Fellow Irish KZfaqr here. Smashed the subscribe button. Where would you recommend I look to pick up one of these second hand? Is it a good lens for just sit down talking to the camera videos or are there more suitable options? Thanks man.

Took mine on a interrail trip and it fell down from a 1meter table. Directly on my uv filter, it survived without any issues. :)

literally the BEST review I've seen on the sigma 18-35mm, I ordered not long ago before watching this review hope I'll like this lens when it comes.

For someone who focuses mainly on music videos (with a G85, Viltrox EF-M2, and Ronin-M) I find this lens my favorite. Yes it's heavy, and before buying, I was concerned that the zoom range wouldn't be enough, but after real-world use, this thing is perfect for me. For Ronin-usage, I've only ever used this lens, but sometimes I'll switch to my Tokina 11-16 when I need wider tripod/handheld/shoulder rig shots. Thanks for the long-term review!

Hey guys, new video of one of the most popular lenses out there. Popular for a reason! This isn't a technical review but moreso a 'user experience' video based on having this bad boy in my camera bag for the last 5 years. Let me know what you think!

one thing to keep in mid is that for video, most cinematogphers stay below 35/40mm on s35 (apsc) sensors. Most beginners likes to use long lenses because there is less for them to worry about (and of cousres the shallow dof), I was there for a while, but the more I shoot, the more I relize mastering a wide lens gives way better resulte, so don't see why the zoom range is a problem.

I got the Sigma 18-35 a few months ago along with the .71 Metabones speedbooster for my BMPCC4K. Personally, I love it. I've heard some people say that it's too sharp. But, I'd rather have too sharp than too soft. But, I don't see anything wrong with the footage I've shot as far as sharpness goes. Anyway, it was fun watching your experience with it.

I love your comment, it's not the lens but the person behind the lens. I love the Sigma 18-35mm paired with the Pocket Cinema Camera. Been contemplating whether to upgrade to the 4k pocket cinema camera

Great video, I love the end where you point out what so many don't realize, it's not the camera or lenses, it's the person behind it that makes great video or photos.

Great to see a fellow Galway man showcasing some great shots of Salthill and the Spanish arch. Great review on the sigma. Mighty work.

Great review, I like the fact you've used and lived with the lense for some time and had the opportunity to try it out on a bunch off different cameras

Panasonic is basically going to be coming out with the Micro 4/3rds version of the Sigma 18-35 later this year. The 10-25mm f1.7. Which is very close in equivalent focal range to APS-C.

This is the best video i saw ever about sigma 18-35. I liked this channel 😍

8:07 that OH SH!T! moment and the nice catch whew! 8:14

I wanted this but I got the Tokina 16-28mm f2.8 for my SL2 so I can use it when I go full frame, but I'm really glad you posted this, good work!

Great video Hugh. Your first video you did so long ago was the video that sold me on this lens 👊

Such an in-depth review with years of experience. Thanks!

Hi Hugh. This review is extremely detailed composed into all components. Highly professional approach and information oriented presentation of the material. This presentation is nevertheless designed more for semi-professionals who are no longer amateurs, but have already moved to the next stage in there hobby of photography and I staying in this category. So, I would like to ask you as a professional, about proper choose of a lenses for landscape photography, especially night photography. My current lens is Canon EF-S 15-85 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM, which I am very pleased with. But it's time to change the level. My choose is standing on three lenses Sigma 18-35 f1.8 DC HSM ART Canon 16-35 f/4 L IS USM Tamron 15-30 f/2.8 DI VC USD And my currently used camera is Canon 90D It's not difficult to explain that all good things and hobbies interest ended by the credit card, but anyway the technical characteristics are much higher. Thanks in advance

I love love love this lens. Also I’ve had it for along time. I shoot live music photography and now videos for the past year. At first I loved the lens (if) it hit focus on my Nikon d 7000. Was going to sell it then I got the Nikon d 500 and everything changed. It is my hands down most used lens. And yes it does front and back focus but not very often on the d500. The older d7000 was atrocious. I have a SteadyCam Merlin w/the arm and vest and this is on that system 99.999% of the time.

