I actually love this lens. I find that it has a lot of character. Using it with my Sony a 6400, and because these cameras have such great ISO capability, the F4 is not that much of a problem, but you definitely can't use it without cranking up your ISO once it gets dark. Or even begins to get dark. But with a good amount of light, this lens is really awesome. Really heavy, but that actually helps to stabilize the camera somewhat. I shoot only video, so I don't really have any opinion as a still photos camera, but for video, it's really awesome. Thanks for the great review.
Excellent upload! I'm an A6000 user and hopeful A6500 or A6700* user in the future. I don't think the 18-105 will be replaced anytime soon. Seems like you can't go wrong.
I only have kit lens and i want to buy new lens, is it better to buy this one or is it better to buy tamron 70-300, i like to take picture in an event and i like to take macro photograpy too and sometime do landscape photography, what do you think i should buy?
I first had this lens with my Sony A6300 and I didn't think to much of it (fairly slow focussing, not very good for action) but I recently bought a Sony A7C ( = full frame) and before choosing what ff lens to buy I checked out this lens in the crop mode and I was...... totally swept off my feet by it! Very quick and correct focussing and tracking, nice and sharp foto's - very clear that it had more good qualities than the A6300 could let it show. Result : I haven't bought a ff lens yet, I'm too pleased with this one, especially when you compare prices to ff lenses ánd the fact that it weighs less ánd zooms internally (y) .
I'm looking at getting the fx30 do you think this would be a good lens for run and gun gorilla Style documentary. Say if you wanted a one to two lens setup?
Using this lens on my A7SII and I’m still looking for the sweet spot for sharpest video. This helped a lot. Now if I can just get my picture profile together lol
Hello 👋🏽 Would you recommend this lens over the sigma 16? I’m a comedian and I record my comedy shows and comedy skits etc...so I need a lens that’s great in low light 💡 and ultra wide.
Hi Carles, the sigma 16 would be a better choice if you need super wide and low light performance. This lens is only f4 so does not let much light in and that extra 2mm on the focal length is noticable
I was on the fence with this lens but quite new to Sony A6000 after switching from Nikon. Its been a little bit of a learning curve. The size and weight of this lens was the killer for me, especially for travel. Soon heading OS (thankfully to escape aussie summer) and had dismissed the thought of 18-105 entirely, preferring 10-18 and kit lens. Now after watching this video I'm re-thinking. Perhaps I haven't really persisted in getting over the size/weight hump.
Do you know if this lens is parfocal? Meaning that if you set it on manual focus at any zoom range, and the image is focused, then you zoom to any range, and the image stays in focus? Edit: By the way, thank you for this video. Totally wanted to see if you could use it on a full frame camera.
Hello! I just recently got into the Sony A6000 camera and have been using the 1.8/50 OSS lens and was wondering if this lens would be worth going to? I mostly only take photos.
Thank you - found to be very informative and interesting - I have the a6400 and the 18-105 f4 and am thinking of purchasing the Sony A7C and was wondering how good or bad the vignetting would be in the non crop mode on the A7C - I am opined it is useable and in post editing workable for general family viewing etc
In full frame mode the vignetting is pretty bad. But you can always use crop mode or sell up and get the tamron 28-75mm f2.8 used. Plenty of those around
Hi. I have a little loose sound that you can hear if you tilt the lens up and down, its like something is loose inside that makes a little sound... It is only like this when the camera is turned off. When its on there is no sound at all.. Could it be the OSS mecanism that is like this or is the lens might broken? It does work excellent in both movie and photos. Do you have the same thing on your lens?
hello, i have a6000 with kit lenses 16-50 and 55-210 , i find it difficult to use because of zoom range, the 16-50 is wide and 55-210 is tele so im thinking if 18-105 but with no additional budget by selling off 16-50 and 55-210, so will it be a good decision ? thanks
Thank you for watching tony. Very easy, you just click the profile corrections button in one of the menus. Sometimes lightroom automatically does this for you
this lens with a A7II sucks cause the a7ii does not have super35 mode, instead it has crop mode witch really drops the video quality. I tried out my 18-105 on a a6300 and the footage came out more sharper on the apsc body then the full frame. I guess on the a7iii it looks way better
Sony a9 just released a firmware which allows the photographer to shoot at an aspect ratio of 1:1, and based on your test, it seems that this lens is usable through the entire focal range at 1:1!
