I've never hit time and time again at 1.2 EVER!!! In combination with the Sony eye af, the Sigma 35 f1.2 ART crushes. They said 1.2 couldn't be done on a Sony E-Mount....well, it's been done and it changes everything, or something . If they made this lens for the Nikon Z mount, I would own it right now. Don't forget to download the sample RAW files.
Jared that lens is awesome. I would like to see it being used with video. I'm currently looking into more prime lenses for creating video and this at a 1.2 which blows out the background is great. Can you review this lens but instead for photographers do it for filmmakers?
Jared, whats your experience. Are Sigma Art Lenses with canon EF Mount are works as good as native lenses on the Sonys ? In Terms of focus, speed and everything?! I am a canon shooter and heavily invested in ef glass, but it becomes harder and harder to wait for a Eos R PRO Body and not think about a switch to a sony like the a7iii or even the a9 ...but of course work with my existing ef glass lineup.
@@nordic5490 I shoot sports and dance in low light with my A9 and I do not miss at all taking my 1DX along both because it does not focus as well and the OVF is so much darker in low light. Yes the A9 will still lock on the eye, when the 1DX will get me the bulk of the subject.
incumbent vs emerging technologies. you see it happen over and over again. when a new technology comes, we compare the half baked tech to the existing, well developed and reliable tech. what you should be doing is comparing the potential of the new technology, when it gets improved, to the old technology. dslrs kept improving functions that were already way better than users needed. mirrorless offered something they just couldnt compete against.
Most likely not for the vast majority of users. I switched my glass from 1.4 to 1.8 when I noticed I never really go lower than 2.2 and when you have to carry everything the weight saving are sure worth it.
I bought this lens and it was actually delivered before the release date. I have only used it once and liked what I got, but as an amateur, I wasn't sure what the professionals think of it. I am glad to know I didn't waste my money and will be taking it out for some fun tomorrow.
Many of the latest sigma lenses released in both e-mount and L-mount. These mount of this lenses can be changed by Sigma with an extra cost. For example if you have an e-mount camera with various Sigma e-mount lenses and decide to pass to L-mount cameras you won't miss the previous e-mount lenses. Nearly all lenses follow a compromise between weight, size, optical quality, autofocus performance (except manual ones) and above all price. Sigma with the Art series decided to differentiate from other lens manufacturers and didn't compromise with size and weight. That allowed better optical quality with large apertures at reasonable price and autofocus performance. The heavier and larger lenses of the Sigma ART series for various mounts is indeed a disadvantage but at the end most photographers appreciate more the optical quality.
Hi Jared, great review. Terrific lens, very nice images (especially of the little guy). I have to say one thing though, I'm shocked at the amount of ISO noise in the A7Riv images. If I saw those images without knowing what camera they were from, I'd definitely be guessing an APS-C camera. Keep up the great work.
I agree. From what I understand, that's because having so many megapixels creates way more noise in low light. Have you downloaded the sample images? Because I'm guessing some of it has to do with the compression to fit the image into video resolution. But I haven't checked yet...
Sweet you got the A7R iv in. Cant wait for the full review and how to operate videos among others Im sure you will be doing. On another note I finally went ahead and bought myself the Sony A7R iii camera with the 70m-300m G OSS f4.5-5.6 lens and a 256gb Prograde V60 memory card w/Porgrade card reader. Just waiting for it all to come in the mail.
I can attest that this lens works much the same on L mount and the eye AF on the S1. I do find it a hair slower than the native Panasonic and Leica glass, but still very good.
Good job, Jared. You’re right about how difficult it is to get tack sharp on the eyes at f 1.2 with the Canon 50 1.2. It’s certainly possible, of course, but not easy, and definitely not as easy to get as you made it look with this lens. I have no doubt that the RF lens could do it more easily, but as you alluded to, it’s also about the camera. If you watch Julia Trotti’s videos, or Jessica Kobeissi, or Irene Rudnyk, they will shoot their Canon 50 1.2 occasionally at 1.2, but more often at f 2.0, just because of how difficult it can be
Sigma is just crushing it since a few years. I shoot Sony APSC and the Sigma lenses deliver by far the best value for money. Especially the f/1.4 primes are just a work of art. Flawless really. Its like the perfect combination. Sony delivers top notch electronics for a good price and Sigma delivers the glass.
The Sigma 35mm f1.2 is a game-changer. If you want a f1.2 bokelish glass, you can't complain about the weight. As Jared pointed out, the sharpness and background blur is amazingly beautiful!
Marius Tataru 🤣🤣🤣but if you are kitsch enough to shoot portraits wide open like ages ago you have no choice and you must have a pixel peeping crazysharpwideopen lens for your eyeaf mirrorless 😍🤣
ohad. The more money the average consumer makes, the higher price products go up. Like snacks use too be around .50 1.00 but now most are atleast 1.50$ 2.00$ and chips have definitely increased too more than that. Same with everything else (camera gear etc
Doens't seem to me, when I started being interested in photography you could only get top f/1.4 glass for 1500$ minimum, now you can get 3rd party lenses that are way better than those lenses for way under 1000$. Same goes for camera, what you can buy today for 2000$ is better than what you could buy not too many years ago for 6000$
It really wouldn't be such an issue that the aperture ring doesn't have a lock if the ring _turned heavily enough._ Seriously. They could do with learning from 1980s and prior Nikon. It's impossible to turn the rings on their old lenses by accident. They got it right with putting it way at the back of the lens where it belongs, but they apparently need to work on the weight of the ring. Maybe make the ring a bit smaller, too.