Never seen any of your videos before, but this was a nice review/round-up. If only it were magically a full-frame lens. 😊

Great video Hugh, this is still my favorite lens of all time!

Great video. Please please please do one on the 50-100. Especially on, like, its real world use. I have the Sigma 18-35 and absolutely love it. I suspect that like many, I can't quite pull the trigger on the 50-100, because of it being double the weight - not much fun handheld. But I can't quite take my eyes off it either! Would really be interested in your thoughts.

It's a heavy baby, dropped mine 1-2 feet (30 centimeters) into a metallic basket and it messed with my zoom-ring which is now a little glitchy. You'd think it's robust but it's really not. Great lens though, as long as you don't play basket with it.

Nice summary of the lens and it's capabilities! Been thinking of getting the GH5 for too long now and looks like this lens (plus booster as mentioned) might not be a bad starting point. Cheers!

Thank you so much for this Real, and honest review. So insightful for when you need to pick a lens to use ! Cannot wait to try this out on my next Trip coming up !

Thanks for your in depth thoughts and real world experiences. Appreciate the detail and practical applications.

Good to see and support a fellow country man Just about to buy this lens for film making also for myself

Grand review. I snagged one 2 days ago for me C300 mkii..... Still packin the Canon f2.8 16-35mm vii tho. B&H foto had a 250$ off deal on monday.... couldn't resist. deadly review! tanks

Hugh, Just the video I needed to see. A review that evaluates the 18 to 35mm after awhile of use and mild abuse. I glad it has held up so well for you and confirms my plans for early 2019. I was at a beer and snacks event locally put on by a rental/retail shop with reps and products from Panasonic, Red, DJI, Sigma, SmallRig and a couple of others. The Sigma rep was showing mostly their cinematic primes, but he did have the 18 to 35 mm ART, that he pulled from the back and went over it with me. It was my first time going over it and later I checked their website with the programming cap available for a couple of presets. Quite the intelligent lens. Thank you for your thoughts and yes I sub'ed and liked. I'm sure you have a few tips that I can pick up on for future reference. Cheers from San Diego.

The calibrating dock does nothing to help with the lens front and back focusing problem. If it was only front focus you could calibrate it but that's not the problem with the lens . It can back focus one shot front focus the next shot and be dead on the next . Even while you are in the process of calibrating the lens you can't get 5 shots in a row to be at the same focus point making it impossible to adjust properly . Just when you think you gave it adjusted dead on your next shot show a back focus or front focus of all the way to a 6 or 7 on your scale . After hours and hours of adjusting and never the same result 2 times in a row you just give up . Do this test . Take 10 shots and count how many are back focusing how many are front focusing and how many are in focus . Now do this test a 2nd time . with 10 more shots . Here is what going to happen the first of 10 might have 3 front focus , 3 back focus and and 4 in focus . the next set of 10 could be 5 front focus and 5 back focus with none in focus . Each set of 10 shots you take will be different no matter how many times you do the test they will never be the same results. This is how bad the focusing problem is .

Thanks for the video. Further justification for my recent purchase of this lens for my GH5

Seriously? That's totally unfair. What's wrong with you KZfaq!! I just found you today. I will watch all your videos and i'll watch all ads too. You deserve much more than just 7.2K

Lovely video. Thanks. I've had this lens for several years and unless I've been doing something catastrophically wrong, it's not parfocal at all. Wish it were.

Good quality video Hugh!

The downside with this lens you didnt touch on is the extremely loud autofocus in video mode. Gets picked up by both the onboard mic / external shotgun mic as well. Can really end up ruining the audio capture

Great review...looking to buy this for my Sony FS5 with the MC-11 Adapter.

Great video. Thank you for sharing so much useful detail about this lens.

Great, down to earth review - Thanks Hugh !

Fantastic video. I love your production and 'low-key' approach versus shouting at the viewer. I would like to ask which lens and which light you used for this video?

Hey Thank you for this review, the old one makes me buy one. I love it!