I have the lens & its very useful as with clear zoom its range extends to 300+m. So one can go from a wide archtiectural perspective to a micro perspective with the zoom magnification. Zoom is very smooth so good for video & relatively light for a zoom lens that gives this range - oss & a silent motor. I am curious how it make work on the a7r4 both in crop mode and in FF(and with manual crop of the vignetted area)
Not really neccessary to upgrade to the a6500 from you a6300 in my opinion. You are not missing out on much. Mainly the ibis and improved auto focus are the main differences there. So depends how you shoot
@@ShotByEtFilms i dont see any issues with upgrading your a6300 as yet unless you want faster auto focus and object tracking like the a6400. a6300 is still more than capable. overheating is only major issue
I own it, but I’m in the intermediate learning level I still have much to learn. However I also own the sigma trio 16/30/56mm f1.4 and use them on my a6400. I wish you could do a video on Aperture priority and shutter priority modes and functions maybe each on a separate video in full depths. Just a suggestion Jay, it would really help me out maybe even others too.
@tinochill I haven’t taken them out for a full shoot, hope that I'll be able to do so soon! you can check out Jason Vong's channel he has detail review on all of these lenses. I bought the sony lens for on the go family trips and the sigmas for actual photo shoot venture that i want to start but with family and working for NYCTA its hard to make time. sometime i wish i just gotten the sigma16 and the sony 18-105mm maybe even the sigma 30mm. As for the sigm 56mm i dont think i'm going to be use that one as much as the 16mm
Hi, I have sony a7iii with 18-105 lens. Any adapter to convert it into full frame??? Please let me know sir. I will be very happy if you can me tell me about it. Thanks
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema Thanks for your kindly reply. One more thing. On video mode it's making only 24fps. So video can't made good. What is the problem
Make sure you enable profile corrections in camera and also in lightroom for photography you can enable it there. Other than that this must be used on an aps-c camera and not full frame. Full frame must be in cropped mode for use
@@haydens465 oh no worries. Throw it in crop mode and you'll get rid of the vignetting haha. Although multiply the focal length by 1.5 and you will have your actually focal length
a6500 would be worth it! A6500 shoots fantastic 4k, and if you go fullframe you need also upgrade your lenses to fullframe and it is expensive! you can get a lot of nice aps-c lenses for much less money, if you don't focus on still images i'd say stick to A6500 :)
Excellent review! Does anyone happen to know if this lens is compatible with features like eye focusing and animal eye focusing in picture and video modes?
This is the review I've been looking for. Is the Sony a6000 has In camera profile corrections for pincushion distortion? If so, can we turn it on then do a profile correction in LR after?
I don't know about the A6400 specifically, but I've seen A6300 and A6400 reviews that showed off applying the camera corrections after the fact in LR. From this I assume it would be possible with the A6000 too.
Comment below if you have this lens.
Do you like it? Do you hate it? Let us know
i have it, i love it
What about vignetting on f8 on full frame? I want to sport video shooting and i dont need small DOF
I actually love this lens. I find that it has a lot of character. Using it with my Sony a 6400, and because these cameras have such great ISO capability, the F4 is not that much of a problem, but you definitely can't use it without cranking up your ISO once it gets dark. Or even begins to get dark. But with a good amount of light, this lens is really awesome. Really heavy, but that actually helps to stabilize the camera somewhat. I shoot only video, so I don't really have any opinion as a still photos camera, but for video, it's really awesome. Thanks for the great review.
I have this lens and I love it, especially considering its price.
it is a great lens for the price. Great versatility
Excellent upload! I'm an A6000 user and hopeful A6500 or A6700* user in the future. I don't think the 18-105 will be replaced anytime soon. Seems like you can't go wrong.
Name prediction on point
I have had this lens on my SONY EA50 for the past 3 years and love it, it is very sharp
Very decent lens george. Thanks for watching. Appreciate it
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema Thank you for the very quick reply.
On my A7RIII crop mode is at 18mp and it still looks amazing! Definitely don't regret my purchase. Works amazing in video as well
oh perfect on the R series
i just switched from 6300 to 7iii and loved my 18-105 lens. thanks for the tip! I found the setup data and it works perfectly!
