Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS Review - Best Budget APS-C Lens?
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- In this video I break down the Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS with an in depth review for you. A small, light, decent performing all around shooter.
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00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Specs
00:57 - Unbox & Build
02:43 - Value
03:28 - Performance
08:01 - Conclusion / Pros & Cons
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What are your thoughts on this lens?
This is the first lens I bought for my a6300 and the oss was quite necessary. I brought it with me on a two week trip to Kazakhstan and never felt I needed to switch lenses. So for a travel lens this is actually a very good lens, especially since I wanted to limit the weight of my camera equipment I had to carry around all day.
It’s pretty much the first lens I purchased along side my Sony A6400 camera which is my first proper camera as before that I was mainly using my smartphone for my photography! Of course as a beginner on a budget I was looking for an extremely versatile lens that I could start with and this lens seemed to fit in well with all of my current needs so it’s somewhat like the one lens that does it all for me currently as a beginner with non smartphone photography! Of course I also love the convenience that comes with it as it would also make it a lot easier for me to travel with my camera! :)
This is a home run 18-135 since it is the smallest and lightest among all systems.
This lens is absolutely killer for travel. Pair this lens with a Sigma 30mm f1.4 and the sigma 16mm f1.4 and you get a complete, very compact travel kit.
4:18 Whoa, great shot!
Great in depth review
Thanks Casey!
Looks awesome.
Can you do review on tamron 18-200 DI III VC for sony e mount?
Thx for video.
You bet!
Such a great review! I just found your channel. So happy!! Do you think 55-210mm for the price is worth it?
If you find it in $149 (it goes on sale), it's not bad. If not, it's not worth it. I have one and I hardly ever use it. Save up and buy either Sony 18-135mm or 70-350mm (if need longer zoom).
Thanks for this review. Yes, this lens seems a bit overpriced but then again it is really compact with great auto focus, Image Stabilisation and on the basis of your video, impressive image quality. I shoot almost entirely FF but I'm tempted by this native Sony lens for my a6000, and, especially against the FF Tamron 28-200 competition . You mention distortion and vignetting but these are corrected in camera for JPEGs so what's the big deal? Is that not the reason why the camera has such a feature? And if you shoot raw files, then post processing correction is the easy solution.
18-135 mm len for sony a6400 is enough wide to show 2 people on the screen while i hold my stick close to me or i have to stretch a lot?
would it be good for streaming compare to the 16-50mm 3.5 5.6
Hi Stefan, thanks for this review. I mainly watched your lens reviews, but I definitely need more help. I have a Sony a6500 with a 35mm F1.8 OSS prime lens, but I need one all-in-one lens to cover as much as possible: travel, landscape, city, and wildlife, with zoom (primarily for photography). Sony is a preferred price range of $500-$800. I can't decide between Sony E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS, Sony 18-105mm F4, or Sony 10-20mm F4........or do you have some better suggestions. Tamron 18-300 is also an option but too big and heavy for my needs. Thank you in advance for your help.
should i go with this kit lens or buy just the body with a sigma prime lens(16mm)? thanks shooting mainly landscapes kai street photos.
Is the sharpness better than the stock lens?
Best all around general purpose lens. Light, sharp, and very useful range. Mine is really sharp 70-135, not so much 18-70 but still excellent. Only neg really is it is primarily a good light lens only.
Good stuff!
Great review. Just a quick question, you said 18mm was 24 mm fullframe, isn’t 18mm in more like 27-28 mm in full frame?
Thanks man .Ya I messed that up. Its more like 27mm
Great video, thanks. I bought this lens with the Sony a6600. What lens would you recommend for low light?
Check out the Sigma F1.4's. They are great in low light!
where is the lens correction profile? thanks for a awesome video
I will be in Lightroom on the right under lens correction.
@@StefanMalloch Ah okay :) I was looking in the camera :)
sir i have sony 6600 with 18-135 lens.. im taking video nature like that ...pls suggest me any wild angle converter for this lens
Unfortunately, no teleconverter is going to be compatible with this lens.
I'm really considering buying this lens used on eBay. Or, skip and save for the 70-350 although that's a very much different lens. Hmmm decisions.
Yeah, it’s a cheap workhorse
18mm is the equivalent of 27mm, not 24mm on full frame
18 mm is 27 mm equivalent.
It sure is isint it.. have too many 16mm around me right now I guess.
i still belive it's overpriced, it's a good lens but i'd rather get 18-105 or even kit lens 16-50