the lens range from 24mm to 105mm
compare to Sony other 24-70mm lens and Tamron 28-75 that we reviewed last time
the 30mm increment of focal actually pretty significant during the travel use
70mm focal lens is ”natural magnify" compare to human eyes
it doesn't have any zoom effect / compress effect
But it will become very obvious when you use 105mm focal lense
another thing I want to mention in this episode that the lens magnify ratio is 0.31x
it has greatest magnify ration among all 24-105 lense
consider it is a macro lens to travel with
also very practical while you can photography with any flowers/ insects/ handcrafts while you travel
big thumb up to Sony
You need to beware of the macro function ONLY available on 105mm end
Please make sure you hold your camera steady enough to capture sharp images
I have to mention the size and weight of this lens
SONY GM is 880g
this 24-105 is 660g
24-70/4 ZA is 430g
I can give you a example to understand how havey it is
I have here a bottle of water
GM lense is weight of full bottle
the 24-105 lens is the weight of half empty bottle like this
sony 24-70/4 ZA is the weight of less half empty
I rather carry more water than camera gear in my backpack while I'm hiking
another fact might need to consider is the payload rate of your video gimbals
We fully tested this 24-105 lens on Zhiyun Crane Plus gimbal
wether on 24mm or 105mm end both work well
24-70/4 ZA works well with Zhiyun Crane as well
But 24-70/2.8 GM lens will be very struggling on Crane plus
whether you are a photographer or videographer, this lens could suitable for you
Some people concer about image quality of this lens
As a G series lens
it features 2x advanced aspherical lens, 2x aspherical lens and 3 ED glass
doesn't compromise any quality
lense resolution confidently over 24M pixel camera like A7 III
Even I've been told the sharpness on A7RIII body outstanding as well. which is a 42M pixel camera
fell bad I could not approve it due to our A7RIII's card slot faulty
we sent it away to get repair over 3 weeks, but haven't heard any feedback yet...shame..
It is already 2018, according to the current design and industrial technology
It's not difficult for camera manufacturers to design and manufacture an incredible sharp lens
To evaluate whether a lens is well-made, I will look at the following aspects
First: color dispersion
secondly: Anfi-flare/anti-glare.
in another word, the lense coating
Third: Aperture blade design / Starburst / bokeh performance
It seems like that this lens has basically reached my expectations of quality, in fact, it can reach the professional level of use.
Most complain we received about price
Compare Canon EF 24-105mm and Nikon 24-120mm lens price range at $1000
Yes, It is really expensive ($2000)
may be some people feel been ripped off by Sony
I have my opinion
Sony already has a budget lens--24-70/4 ZA since 2014
and following professional market demand
Sony announced 24-70 G master lens held in $3000 price range
it is more like a G master "travel version" to me
it maintains G master lens image quality
extension 35mm focal to 105mm sub-tele
and bring down one stop aperture to f4 to minimize weigth and size
it performs as good as Canon L lens
from that point
I believe the Sony 24-105mm f4 G lens still worth to buy
some friends asked me
should I wait until the price reduce?
I guess it wouldn't be happened maybe in 2 years time
( we will see...）
this lens suitable for any Sony A7 camera user whether if a photographer or videographer
particular for Sony A7 III (R3) user
How to justify among all those E mont lenses?
Sony FE 24-105mm f4 suits most circumstances, such as travel or family applications
it got longer range and better optical quality compare to 24-70 ZA.
it got the weather sealed design and better build quality compare to Sony 24-240
For people who shoots video
sony 24-105 has constant aperture
the aperture doesn't change while you zoom in/out lens
it is much lighter than Sony 24-70 2.8 Gmaster lens
only one lens confuse me that was the Tamron 28-75/2.8 lense
It is all depends on how do you want use your camera
Portrait photographer, Weight critical user,
Tamron 28-75/2.8 still are good option
Most importantly. Tamron 28-75/2.8 lens are 40% cheaper than Sony 24-105mm
If your budget wasn't too tight. Sony can deliver stuming image quality to you
Please leave up comment as below if you have any question or advidse
Thanks to watching ColorBee photography magazine.
I'm Brian. see you next time