Awesome. A7iii is a great choice
Sir a7c and a7iii which best ?
very nice video n lens auto focus is awsome
I use it on an A7iii for 4k video. I mount it on a Weebill gimbal. It works well in these conditions.
A very capable lens with full frame cameras
You have to be the most fit photographer I have ever seen. Great video as well cheers dude
😂 thank you my man! Appreciate it
Looking forward to getting this lens because of this review. I’m also amazed how far you come on RUclips with your content quality keep it up Jason 🙌🏿
Oh my god! Haha these videos are cringe 🤪🤣
im going to rock with this lens
nice test footage, thanks for that \m/
I want this aa my video lens! Thanks for the comparison shots.
Great job on the video
Would you recommend this lens for real estate video/photography?
Jason, you gotta do a review for this lens for the ZV-E1 in 2024.
I only have kit lens and i want to buy new lens, is it better to buy this one or is it better to buy tamron 70-300, i like to take picture in an event and i like to take macro photograpy too and sometime do landscape photography, what do you think i should buy?
When you refer to "crop mode", is that exactly the same as "super 35mm mode". Any difference?
It’s the same yeah
I first had this lens with my Sony A6300 and I didn't think to much of it (fairly slow focussing, not very good for action) but I recently bought a Sony A7C ( = full frame) and before choosing what ff lens to buy I checked out this lens in the crop mode and I was...... totally swept off my feet by it! Very quick and correct focussing and tracking, nice and sharp foto's - very clear that it had more good qualities than the A6300 could let it show.
Result : I haven't bought a ff lens yet, I'm too pleased with this one, especially when you compare prices to ff lenses ánd the fact that it weighs less ánd zooms internally (y) .
Hello! Do you recommended for sports? 🇭🇳
Thanks bro for this video
Awesome Video man!
Would you reccomend it for the sony a7iii? In crop mode does it loose much mgpxl?
2024 and I’m considering this lens
Told me exactly what I needed to know.Cheers.
I'm looking at getting the fx30 do you think this would be a good lens for run and gun gorilla Style documentary. Say if you wanted a one to two lens setup?
i've not found a single YT video comparing this lens to the 24-105, are they not similar enough to warrant a comparison?
18-105 or 18-135 for photography? Is there any photo quality difference since 18-105 is a "G" lens?
thank you for watching Chamond. They both have strengths and weaknesses, but I honestly prefer the 18-135 for the added focal length.
18-135 is worse
Using this lens on my A7SII and I’m still looking for the sweet spot for sharpest video. This helped a lot. Now if I can just get my picture profile together lol
It is a great versatile lens
Im trying to buy this lens for my a7sii
Hello 👋🏽
Would you recommend this lens over the sigma 16?
I’m a comedian and I record my comedy shows and comedy skits etc...so I need a lens that’s great in low light 💡 and ultra wide.
Hi Carles, the sigma 16 would be a better choice if you need super wide and low light performance. This lens is only f4 so does not let much light in and that extra 2mm on the focal length is noticable
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema thanks for your advice, I really appreciate it!
Hope you still have your sony a6000 and im gana ask you if i can have it 😅
I was on the fence with this lens but quite new to Sony A6000 after switching from Nikon. Its been a little bit of a learning curve. The size and weight of this lens was the killer for me, especially for travel. Soon heading OS (thankfully to escape aussie summer) and had dismissed the thought of 18-105 entirely, preferring 10-18 and kit lens. Now after watching this video I'm re-thinking. Perhaps I haven't really persisted in getting over the size/weight hump.
The a6000 really is a great little camera and so is this lens
So is it good on a6000?
Great Video :)
thanks
Is it good on a6000?
one of my favorite lenses :) i'm replacing it a lot with the sigma 16mm lens recently though
How good!! I am loving sigma for their attention to the aps-c game
The 18-105 is better for video though
I use sigma 16mm for pictures and for videos this sony G lens
Same here
Do you know if this lens is parfocal? Meaning that if you set it on manual focus at any zoom range, and the image is focused, then you zoom to any range, and the image stays in focus?
Edit: By the way, thank you for this video. Totally wanted to see if you could use it on a full frame camera.
Hello! I just recently got into the Sony A6000 camera and have been using the 1.8/50 OSS lens and was wondering if this lens would be worth going to? I mostly only take photos.
