hi if you just want to buy one full frame lens for your sony camera this is probably it this is the
sigma 24-70 f 2.8 now i've actually reviewed this lens before i had a loner like eight months ago
but i've now bought this myself i've tried a bunch of different lenses i own mostly primes and i've
never really owned a lens like this before mostly because i kind of had it in my head that i just
wanted to shoot with primes they were faster they were sharper and for the most part that's true
but after using this almost exclusively on the a7s3 since it came out since i got this camera
i've got to say this is probably the one lens that does everything the best and i'm talking for
both photo and video i've shot an entire wedding using just this lens and nothing else i've shot a
commercial martial arts video with just this lens small business promo with this lens which had a
lot of b-roll and some talking head segments in it i've shot a bunch of different photos with this
shot some portraits with this numerous b-roll sequences and it did it all flawlessly there
wasn't one instance where i wanted to grab a different lens or change this lens out for
something else which meant i wasn't worried about if dust got inside the sensors or changing lenses
you know how it is which meant i was able to focus entirely on creating and filming which is
important this is the best run and gun one size fits all lens for shooting pretty much anything
and that's exactly the reason that i bought it i wanted something i could throw on this camera
and just go out and shoot and you're probably thinking well what about all the other lenses
you've talked about before all the other lenses that you own we're not discrediting those the 24
g master is still my favorite look of any lens and this is never gonna beat that i'm
just saying this is a better solution for people that want one lens to shoot a large
variety of different things if you're new to photography or video or you've just picked up
a sony from camera you don't have the money go and drop on a bunch of different prime lenses
you want a prime to cover pretty much all the scenarios that this will cover
and you're probably looking at like close to four thousand dollars this costs you 1099
and you're going to be very happy with everything you can do with it 24 is one of my favorite focal
lengths for shooting a large variety of things but you can go all the way to 70 and anything between
and it's at a fixed f 2.8 which means at 70 you're going to have that nice compression that nice
background separation the depth of field but you're also going to get it when you close up
with things at 24. the image quality out of this is just beautiful straight out the camera it just
has a nice look to it and the sharpness for a zoom lens is is a little bit ridiculous to be
honest with you it's what you'd expect to see out of a prime lens because it is f 2.8 continuously
it means on an a7 s3 or even an a7 iii in low light situations you're pretty much going to be
set you're not going to have to worry autofocus is not as speedy quick as with a native sony lens
but it's not bad it's accurate and i've never honestly seen it being a problem and using this
on a rig with a handle even with a monitor attached it just feels right in the hands it
it's a great setup to use now it is weather sealed but i don't know to what degree quick search on
the internet reveals there's definite dust issues that some people have with this however common
misconception with that is that the dust will show on your images and on your video now it's actually
a bit too far away from the sensor of the camera to be able to pick that up the dust is normally
right behind the front element here so any dust or specks you're seeing on your photo video is likely
on the sensor opposed to actually inside the lens or any of the dust is inside the lens i do have a
couple of specs in here but with these kinds of lenses with a zoom lens the way that this works
it's kind of sucking the lens back in when you put it back in there and that will draw dust into the
barrel so it's not unusual to have dust in zoom lenses like this but just know it doesn't impact
your image quality when i reviewed this before i did talk about how the loner unit that i had had a
loose focus string and now i've got my own version it's still pretty loose but you do get used to it
after a while and you're probably wondering how does this compare to the tamron 28 to 75 and i've
owned that lens before and i didn't love it it never really had like a wow factor to it that i
get from using this lens the build quality on that lens just isn't on par with the build quality of
the sigma here images look better they're sharper autofocus is more accurate on this overall i
just think this is a much better lens than the tamron 28-75 not to mention that 28 versus 24
is a lot more than you think to me 28 isn't that wide 24 is like the perfect wideness so something
to bear in mind so if you're just looking for one lens to shoot a variety of different subjects for
both photo and video just stop looking sigma 24 to 70 f 2.8 is uh is what you need that's it