At the moment you still get the best options of lenses in the E-Mount. Good news that Sigma, Tamron and Viltrox are pushing their own levels again and again. A Viltrox lens at 16mm f 1.8 just came out and so many other decent options. I also own the Sigma 24-70 but I think on this focal range I'm gonna choose the Tamron because it is so much lighter!

And I can safely like my lens 😂😂. Hope you enjoy it! It's amazing for how light it is. I also have the 70-200 DSLR tamron and it's a chore to carry around. Putting this thing in APSC mode works amazing, so 180 mm isn't even that limiting.

Me as well but they both seem excellent.

it’s way too heavy , ik zooms are not usually for gimbals but god damn that 35-150 is weighty. rather keep both 28-75 70-180

Thats the Battle i have for the last month Buy the 35 to 150 or buy 2 lenses and have 28 to 180 I would have less weight on the camera and could even save Money OR Go to the 28 to 200 Superzoom but loose the 2.8 and save even more money and weight In Just cant decide

@@KevinBenjaminMusicif you just want the focal range the 28-200 is a great option. add a tele prime to it and you’re fine

This is a FF lens, I don't see that happening, but sigma will drop 50-140mm for apsc 😁

Is it sharp in apsc? I have the a6300 and looking forward for to have it too

@@vinmarmagto3991 some people say it use the center of lens so it will be more clear and some say other way

Yes

There currently isn't one but Sigma recently patented a 50-140mm f2.8 for APSC. Could be at least two years away if they just started developing it

Oh, Canon fanboy alarm!

@@Whatsgoodmydude2222 Please keep proximity to the facts: The OP is the toxic piece in this thread. He is telling us a lens like the reviewed would cost 8k if Canon made. He is BS talking, a 100-400 costs 0.6k and the 70-200 4.0 1.4k, very competitive in performance, seize, weight and price. My comment was reflecting him with sarcasm, nor your answer. I'm no brand fanboy, my last 4 purchases of lenses were from 4 different brands. I am very happy shooting them on a R5 or R. Yes, even one Canon glas was among them: RF28 pancake, highly recommended!

@@Whatsgoodmydude2222 Yes, Canon is on the path not just rebuilding in mirrorless but thinking in customers' needs in specific markt segments and shaping new products to fulfill these needs. I highly appreciate this driving force for innovation. For the Pros there are never seen before lenses in the core of needs like 100-300 2.8 replacing the 20-200 2.8 and the 300 2.8 with one shot, the 24-105 2.8 for obvious needs in Sports & more, the 28-70 2.0, .... At the very same time they are opening the FF markt with very attractive lenses like the 100-400, the STM 600&800, .... Some photographer look like they don't get the advantages ("I wanna have my 50 1.4". I sold my EF while holding an FD and purchasing both RF, two Voigtländer and one Zeiss over the time, giving a variety in just one vocal length at the same body never seen before, all by far better than the old "must have". I doubt those spoiling toxic comments to some dedicated brands even to be photographers, at least they are very unsatisfied with their very own life ... When I wrote about Canon, I do see and respect Fuji's Approach to get the own market segments, Nikon's approach to catch especially some prosumer's needs, Sony's push to make mirrorless happen, ... (Not to forget about the pushes in the 3rd party lens market) Good times for the customers, challenging times for the industry.

I have the first version, I don't think the differences would be worth the upgrade.

Tamron has a 5yr warranty in the EU, I would think they have a longer than 1 yr warranty in most places, so why one would purchase two in a two year period, and then have the second one "stop working" too, sounds rather rare.

you tried, thats for sure

Why not use fuji's 50-140mm?

No its much better weather sealed and built better to avoid dust getting in 👍🏼

True, this makes the lens not perfect, but this amount of fringing will almost never manifest in real life photos.

I don't think there's a reliable inference from "this amount of fringing" on a B&W test chart to "will almost never manifest in real-life photos." Real conditions can render fringing either quite less or quite more than seen on a B&W test chart. Anyhow, even heavy fringing in photos often doesn't palpably manifest in those photos themselves.

Better safe than sorry

Turn steadyshot off in the camera. Same for any lens without a dedicated button for it meaning you cannot turn lens OS off and keep steadyshot on in the camera. (I don't know why you'd want to, unless the lens OS replaces the camera Steadyshot while being less effective. Is that the case for this lens? I've read conflicting reports)

Lens OIS is generally more effective than IBIS with longer focal lengths.

It is only $200 more than mark I in USA. If you buy new now. This is no brainer to me. But second hand mark I is getting really great deal now.

It does make sense since it will work together with your camera's IBIS. Nice to lower the shutter speed in low light while maintaining low ISO levels.

@@jeroenvdw this way matrix stabilization can be used effectively, it is unclear how optical stabilization and matrix stabilization from sony will work ,

@@jeroenvdw Does even IBIS work together with lens stabilization? Tried sony 90mm, 70-350mm, 200-600mm, tamron 150-500mm, sony 50mm OSS, none of them work together with IBIS, tried with a6600 and a6700, zero improvement over a6100 which has no ibis. It looks like only lens stabilization work. IBIS go active with non stabilized lenses.

Get the ETZ21 Pro adapter, it works like a native Z lens

For me that makes the difference of packing it without really thinking all the time or leaving it at home cause it'll be a pain. That's about 1.3lbs extra, not to mention the size.

For some of us older ones that have to lug around these lenses for hours, the Tamron is a much better purchase, but I get where you're coming from.