Thank you - found to be very informative and interesting - I have the a6400 and the 18-105 f4 and am thinking of purchasing the Sony A7C and was wondering how good or bad the vignetting would be in the non crop mode on the A7C - I am opined it is useable and in post editing workable for general family viewing etc
In full frame mode the vignetting is pretty bad. But you can always use crop mode or sell up and get the tamron 28-75mm f2.8 used. Plenty of those around
Hi. I have a little loose sound that you can hear if you tilt the lens up and down, its like something is loose inside that makes a little sound... It is only like this when the camera is turned off. When its on there is no sound at all.. Could it be the OSS mecanism that is like this or is the lens might broken? It does work excellent in both movie and photos. Do you have the same thing on your lens?
hello, i have a6000 with kit lenses 16-50 and 55-210 , i find it difficult to use because of zoom range, the 16-50 is wide and 55-210 is tele so im thinking if 18-105 but with no additional budget by selling off 16-50 and 55-210, so will it be a good decision ? thanks
I wonder if you bought any lens for your a6009 now cause i have same camera and the kit lenses you mentioned!?
Great video!! Mine arrives in 2 days!!! How do you do the profile corrections? I use an a7rii and lightroom 5
Thank you for watching tony. Very easy, you just click the profile corrections button in one of the menus. Sometimes lightroom automatically does this for you
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema thank you
Good Video Tony appreciate your work..does sony alpha6500 option in menu 'auto distortion' correction work in video mode as well
@@rishabmehtaphotography hi! In video the profile corrections happen automatically in camera.
How it compares to Sony 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 lens for photography. As I am a beginner.
i also did the review of the 18-135 lens if you want check that out
this lens with a A7II sucks cause the a7ii does not have super35 mode, instead it has crop mode witch really drops the video quality. I tried out my 18-105 on a a6300 and the footage came out more sharper on the apsc body then the full frame. I guess on the a7iii it looks way better
Yeah i really dont recommend it for full framw anyway. Best to keep it on the aps-c which is what it is designed for
Is this lens compatible with a a7iii without adapter? Or losing full frame function?
it is but you lose full frame field of view. it is optimised for aps-c cameras
Thanks for this video, was curious how this lenses performs on a FF mirrorless A7Riii and have a good idea now.
Thanks for watching Allen.
Hey Allen. Did you end up buying this lens?
Sony a9 just released a firmware which allows the photographer to shoot at an aspect ratio of 1:1, and based on your test, it seems that this lens is usable through the entire focal range at 1:1!
the a9 update is incredible
Did you do profile correction in post or does the camera have a setting to do it?
profile correction in lightroom is best for me
if i put this on a FF A7iii, what is the actual focal length?
Just multiply by 1.5 crop factor. Makes it a 27-157.5mm lens
I have the lens & its very useful as with clear zoom its range extends to 300+m. So one can go from a wide archtiectural perspective to a micro perspective with the zoom magnification. Zoom is very smooth so good for video & relatively light for a zoom lens that gives this range - oss & a silent motor. I am curious how it make work on the a7r4 both in crop mode and in FF(and with manual crop of the vignetted area)
did you ever find out? you couldve pioneered the 1:1 video revolution!
for an f4 is sure produces creamy Bokeehhh
It definitely was better than i was expecting
which to get sigma16mm or this?
i have kit lens?
can u help?
sigma 16 and the 18-105 are used very differently. sigma 16 is just a wide lens but very sharp and fast
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema in a tight budget so can only get one
i have kit lens and 55-210 lens , which should i take the sigma 16mm or 18-10.
i have these lens with sony a6300 debating if i should just get a Sony A6500 or keep my A6300 ?
Not really neccessary to upgrade to the a6500 from you a6300 in my opinion. You are not missing out on much. Mainly the ibis and improved auto focus are the main differences there. So depends how you shoot
I shoot with 18-105 G Lens & 28-70 Oss & 19mm Sigma with Zhiyun Crane V2 , i shoot autofocus should i still keep my sony a6300
@@ShotByEtFilms i dont see any issues with upgrading your a6300 as yet unless you want faster auto focus and object tracking like the a6400. a6300 is still more than capable. overheating is only major issue
Yeah im going to just keep my Sony A6300 & from this go to Full Frame ; whats the best 4k fast autofocus full frame sony camera for video ?
