Welcome! And thank you, that's great to hear

Thanks man!

Sweet! I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

Thank you so much for the kind words. It makes me happy to hear all this. Let me know if you have any questions.

My pleasure! According to B&H website (it's been a minute) Sigma f2.8-22 Tamron f2.8-16

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you Glad to hear it was helpful!

Thank you!

Thanks for the sub! Have you tried the Filmic Base yet?

Thanks a ton, will do

Can't go too wrong with either one. Thanks

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much! Welcome aboard!

Totally agree!

Thank you so much my friend!

Awesome, thank you and welcome aboard

Sounds like a great combo for photography!

Nice! Same here. And the weather sealing ;) It's my work horse

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks for watching!

Interesting - Bad copy or bad adaptation to the X-mount...

Great combo

Nice! As you saw in the video, even the Weebill S handles the entire zoom range of the weather sealed Tamron without breaking a sweat. So the similar sized 16-55 would probably not be a problem on a gimbal either. p The 16-55 is an interesting option as it hits the 3rd price tier and rivals options like Sigmas full frame 24-70 (that also lacks stabilization) in price. I think that's why we hear and see so little about that lens, it's a tough sell on paper ;)

16-55 is best, I love it.

I used the Sony 16-55 mm f/2.8 G extensively, for the last 16 months. This lens is exactly as good as any fixed focal lens of its range in existence, facts proven by... dozens of tests (PetaPixel included). I used it on a Sony A7M4, with a little crop in post-production, just for the fun of it. I could not find any flaw in pictures, with a 300% zoom-in. And those were real-estate images, with lots of furniture, details, tiny objects, decorations, etc. I initially considered the Tamron 17-70, but noticed its soft corners... a no-go for interiors and architecture. And other usages too. Then, it did not feature any "assistance" on the barrel, which is a bit annoying nowadays. All reasons leading to go for the Sony 16-55. But Tamron know how to make great lenses (their 35-150 mm f/2-2.8 is a killer !), and I've owned some. Plus Sony owns shares of Tamron, explaining why they are so well paired with Sony cameras. I am eagerly waiting for the 2nd generation of this Tamron 17-70 mm f/2.8, because, lessons being learnt, it shall be way better optically and fitted with better assistance features. Before next year hopefully, as Tamron is currently renewing their whole range with major improvements along the way. And then, I may consider it... that 70 mm max focal length makes my mouth water.

Good choice! They're both great options both the Sigma and the Tamron. Hard to go wrong with any of them.

Thank you I appreciate it 🙏

Well, lets agree to disagree there, I think my examples in this video supports my stand quite well ;) Have a great day!

@@ThomasFransson Same thought I had same thoughts for first few months. Until some artifacts got so bad that no software could fix it.

Well, apart from the faulty settings that I showed along with the examples along with samples with the correct settings. I haven't had any issues. During almost a year of frequent use. It's obviously no miracle worker that VC or any OIS for that matter. Some people put too much trust in those instead of using a gimbal when the shots calls for it.

Still just choose which you like better The tamron is still the objectively better lens It depends just on which is in your budget

The tamron has been tested a lot with IBIS bodies and no one found this issue. So either this is an user error. Or something broke along the way, maybe time to contact the repair center.

It's a great lens for sure

That sounds odd. I didn't notice any major differences in my side by sides, but I shot those in manual mode. Have you checked if you have any exposure compensation or exposure preview function activated on your camera? Sadly I'm not too familiar with the photo side of Sony but I know there's usually some sort of exposure preview on most cameras. If that's active the screen or image will look much brighter when you half press the shutter as the camera can override auto settings and open the Aputure or change other settings to give you a better view for framing and to grab focus. But the image will be darker than what you see on your screen when you lock focus. Just thinking out loud here if you still have the lens at hand you could try the lens in manual mode vs auto mode to see if there’s a camera that might be the problem. If not, the Tamron isn’t a bad lens either;)

It's the perfect travel lens for sure

Yes, it is. Thanks

@@ThomasFransson Ok, so the focus is not changing differently depending on how fast you turn the focus ring?

Feels pretty linear to me.

I don't think so. The Sony sits in the same price range as the Sigma 24-70 f2.8 (full frame and even if price isn't a factor in this scenario, it can serve as a yardstick when comparing the pros and cons of these lenses. Performance wise the Sony isn't significantly better than the Sigma or Tamron. The focus breathing on the Sony 16-55 f2.8 seems well controlled. From what I recall it's not supported by the Focus Breathing Compensation anyway, so this wouldn't be a deciding factor. The AF performance of the Sigma and Tamron are both quite excellent, but we can assume the 16-55 would be slightly better. Compared to the Sigma you're getting a little extra width and reach along with better dust and moisture resistance. Probably better LOCA performance too on the Sony Compared to the Tamron you get slightly better performance when it comes to CA, but I wouldn't say the Tamron suffers from any major CA issues. The Sony have an AF/MF switch on the lens barrel and a smaller size. But you're missing out on the extra reach, image stabilization and weather sealing. So even if price isn't a deciding factor, it's hard to say what the Sony does that much better than any of the other options in my opinion. It is a nice zoom range and slightly more versatile than the Sigma but not so compared to the Tamron. And if you're going to get into Sony's full frame cameras later on, I'd rather grab the Sigma 24-70 and a fast wide prime for now. Or the apsc Tamron or Sigma f2.8 lenses. So in my opinion (and everyone can disagree if they want) apart from super small improvements in AF and optically on some points. It's hard to say what makes the Sony a much better option unless - one really wants native glass or that 16-55 and size happens to be more ideal than the smaller sigma or the larger but extended reach of the Tamron. Sorry that was rather long, but that's how I look at these three lenses.

@@ThomasFranssonThanks a lot for the extensive analysis, it is much appreciated and it really helps to put things into perspective. I will take a look as well to the Sigma 24-70, cheers!.

Glad if I'm able to help. Keep in mind that 24mm might not be quite wide enough for everything (even if I shoot a lot on a 23mm f1.4 myself) sometimes it can be a good idea to have a wider faster prime.

Standard would be just the sensor stabilization and active sensor stabilization plus digital stabilization.

That's too bad, i find it works ok with the FX30 as I demonstrated in the video. What camera are you shooting on?

With a6700 is ok

Yep, works great on aps-c lenes

Nope

@@ThomasFransson i just watched a few other reviews and they all confirm that the VC of the lens fights against the ibis of the camera

Works just fine on the FX30 as you can see in this video. I've shot hours with this setup as I bought the lens with my FX30 over a year ago. Maybe they're using active steady shot or have their steady shot set to manual - Or think the IBIS/Steady Shot and VC can replace a gimbal. The ibis on the FX30 isn't great to begin with and who knows, maybe the VC and Active mode gets to sticky if used together. Not sure though why one would use Active steady and VC - But maybe some of them use none stabilized lenses and didn't change the ibis mode when trying the Tamron... As you could see in the video even I messed this up at first and had to go back and re-shoot some test shots ;)

@@ThomasFransson yes it when using active mode it gets worse

I can imagine, basically a tripod mode. Well, as I've used this lens quite extensively and cover the VC/OIS with examples in the video I don't think I have much more to add.

That's gonna be a great setup for that. Have shot some events just like this.

Always happy to be of use ;)

I'm glad you found what's right for you.

It the size of an aps-c prime pretty much. Great if you want small, bad if you need something to hold onto 😅 You guessed it, im in Malmö.