Can someone please tell me the alternative for Sigma 18-35mm f1.8? Like do they have the upgraded version of it? Or coming in the future?

Just discover your video and for me you're really doing the video super professional and intereset. I already got this lens and for me it's the best of my set :) And yes the 0.71X metabones is the nicest choice for this lens ! :) cheers from Switzerland!

Its awesome lens for great times. I sold it and bought it three times. Its great it works on FF as 35mm f1.8 lens.

Love this lens on my Canon 80D. I am mainly photos and haven't gotten into video but for portrait shots, landscape and nightscape shots this is the lens. Solid build, sharp focus and nice bokeh. As for durability: I left my camera on the car roof when storm chasing as I went to move the car forward a bit the camera slid off and as the rig is lens heavy it fell to the road lens first. The UV filter shattered as did the lens hood (had it sitting on the lens backwards for storage) and a small piece of the plastic on the front of the lens busted off. The lens still worked w/o issue and repair was just under $240 CAD (lesson learned).

Great video. I love the sigma 18-35 lens, it's my favorite one so far. Quick question. What slider this you use for this video? Looks really nice

quick correction: just because the front doesnt move, doesnt mean it will stay balanced. the elements of the lens are still moving inside, they have just put a cover over it so you dont see it, and dust stays out. with that said, many lenses will employ a dual element focusing system so the CG stays put, like 70 - 200 f2.8s since they would be uncomfortable to use if the CG kept wildly moving back and forth, but this isnt guaranteed.

Its still the one the best lens ever made by sigma I use it on full frame on my work honestly it's great sure bokeh is better on FF but who cares as long as u can get desired video! And u r did a fantastic job on color grading the videos

Hi!, great lens, i have it since 5 years old too ... Please! did you have any link where you buy the rubbers? (Zoom and Focus) Thanks!

Nice review, just subbed! The 18-35 sigma is my go to lens also for film! Love it!

using GH5 from 3 years, ordered this lens last week. Really looking forward to work on this

Great video Hugh.

I only shoot stills photography, and even a though I mainly use a full framed camera for landscapes, I take my 7DII with me just so I can use this lens. It’s far superior to my Canon 16-35mm f2.8 II to such a point I never use the Canon lens. I have never had any front or back focusing issues, which I definitely had on the Sigma 150-600 Sport before using the hub. However, as I’m usually around f11 with this lens for front to back sharpness I wouldn’t notice it. I’m also usually on a tripod as well and as I always forget to turn off my IS it’s no loss to me I don’t have it on this lens. I have some pretty serious upper body difficulties, and I have no idea how many times I've dropped it. Pain equals clumsiness and that's the main reason I'm sticking with DSLRs. The only damage I've ever had is a broken petal on my lens hood. That happened when my entire tripod went over and it landed smack down on its face with a Canon 7DII that had the battery grip behind it. One issue I’ve heard of with videography is how noisy the AF is, again this isn’t an issue for me. One thing that is an issue the lack of weather proofing, but I'd had it about 3 years before I realised. An excellent review of your experiences with this amazing lens.

Thanks for another great review, Hugh! Hope you have a Happy New Year and pease keep them coming!

thank Hugh for review this great len from sigma in past five years, what next lens they will produce such a great lens like this constant 1.8f.

Just found this and, it's what i needed to buy it so I will do so through your link. Thanks Hugh

Nice video Hugh! I got this lens for my Canon 70D back in 2014 and was my daily driver for years. I too have the Genustech Solar Eclipse ND fader for video, but over the years I really HATED the autofocus noise of the lens, something that you didn't mention. Other than that, your video made me bring my old setup out of the closet where it collects dust since I upgraded to Sony's full frame system. How come you don't have Instagram?

You remind me of conor with your accent, and i mean that in a positive way. I enjoyed this Video 👌🏻

Just found your channel. Great stuff. You won me over.

Hello there, I see all over the place the specification of ''for Crop Sensor cameras'' (APS-C) Why ya'll specifing this, that means it wont work on my full frame ?

Heart attack in 8 minute guaranteed.

