what's up guys if I can only purchase one lens or take only one lens with me
for the sony a6500 it would be the sony 35mm lens f1.8 with
optical steadyshot
if you're wondering why i'm using sony gear now instead of panasonic watch this
video up here and it will explain why I switched from Panasonic video gear to
now Sony video gear so I love this lens for multiple reasons first of all it's
really small compact and lightweight it weighs next to nothing and imagine
holding a small little tangerine that's what it feels like so this fits the
mirrorless lifestyle perfectly compared to this heavier DSLR lens that is about
2 or 3 times its size and it also weighs maybe 3 or 4 times as much as this lens
this lens provides a nice shallow depth of field at F 1.8 I really like having
my subject sharp and in focus and behind them having a nice creamy blurry
background it's so visually pleasing and it screams professionalism videos shot on
this lens are really sharp it's actually sharper than what I get on some of my
other Sony lenses also because this lens is an F 1.8 it performs very well in
low-light situations I have used this lens at multiple
concerts and crowd shots and I have gotten very good results typically I
really haven't had to raise my ISO past 800 also going off of image quality this
lens has seven aperture blades so this gives you some really nice bokeh balls
if you saw my last video you will know that fast reliable autofocus is very
important to me and this lens lives up to that I can pan from a subject far
away now to a close subject and focus will be achieved instantly also using
this lens on a gimbal tracking your subject with a shallow depth of field
works really well now for a cherry on top this lens has image stabilization
Sony calls it optical steady shot and when you combine this with the built-in
stabilized censor of the Sony a6500 you can get some nice stabilized
handheld shots this lens has an e-mount and it's an aps-c format lens it's a 35
mm lens when you throw it on to a crop sensor camera like the Sony a6500
it's going to give you an equivalent
focal length of about 55mm and this is a very pleasing focal length
because it's about what the human eye can see in its field of view the minimum
focusing distance for this lens is about one foot or about a third of a meter so
this allows you to get really close to your subject and you can get some really
nice headshots now the big question is how much does this little guy cost this
little guy can pack a pretty big punch and I'm happy to say that it's under
$400 it's about $398 and for this quality of
lens of this caliber you get good low-light performance a nice shallow
depth of field you get image stabilization and also overall just
great performance for the price of about $398
that is an excellent deal for this lens and that's why if I could only purchase
one lens I would purchase this one and if I could only take one lens with me I
would take this lens too because it's small its lightweight and it performs
really well typically a lens of this caliber would probably cost a grand if
you're interested in checking out this lens or purchasing one for yourself I'll
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the channel going in a future video I'll share with you some of the other lenses
I have for my sony a6500 i will also share some of the video accessories I
have acquired I guess I'll just make out what's in my camera bag video but that
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