this is a bit of an update to a video I did before as photographers as
videographers as much as I hate that term there's nothing really else to
describe it content creators if you will I think we're constantly perfecting our
gear not necessarily in terms of buying new lenses but in terms of using lenses
for specific purposes we're perfecting the gear that we use in a way that's
unique to us so I want to tell you now about the best
lenses that I think are out there for the Sony a7 three which are the ones
that I use and how it is I use them every lens you arm should have a purpose
and it should earn its right to be in your bag you shouldn't just be carrying
around lenses just for the sake of owning them it makes no sense I research
a lot before I purchase a lens lenses aren't cheap and you need to make sure
what you're getting is gonna be an exact fit for yourself for how you're gonna
use it there's a lot of money being spent and you want to make sure it's
perfect basically you don't need the most expensive lenses out there you need
the lenses that are gonna get the job done while it can great for the cheapest
price and there are ones out there that can do all that which is why I use them
and that's why I'm talking about a little bit about me I shoot YouTube
videos like this I do that with short films for myself light often porn here I
show a lot of combat sports Muay Thai anime that kind of thing
corporate videos and some real estate work as well and all of this is for both
photo and for video if you shoot anything like I do do yourself a favor
and save some money which is what I'm trying to help you do in this video so
let's get straight into it and talk about the first lens the Sony 1635 F for
not the F 2.8 this lens can be used for many many different things my main
purpose for it right now is real estate both folks of antha video the 16 mil
focal lengths on this on full frame on the a7 3 is absolutely perfect for real
estate sharing real estate you need super wide you need to make spaces look
as big as possible with something like a 16 it's gonna allow you to do that if
you use a 24 it's not really gonna give you that big open wide look things are
gonna look very true to how they look to your eye
which when you walk into a room might look quite small 16 it's gonna make it
look bigger I'll be honest I don't really use the 1635 F for past 16 much
anymore and there's a reason for that I have another lens I use an establish or
talk about in a bit but if you want to this can cover you for everything up
until last year I was literally using this as my
everything lens I did a whole video talking about it this is great for
landscape shots this is great for architecture as a gimbal lens it's
fantastic you really can use this for everything and anything you want if you
want to vlog with this lens again really really nice 16 is super wide makes
things look big makes things look dramatic 1635 is look great everything
all round lens so the negatives of this lens f/4 is going to be the biggest
thing that stands out to people it's not gonna have vodka f/4 has never been a
problem for me if you get nice and close to your subject background still gonna
be out of focus just the way things work low light might be a conservative on
people at f/4 but trust in your eighty seven threes abilities to be able to
shoot in low-light environments you can crank our ISO up to 10,000 easily and
not have any issues with significant noise damage of 10,000 is still gonna be
completely usable if issue infos shoot'em raw you have even more to play
with after the fact the extra money to get the two-point AGM is substantial the
GM is $2,100 this is $1300 that's a big difference in money you can utilize that
money to buy a different lens honestly unless you shoot everything in low light
environments just get the f4 version you will be very happy with this now there
is a lens that did come out recently the tan on 17 to 28 f 2.8 that could
potentially do a lot of things to harm sales of the F 2.8 GM and potentially
even this as well because the price of that is very similar to the price of
this so bear that in mind have I done a review on it no because I
don't own it because I can't get it because it's sold out everywhere but if
you are thinking about potentially getting this lens maybe look at the
Tamron as well it's a potential option for you now for my next lens I'm
actually shooing on it right now and I need to swap to it so I'm gonna put the
1635 on on hopefully get an image that looks very similar background might get
a little bit more in focus but let's talk to that lens right now alright
hello a bit of a change look there but we need it so we can talk about this
lens yes of course the Sony 24 mil F 1.4 G master the only G master lens I own
the only lens that you will need to remortgage your house to buy so this is
it my main gimbal lens the lens that stays on my camera now for most of the