I miss them very much (the 18-35 and 50-100), both excellent lenses for filmmaking. I sold them to be able to step up to the A7iii from the a6500. The 24-35 F2 for full frame is also a wonderful lens

You look like you have a very interesting life. Great video!

Thanks Mate! 2021 I will buy one👌

Great review! One of the best that I've seen. Thank you!

Very informative, but you forgot to mention the NOISE the autofocus makes...

This is a beautiful video. Beautiful shots. Well done big sub. I think im going to watch it again then get this lens

Amazing Review!!! So informative thank you - subbed

Knocked it out of the Pawrk.

This lens has massive focus issues when you use it through the viewfinder. It's inconsistent so impossible to fix through their USB dock or your camera AF fine tuning. SEND BACK YOUR COPY if yours has these issues because I've been through the hassle of returning it up to 4 times to Sigma themselves. They later blaimed my camera for the problem but it's only this lens that shows inconsistency. I now still have the lens with the same autofocus issues. I use it through liveview only.

Thanks for such an in-depth review, cheers!

I had this lens since 3 years I use with sony a6500 with mc11 the af it's perfect the only downside it's the noise and heavy but excellent af and so sharp also now I'm using with a7lll but in apsc mode you loose some sharpness .

Great footages my friend, best of luck

Excellent review. Thanks!!

I'm eagerly waiting for the 40mm 1.4

Awesome review, thanks for that!

Great video. Just a quick question, did you replace the rubbers and filter thread yourself ? And if so where did you find the parts ?

Love the presentation....just wondering how it would work on the new Canon R5....Something you might consider talking about sometime mate. Thanks and cheers

How noisy is the autofocus when using the internal camera microphone? Or a Rode on the hot shoe? Is there a lot of hunting, whizzing, clicking noises? Canon has a couple of "STM" lenses that are very quiet. I love that. Thanks, nice review!

This video is a pleasure to watch.

Very good video mate ☺🙏

Thanks for sharing this. Subscribed!

Nice Vid, thumbs up, got also the Lens..... (sound's not so good, to much sszz, maybe a d-esser would be fine)

Love that Irish accent , watch all your video keeo it up 👍

My son knocked over my tripod with the gh5 and the sigma on it. Didn't crack anything but the focus has stiffened up and will not autofocus now. I thought about a dock to see if it would fix it but I doubt it. I don't have the $2-300 it may take to fix it so I have been strictly manual focus. Yep, one drop and its over as far as autofocus. My focus ring is very stiff now also.

Oh my God this lens is 9 years old and still no one's rivaled it?

Thanks for amazing review !

Would you recommend buying this lens for a 80d? I always wanted a strong lowlight 35mm for photography. Great vid btw

Great video, Hugh. Subbed.

Really appreciated this video. Thank you

Great video, thanks for sharing.

Love the video Hugh! Great lens this is. What ND filter do you use with the 18-35?

Hearing your accent I've immediately noticed that you are Irish. Nice review :))

Nice saying at the end 😊. Thanks

I thot Jon Snow was doing the review. He sounded like him haha

Does video shooting need crazy micro adjustments with the usb dock? I have canon 80d which has great auto focus. Also I have crane V2

great video, lovely voice. What gimbal are you using please . I have this lens on a canon 90d but my zhiyun crane 1 cant handle the front heaviness.

Great Video! Very informative and great examples of what the lens can do. Can you please tell me the Cine lens that you are now using with the Ronin s? I also own the ronin and I’m looking for a good lens to pair with my Canon 80d or M50. Thank you!!!

Great video Hugh! Subscribed. What are your thoughts on picking up this lens with the gh5s and the metabones for wedding videography with a glidecam? Thanks!

Im looking at a set of lenses I want to buy for my first ones. Sigma 18-35mm, Sigma 24-70mm, and Canon EF 70-200mm with the camera Canon EOS 77D. Would you recommend these lenses with the camera for a first camera and someone who wants to capture portraits, landscapes, buildings and on the sidelines some videos for vlogging and capturing surroundings.

thanks for the effort and the sharing. thumbs up.