Are Sony GM and G lenses worth it?
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In this video I'm gonna talk about my thoughts on Sony GM and G lenses. How these lenses compare to 3rd party lenses from Sigma, Tamron, Samyang? Are they worth the extra investment? What is current Sony approach with lenses like 24-50/2.8 or 16-25/2.8?
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Yes they're worth it but a lof of us are casual hobbyists that dont have the $ for GM lenses. Personally over the years i see myself replacing third party lenses with GM lenses little by little but It is nice to have third party lenses to get us started. Thats the single reason why i chose Sony over Canon.
Yup! That’s the healthy way I’d say - it’s great to have so many choices and then decide if you want to upgrade after trying options!
Once you saved for a GM you never go back 😢
yea. im started with sigma 35 DGDN & 85 DGDN.. it much more value king over gm lens.
Im hoping for a 100/105 F1.4, either GM or redesigned Sigma DG DN.
I am really looking forward to the rumoured 24-70 f/2 (or whatever it is!) My only wish is that they made a lens like the older Canon EF 50/1.2 L - which had incredible flare. It was everything. I understand why they don't! But I wish they did.
Me tooo! I’m so excited for Sony 24-70 f2!!!!
I want to see that lens too!!!
I agree on the lens flare - it creates so much character when shooting into the sun. Samyang 85 mm f1.4 II is amazing due to that.
Another problem with G and GM lenses is that not only there is minimal flaring (which is expected to be honest), but the contrast drops significantly more than for eg. Sigma counterparts.
GM lenses have better weather sealing. Makes a huge difference in terms of longevity. In my opinion, that justifies the price difference and categorization.
just copped the 24 1.4. Sold the 24-70. All primes now for video.
I don't like to need lens profiles, so I aim to get naturally "good" lenses (primes)
Don’t even need to watch the video. Yes, 100% they are.
To me, historically, the main difference between the budget lenses (other than what Magic mentioned) and the premium lenses across all brands was build and colors in less than ideal light. The more expensive lenses had that nano crystal coating that allowed you to retain nice colors is less than ideal light.
Yeah that shifted now in my eyes. Sigma, Tamron and Samynag caught up to that point. Those super cheap low cost lenses still struggle with colors in challenging light
I still don't get the point of 24-50 f/2.8. I'd rather get the a Tamron 28-75 2.8. It's a more useful range. To me, a cheaper 2 lens combo would be the Sony 16-25 and the Tamron 28-75. Then you have a very nice range covered. From ultra-wide to slight telephoto. I lust after the new Sony 24-70 2.8 GM II, but $2300 USD is just too much for my enthusiast self. There's the older version, but it's too heavy for an everyday lens. For now, I'm just shooting with a 50mm GM f/1.4. My goal is too have something like a wider prime for indoor photos and a tele lens for when i want portraits with a really compressed background.
For compactness
And for compact C bodies
Sony A7cR + 10-20mm F4 Crop G lens + Crop video recording mode = The best iPhone 15 pro 4k Log replacement, noone talks about :) Zoom range is equal to iPhone, but the quality and stabilization is much better, because of oversampling in 4k crop. 4k 60 fps is also supported with this G lens. I think, it's the most compact iPhone replacement, that's why this small G lens is much better than big G lenses (with A7cR only). With full frame lens (16-35mm f4 pz full frame) video stabilization is bad. But in crop mode the stabilization is far better than iPhone's one. With this 10-20mm f4 it's just "a small camera that is compact and can record better than your iPhone" :) Some "Fuji X100VI..." are not the replacement, because it has no zoom
I will most likely sell my 16-35GM MKi for the 16-25G. It's very big and not that sharp at f2.8 after 30mm and I only ever use it at 16-22mm as I also have the 35GM and the 24-70GM mkii. My wide gets used at almost every wedding but only for a few shots (mainly the large group shots taken up high on a monopod ) So it spends 98% of the day in my camera bag as it does when shooting corporate events. So something small and light appeals to me especially as I can get most of the money by selling my 16-35.
