Sony’s Best Travel Lens - 24mm 2.8 G Review. What a Small Lenses from Sony! (With Sample Images)

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@cynthiahanna Жыл бұрын

I own an FX3 and have the 12-24GM and 24-70GM. While I absolutely love both of those lenses, I always find myself miserable at having to carry them around when traveling on vacation. Since I find myself shooting video at or around the 24mm focal length most of the time when on vacation, I thought I'd try this, and I am so glad I did. It's helped make my vacation time so much more enjoyable by not having to carry around huge lenses, and I find the picture quality to be pretty darn good too! Thanks for the review!

@Cthames123 4 ай бұрын

I most recently picked up the Sony, 24mm, f2.8, G. I don’t own the Sony, 40mm, f2.5, G (no plans to get it either), but I do have the Sony, 50mm, f2.5, G, which is perfect in my opinion! I love everything about the 50mm. I was very reluctant about the Sony, 24mm, f2.8, G due to the price and the really crazy barrel distortion which is present in raw photos and even in JPGs with image corrections turned on, (corners stretched). At $290 USD, I opted for the Sigma, 24mm, f3.5, dg dn, (another really nice lens). I really like my Sigma. It has minimal pin cushion distortion, excellent min focus distance:never to close to focus, brilliant color reproduction, images are sharp, and the body is small and cute and clicky! Still, I like shooting in bad weather and my 24mm, Sigma is not fully weather sealed. I also like shooting at night and my 24mm, Sigma’s f3.5 max aperture, while serviceable does not make it the low light beast. Also, the 24mm, Sigma has some rather strong vignetting, more than the Sony lens in my opinion, that never completely goes away even when stopping down. I picked up the Sony, 24mm, G after finding a screaming buy on the used market (~$340). It’s a handsome, small lens that is fully weather sealed, and has the clicky rings, buttons, and switches I like. I wanted to see what I was missing out on. I’ve used it shooting JPG only with lens corrections turned on, which gets rid of the barrel distortion but haven’t noticed if it stretches the sides. I’ve shot almost exclusively at f5.6 aperture to key into the lenses optimal sharpness and while I’ll need a little more time with it I like the sharpness it returns and it is giving some additional flexibility in night time images where I want to keep my ISO down.

@DavidStella 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review.

@stevenwaldstein2249 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video. I’m an owner of 40/2.5 G and 50/2.5 G but I heard the distortion of the 24/2.8 G was bad but never tried it. For walking around I prefer 40mm to 50mm personally but it’s hard to get high performance lenses in that focal length like the 35/1.4 GM or 50/1.4 GM. Would also like to have a 28mm version. Did buy a used FE 28/2 to try out but like lenses with an aperture ring. Again a 28mm GM would be great.

@ShaunSeahSG Жыл бұрын

Hey great review! I’m one of those who actually prefer a 40 over a 50 for everyday use. I actually find a 40 much easier to shoot with and more representative of what my eyes see compared to a 50. This comes from using a 20mm on a Lumix and preferring it over a 25 on the M43.

@StewartMediaDigital Жыл бұрын

That's interesting, thanks for sharing! What kind of stuff do you prefer shooting?

@ShaunSeahSG Жыл бұрын

@@StewartMediaDigital I used to shoot everyday street and close up shots on the 20mm and found it much easier to work with than my 25mm while giving me a look that I feel is more similar to what my eyes see, probably due to better location context. I’ve since moved to APSC and am more video focused now :)

@halimrahman Жыл бұрын

I have 35mm (the FE F1.8 version) on my Sony A7R III body most of the time (paired with 55mm F1.8 ZA). I like it when using it outdoors. However, I find it quite tight when using it indoors. For example, during a dinner at a small table with 2 or 3 people, you really have to move quite far to include the things on the table and the two other people (literally: physically stand up and back up a bit). So, now I am considering between 20mm and 24mm. Have you used 20mm and would you advise it?

@StewartMediaDigital Жыл бұрын

I personally don’t like anything wider than 24mm for most uses because of the way the edges get warped. You can fixed this issue in editing but to me it never looks quite right.

@brandinstroy Жыл бұрын

Astrophotography - how well will this lens work for that?

@StewartMediaDigital Жыл бұрын

I would go a little wider and a little faster. In my opinion the 14mm 1.8 or 20mm 1.8 would be better. But astro is not my specialty

@krishnastock Жыл бұрын

Dude, you use the word "really" too much but your video is nice and I subbed anyway!

@TheGreenEggFarm Жыл бұрын

Is that a Whippet?

@StewartMediaDigital Жыл бұрын

Full size greyhound. He was a racer before I got him from a rescue.

@georgemahlum6542 2 ай бұрын

I always prefer 35 to 40mm lenses. I have never been a 50mm kind of guy. I like environmental type slightly wide portraits etc...If I need strait on studio portraits than the 85mm becomes my go to lens.

@DJ-yh8hm 2 ай бұрын

35mm is the most boring lens 🥱 So overused nowadays, every photographer has one and there's no way you can create something interesting or original with it. People just see it everywhere and they can't come up with something better so they just copy what others do/have.

@stefanusadrian8398 Жыл бұрын

Have you compared it to batis 25mm or sigma 24mm f2 dg dn?

@mamumonkan 4 ай бұрын

have the full line and they all have the same serious design flaw .... but of course YT reviewers will never "notice" ;)

@StewartMediaDigital 4 ай бұрын

No duh dude. It’s a budget pancake lens, what do you expect?

@mamumonkan 4 ай бұрын

@@StewartMediaDigital exactly ... Sigma DG DN line is much better

@Cthames123 4 ай бұрын

@@mamumonkanI’m not clear what the serious design flaw is with the entire line. Can you explain?

@mamumonkan 4 ай бұрын

@@Cthames123 the focusing ring is in the wrong place. You could also say the f stop ring is not separated enough from the focusing ring. When you change the f stop in certain focusing modes the dreaded distance scale will show up in your EVF ( Sony has still not provided a way to switch it off) I also have the full line of Sigma lenses where the focusing ring does not get in the way ( but the lens hood does :) ... On top of it, the focusing throw on the G lenses is so minisculely short that it is next to useless in MF mode. ( even for fine educated Japanese fingers like mine f-stop and focusing ring order should be like Leica Q 28/1.7 ).

@Cthames123 4 ай бұрын

@@mamumonkan I see. I own the 24mm and 50mm, G and I don't have the same problem with the focus ring placement and the distance to the aperture ring, but agree the two are on the thin side! For me, especially on the 50mm,( which I absolutely love!), I'll trade for the sharpness, size and fun factor that comes with shooting with something so tiny and powerful. I have the Sigma, 24mm, f3.5, Dg dn and it is about 3/8in longer than the Sony, 24mm, f2.8, G but does space out the aperture ring from the focus ring a little better than the Sony. The Sigma's focus ring is wider and easier to get your finger on without having to worry about touching the front glass.