time this is I have used to replace take over from
some of the duties of the 1635 F for chime now shoeing on I love this lens
the background separation the drop off when you're shoeing especially F 1.4 is
absolutely beautiful you autofocus as with every other Sony
lens is incredible extremely quick very responsive and accurate you wouldn't
expect anything less because it's a native Sony lens and then if Sony lenses
always work really well this is on my gimbal for most of the day when I'm
shooting events when it comes to the evenings for events especially at things
like weddings you need to stop right down to F 1.4 because it sometimes gets
dark and of course you can do that while maintaining a really nice look
background disappears to nothing everything although focus is really well
24 is a really nice focal length and it's just a fantastic gimbal lens for
martial art events again nice and wide not too wide that I'm out of the action
I can still get in nice and close if I want to I can punch in the aps-c in crop
mode this comes like a 36 something like that then problem I have with the 1635
is often it would just look too wide I love that wide look and yes you can go
to 24 with the 1635 f4 but 24 F 1.4 looks way nicer this is also the lens I
used to shoot most of my YouTube video is why I had to swap from this lens to
be able to talk about this lens and hold it in my hand it's just a very very nice
look when it comes to shooting talking head videos like this if I'm out and
about I want to vlog with it 24 again not quite as wide as 16 but because of
the background separation and the drop off the shallow depth of field with this
I just prefer the look of this lens over the f/4 even if I'm not using our F 1.4
at F 2.8 which is commonly why I shoot these kinds of videos at it just looks
incredible the landscape photos again for architecture it's not quite as why
does that 16 it's just a really nice cinematic focal length 24 is a very
cinematic look something about it they're just trumps other focal lengths
and I like it this is of course the lens for astrophotography if you're into that
or you want to get into there this is an expensive lens to go with by is a lens
that has been reviewed as one of the best if not the best lens for
when it comes to astrophotography it's a cocktail of the perfect focal length it
goes down to F 1.4 and it's sharp corner to corner for you pixel peepers out
there you can look at the reviews if you don't believe me sharp throughout you
don't have any issues with stars disappearing common problem with Sony
and lenses is something called the star e2 problem where stars just don't look
how they should don't get that problem with this lens if you can't tell this is
probably my favorite lens I own and yes it's a gmask that yes it's expensive but
it's the only G monster that's out there so the only actually 24 that's out there
that really does everything they can do there is a sigma 24 f 1.4 out there but
it's huge if you're not aware of that it's huge it's big it's heavy this is a
tiny and compact lens if you're thinking about buying it just buy it you will not
regret in any way the only bad thing the challenge I guess will be finding it in
stock you can't get anyway it's our stock everywhere I got this back in
February luckily Amazon had a couple in stock and still out of stock and we're
what August now and this lens nearly came out a year ago and you still can't
buy it if that doesn't tell you how good it is then I don't know what does
alright let's swap back to this lens now as I'm done talking about it and I want
to get that look again okay we're back to 24 G master good lens
next up the Sony 55 F one point a little bit of an older lens but still hugely
used and very very well reviewed and extremely sharp lens if you haven't seen
the whole review I didn't this lens before I'll put that up there so this is
a seriously sharp Lance which instantly makes it great for portraits you want
that eye nice and sharp that's the lens a very natural focal length as well 55
very close to 50 and I'm sure you've all heard of the nifty 50s the lens that
people typically get when they first get their DSLR a mirrorless camera they're
normally cheaper lenses Sony does make a 50 but any research on that and you'll
see it's not the greatest lens in the world and the 55 hugely Trump's that so
this is a very natural-looking focal length which means you can kind of use
it for everything if you're in any space where you can move forwards and
backwards because it's a prime it doesn't of zoom then you're going to be
able to use this lens for that situation b-roll if you're shooting weddings
little details for portraits at weddings for letter readings anything that you
want shoot if you can move around great lens
for it for interviews for corporate style things things where your film with
people even for stuff like this if you won that fifty five Prime look it's a