Hmm I was concerned with the lack of bokeh with the f/4 but at 50mm and above it definitely gets creamy. Just might have to pick this up.
i was very surprised it gives decent bokeh even though it is an f4 aperture :)
is there any big difference from 24megapixel vs 10megapixel on a crop mode when shooting videos? and do you get F6 right? thank you!
to be honest I have never pixel peeped on this! I must do some testing and create a video
In video no but you get x1.5 further view as apsc crop factor on the focal length. That's because max video resolution 4K=8mp. So it doesn't matter.
I own it, but I’m in the intermediate learning level I still have much to learn. However I also own the sigma trio 16/30/56mm f1.4 and use them on my a6400. I wish you could do a video on Aperture priority and shutter priority modes and functions maybe each on a separate video in full depths. Just a suggestion Jay, it would really help me out maybe even others too.
Hey man, how is the image quality of the 18-105 f4 compared to a Sigma 16 or 30 f1.4?
@tinochill I haven’t taken them out for a full shoot, hope that I'll be able to do so soon! you can check out Jason Vong's channel he has detail review on all of these lenses. I bought the sony lens for on the go family trips and the sigmas for actual photo shoot venture that i want to start but with family and working for NYCTA its hard to make time. sometime i wish i just gotten the sigma16 and the sony 18-105mm maybe even the sigma 30mm. As for the sigm 56mm i dont think i'm going to be use that one as much as the 16mm
also I am thinking of bumping LR and PS for PortraitPro 18
HI, IS CLEARIMAGEZOOM POSSIBLE WITH THIS LENSE?
yes it is
Hi I have this lens but every shot looks having noise even shooting in a bright day outdoor
Max Holloway is that you?
Hi, I have sony a7iii with 18-105 lens. Any adapter to convert it into full frame??? Please let me know sir. I will be very happy if you can me tell me about it. Thanks
All you need to do is shoot in crop mode on your a7iii. No adapter necessary as it is a native Sony E mount lens
@@JasonMorrisphotocinema Thanks for your kindly reply. One more thing. On video mode it's making only 24fps. So video can't made good. What is the problem
I have this lens and I’m getting insane amounts of vignetting. Is there a setting I should change or something?
Make sure you enable profile corrections in camera and also in lightroom for photography you can enable it there. Other than that this must be used on an aps-c camera and not full frame. Full frame must be in cropped mode for use
Jason Morris yep haha i forgot about full frame usage 😂 just got my first full frame and completely forgot about it while getting the lens
@@haydens465 oh no worries. Throw it in crop mode and you'll get rid of the vignetting haha. Although multiply the focal length by 1.5 and you will have your actually focal length
Wow!!! I would love to know your workout routine/diet!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!! Good for you bro!
I have this lens, an a6500, and enough money to sell the body and buy an a7iii. Do you think that’s worth?
Depends what you shoot. Both incredible cameras. Lenses will cost more in full frame though. Your a6500 is a very capable camera in most situations
Jason Morris Thanks for the input! Think I’m gonna keep the a6500 and save up for the much anticipated a7siii.
@@rogerescobido good choice. The a7siii will be the best video camera when it is released
a6500 would be worth it! A6500 shoots fantastic 4k, and if you go fullframe you need also upgrade your lenses to fullframe and it is expensive! you can get a lot of nice aps-c lenses for much less money, if you don't focus on still images i'd say stick to A6500 :)
Excellent review! Does anyone happen to know if this lens is compatible with features like eye focusing and animal eye focusing in picture and video modes?
Bro this was hilarious to watch for some reason
I’m so glad I’m not the only one 😅😭🤣
Thank you
Has anyone tried to remove rear plastic piece which has APS-C cutout.
I havent tried this. I would also be curious to know
Graet price, Great lens but not the sharpest but does take quality photos.
What about the APS-C/ super 35mm on your camera when using it on a full frame?
Watch at around the 8 minute mark, i display crop mode
This lens is for use only in crop mode in full frame cameras
great review. thanks!!
Thank you for watching 😁
This is the review I've been looking for. Is the Sony a6000 has In camera profile corrections for pincushion distortion? If so, can we turn it on then do a profile correction in LR after?
I don't know about the A6400 specifically, but I've seen A6300 and A6400 reviews that showed off applying the camera corrections after the fact in LR. From this I assume it would be possible with the A6000 too.
Nice video
Thank you for watching
How much you bench bro? Jk lol thanks for the review!
U look good 😬