The 16-25 would have been nice at f2! Wide end I use the Viltrox 16mm 1.8 and the 20mm G which are both very nice! 2.8 just doesn’t cut the mustard for me as I work in some very low light venues!
The 24/70 f2 will be tempting but I might have to sell a kidney for that one!
The only non GM lenses I own are the Viltrox 16mm and the Tamron 35-150mm. I have the 24 GM, 35 GM and 24-70 GM2. I've been debating selling the 35 GM for a bit now but haven't pulled the trigger on listing it.
I have G and GM lenses. I have Sony A9 SERIES cameras. Including the A9iii. It is a waste of money for me to buy any other lenses to not use these cameras to their max.
Thank you for the video. Sony has more lenses than I can afford but I really like the new trend of the Sony G at 16-25/2.8 and24-5/2.8 that seem to be a great fit for the Compact C bodies like the A7CR and A7CII which I’ve bought into for travel. I still also shoot the full size bodies like the A1 and A7RV and enjoy my original GM and now GM II version lenses that I own and probably continue to own both. I do wish the small G primes were more like the 20/1.8 G than the 24/2.8 G. Maybe a compromise at f/2 like a lot of the Sigma I-Series. Just one missing. A modern 28mm at G or GM. Can we get one? Take care.
Although third party lenses are not bad at all and sometimes even better there is still a magic that I can not explain in the Sony lenses
They are worth it based on Sonys limitations mostly. Some weight savings but mostly profile, fps, ibis, and focus breathing limitations
It was a great talk about lenses. I really appreciate the wide options on Sony, although to be fair, I mostly use GM lenses as much as I can afford them (now I have 3 of them and hope to get more in the future). But I definitely can appreciate a lens with interesting rendition and character like for now, I don't have a 50mm GM in my arsenal but I do have the Sonnar 55/1.8 and when I decide to use it, then yes, I'm glad I did.
Spoken like a true Sony ambassador
Still no 85 G or Gm v2
Magic do you think Sony A7R V is good in 2024 for weddings? Thinking of getting one and A9III seems overkill and only 24mpx, A1 is getting a bit old and more expensive than the A7R V.
In my experience 24mp is clearly enough MP. Unless you are cropping often, clients have no idea the difference between 24mp and 61mp.
a7iii is still good
Well, the 16-25 isn't a GM lense because you are sacrificing significant color range for a smaller body. If it was a 14-24 lense, I think would be a GM lense. It's more expensive to produce an optically corrected 14-24 at f2.8 with all of the coatings than a 16-25 with significant barrel distortion (yes, you can fix it in post, but you are cropping part of the image).
Yeah it seems that there’s no cropping with lens correction - it’s 16 after correction!
@@MagicWeddingPhotographer Yes, from what I've heard, the lens is originally slightly wider so that when you correct it, you get the intended focal range.
@@MagicWeddingPhotographer do you agree with his comment that you are losing significant colour range with the 16 to 25. I’ve not heard of this before.
Wait, didn't he mean Focal Range? @Daniel_Ilyich ?
@@nickwilliams7867 I don't know why i said color range. That was odd. No, I don't think Nano Coating has an affect on color range. Rather, if you are shooting on a very sunny day, nano coating does a really good job of retaining contrast by minimizing reflections, ghosting, and things of that nature. As such, colors will look more saturated in those scenarios. I'm sure there are really good filters that will help with that, too.
They're half the price of Sony and the IQ on some of the Sigma lenses out performs the Sony GM! Are you trying to become a Sony ambassador?
But a lens is more than just IQ, its also auto focus accuracy, weight and fps speeds that you can only get on Sony. Plus Sigma lenses are generally very heavy - I don't want to be using that on a gimbal when I'm filming on a full day
@@Chow0012 That’s the thing - not everybody films. So yeah, Sony GM will be great for that, but Sigma is perfect for photography
@@kurt2742 yeah that's fair - depends on what the user needs it for
@@Chow0012 even with my sony lenses, when a newer lighter smaller version comes out it makes me want to trade in. 50mm 1.2 vs1.4 for example. Sometimes how a lens feels on the camera is more important than the photo comparison.