great lens for it super sharp blow your background to F 1.8 you know when you
see an image and you're just happy with how it looks that's this and that's its
a Zeiss I mean what more do you really need to know it's not a zoom but if you
own primes you know why you own primes zooms are good for convenience Prime's
are good for that look that Prime look that you just can't get with a zoom
sorry about the light if it keeps changing the Sun is there well I'm in
silence outside and don't have a remote for the Sun I got a remote for this
light and it looks nice when it goes down like this when it glass through not
so much I have actually use this on a gimbal before as well it's nice and
light so it balance is very easy on pretty much any gimbal it's a tiny
lenses in case you've never seen it before
very very small they're different to what you'd normally show on a gimbal you
normally get wide this gives you a little bit of a punch skin look that
natural eye looking gimbal movement and when you're zoomed in a little bit more
on a gimbal the background moves a little bit more and it's really cool up
55 great for low-light environments as well F 1.8 so when you want to use it
those events where it's a bit darker you can no problem so the other options you
have when it comes to a 55 would be the sony 50 not a very well reviewed lens
there's also the 50 planner by sony which is quite a bit more money about
500 us more apparent ease a little bit sharper which I find hard to believe
because this is incredibly sharp but the planar is a parent a sharp I've never
owned it that's an option for you as well do you need to spend that $500 I'd
say not try this out first and see what you think once you see the sharpness of
this I think you'll find I don't need any sharper depends on much of your
pores on your nose you want to see really I guess negatives of this lens
will be the focusing distance and what I mean by that is you have to be quite far
away from your subject to be able to get this to focus if you're this close it's
not gonna work you got to be like something like that I'd say that's about
how far you gotta be for this to focus properly so depending on the situation
you're in that might not be ideal but it's something to be aware of other than
that perfect lens next up we have the sony 85 an incredibly budget lens so
what it offers a 599 yes there's a couple alternatives out
there which I'll talk about in a bit but this is still my go-to when it comes to
there's that Sun again go away so the 85 very similar to 55
just more reach for events where I'm stood a little bit further back and the
70-200 another lens we'll talk about in a bit where that lens is on a different
camera and I'm using two bodies and I need that reach still I'll use the 85
and I'll often punch you in with aps-c crop mode and they give me 127 so a nice
zoomed look if you need to stand at the back
okay that's sniper shots you can almost do that with this superb lens for
portraiture arguably better than the 55 depending on the look you want to get
depth of field is taking Polly the same at F 1.8 because of the compression
because it's zoomed in more into larger focal lengths your background is gonna
be more Bo curry creamy blown out whatever you want to use it's gonna be
better with this and it is with a 55 so great for events great for b-roll
cinematic look can't really vlog with it however 598 not the cheapest one out
there which is actually good you'll see that I recently talked about the Ville
trucks 85 which is arguably I'd say better build quality heavier just feels
nicer and this is only 398 and I've done some tests on this I'll put the video
there and you can see autofocus is nearly the same it's quite incredible
that the built rocks has managed to do what they've done with this and get it
to nearly the same quality as the Sony you might get some pixel people's out
there that disagree but I think this is nearly as good as the Sony 85 f 1.8 I'll
let you be the judge but I quite like the look of this and I feel like the
weight of this and the build quality this is actually a little bit better
than the Sony so if you're on a budget and you're looking for 85 don't write
this off this is a good option for you it's amazing that a third-party company
like ville trucks can do what they can do and get this as close to the Sony as
they've managed to do good job bill trucks back to the Sony one more time
one big it's not a big issue but an issue that sometimes I wish this had oh
is so optical image stabilization built into it I know the sony has ibis but
when you have oh is and I this building together it's very smooth if you're
zoomed in you get no shake at all with this I will often find the shake is a
lot more noticeable than it would be if using the 55 which also doesn't have OAS
but that's because it zoomed in more it's gonna be more apparent so bear that
in mind if you're zoomed in you're not on a tripod and on a monopod in your
shooting video and you might get some shake which might make you shot unusable
another comparable lens this would be the sony 85 g MF 1.4 that is $1,800
nearly no more than three times the cost of this is it worth three times the cost
absolutely not there's a ton of reviews on there a ton
of research that people have done and sometimes it's really hard to tell the
difference there's also the zeiss batis which is about four hundred dollars more
than this again people have done tests and you really can't tell the difference
that much 85f 1.8 is gonna be one you would want to consider over those lenses
maybe even the vill trucks and then finally these 70 to 200 f/4 lens I'm
standing use a lot more and more for both photo and for video f4 you're
probably thinking terrible low light terrible bokeh no don't think that way
not the case 7,200 gives you a lot of compression compression equals more
bokeh here's an example for you hard to believe that that's taken at f/4 and
with the low-light shown on a 73 it's while you're watching this video you can
crank the ISO again go up to 10000 if you need to you can have very very
little noise it's gonna be a completely usable image the autofocus because the
Sony is incredible very useful for a ton of different things it's standing at the
back again out of the way you can zoom Ryan get any shots that you want to get
fantastic lens for portraits I'm using this a lot for portraits recently and I
really like it you can rely on the autofocus to just do its thing use them
into what you want it to get and it's great for that perfect for other events
so I want to get a variety of looks I want to get that 70 but I also need to
go right into 200 and get that close-up look really great for combat sport
events to be honest with you you can get two different styles of shots and
quickly go between the two and even when you're jumping in with a zoom I quite
like that look as well for that fast-paced movement you can really get
into the action if you need to and the best thing about it is the autofocus is
instant so if you are going from 70 to 200 it's picking up your focus no
problem if you've been to any event you've seen a white lens on a camera
chances are it's probably a 7200 could be a canon camera
could be a Sony camera but if it's white it's probably the 7200 it may be the F
2.8 version and there is an F 2.8 version of that but it's 2600 us this is
1500 us it's $1,100 you can go and buy any of the other lenses I talked about
apart from the 24 for that cost save the money and just get one of the lenses
this does of course have OAS in it as well so remember how I was just talking
about how the 85 doesn't have that and that this does so when you zoom in if
you turn it off you can see the difference of it it's shaky if you turn
it on it just becomes smooth like you're on a gimbal and it works so well with
the Ibis and the s7 3 if you can't tell I quite like this lens and if you want
to go really crazy and get some Michael Bay esque shots you can't balance this
on some gimble's where the a7 3 and get some very interesting familiar looking
shot so you probably would have seen some Hollywood movies before you can
really use this for a lot more than you think you can you just have to
experiment and play around with it if it's just bokeh that you want the
difference between F 4 and F 2.8 you really think it's gonna be enough to
make you want to spend at $1100 it's a lot of money as I said you can go buy
any of those other lenses I talked about save that money and get the f4 I'm so
happy with this I don't ever see a reason honestly to get the F 2.8 and I
frankly don't want to spend the money either so those are the lenses I
consider are the best full-frame lenses for the Sony a7 3 though the lenses I
use in the kit I've perfected and I hope with the examples just put over the top
of all the lenses I was talking about it shows you how I use them and if you
shoot anything similar to me in any way you might find that these are the best
lenses the lenses you probably want to go ahead and pick up or at least try out
to see if they fit into your kit I hope you kind of understood that with the
lenses that I talked about there are other ones out there that are more
expensive you don't need to necessarily spend that much money if you're looking
to get similar star shots to me you shoot the same kind of things as me
these lenses are more than enough appreciate you watching today hopefully
you got something from this video hopefully you take something away write
down below what lenses you use for your a7 three I'm very interested to know
what your favorite lens is where if there's a lens you're thinking again
pretty sure you're all when I say the tan one 1728 but let's see that's that
buns down below you know what to do I'm not gonna force you I'll see you guys in
the next one