My review of the lens. It's a beast. You'd think. Oh, I won't move that aperture ring that much. I'll easily avoid it. I just did a shoot with it. I had to reset the ring at least 4 to 5 times. It definitely moves and if you don't pay attention, it could mess you up a lot. Luckily I had the Sony A7iii, so I could see how the image would look through my viewfinder or else I would have never noticed I accidentally moved the aperture ring. I don't mind the weight... But I do mind the humidity. That plus the weight if the camera will slow you down and drain you. I'm not super fit, but I'm in decent shape. The added weight in your bag will definitely be noticeable
Holy shit, IDK why people say that Canon is winning the race or Paranonic, but IMO, Sony is far away everyone else with the EYE Auto Focus and the sigma sharpness
Canon isn't winning any races. They might sell more, but it's one company constantly falling from a plateau they reached a decade ago compared to one that's going up every single year (Sony). As it is Sony will overtake them in sales sooner rather than later, and once that happens they'll have to catch up with a company that makes every single component in their cameras, both hardware and software, and is years ahead in every single technical regard from sensor technology to AF. Even the ridiculous _"color science"_ blind tests show people like Sony colors better than Canon, and that's been a supposed advantage of Canon since digital cameras became a thing.
UltraDXSASC that is your opinion mate, and as the saying goes, 'opinions are like asreholes, everone has one'. Truth is, Canons market shore is increasing atm, and Canon has market leading glass. This is why everone who can afford to, is using Canon glass, even Sony and Panasonic users. Canon users do not used Sigma if they can afford the Canon glass. My most dissapointing lens ever was a Sigma, and that is the only Sigma I ever owned. My mate has had endless focussing error issues with his Sigma lens.
This lens is nuts. The only equivalent lens is the Voigtlander 35mm f1.2, manual focus for Leica M, and it's quite glowy wide open. This has autofocus and is sharp and beautiful. I wonder how the Sigma 28mm f1.4 for E mount compares.
Nice innovative lens, but for me, it's weight does not make it an option worth considering. Just the other day I was thinking if I should trade my Sigma 35 1.4, in order to buy the new Sony 35 1.8. I found that because of it's weight I only use that lens professionally, at weddings in dark conditions. I can say, after more than one year of use that the focusing on the Sigma 1.4 works a little bit better that the Sony 85 1.8 that I own as well. The only time that I encountered small issues with the focusing was at very close distance to the subject the AF would be by a very tiny bit off, but that was before the firmware update that came for the lens.
I had the sigma 35 1.4 on my a7iii, sold it to get the new 35 1.8 from sony, because the lens was a way too heavy. but this 1.2 is even heavier...the bokeh of both sigma is great, but the weight...it just sucks on a mirrorless. Ps I'm italian and the moment you said " best pizza in the world " I had a sort of weird heart beat, but then you corrected yourself lol
I live in Italy for years. There's plenty of artisanal pizza in the US that beats run of the mill pizza in Italy every time. Wood fired in Italy is rare because of the cost of firewood (there have been scandals involving coffin wood being used).
@@ThoughtMachine1 if you didn't eat pizza in naples or cities around naples then yes I kinda agree with you. you can't eat the best pizza in the world in all the italian cities/regions.
It's always nice when your lens sets itself to a random aperture every time you put it on or take it off of your camera. It makes life more interesting and your photos come out more "artistic". That's why it's called an "art" lens.
Great lens. You captured some cute candids. Sony needs to put that 61mp sensor in the a9. If that is their flagship, it should have the speed and the resolution. The images off the mark 4 were so sharp, it was very close to medium format. Can't wait for Sigma fp review. 👍
For many years, my day job was software development. From my perspective, the A9 is groundbreaking because of the speed and power of its internal processing, including the speed of its internal data buses. This is why the A9 contains a 3-layer sandwich consisting of the sensor chip connected to an image processing chip through a layer of high-conductivity copper wires. Otherwise the A9 is most likely almost the same as the other A cameras. As you can see from the price, this sensor-processor sandwich is almost certainly expensive. If you double the pixel count, you double the data-transfer and processing speed requirements, since the objects you are trying to recognize and track aren't moving any slower. I suspect that this is why the Nikon Z7 is so slow to track and autofocus compared to the Z6. As a wildlife photographer, 24 megapixels is just fine for me. The big wildlife primes, like the 600mm f/4, could in theory generate a 40 or 50 megapixel image if shot wide open with perfect focusing. If the A9ii were any slower than the A9 I wouldn't even consider replacing my old A9. Even the biggest lens will give a blurry image if it is focusing on where a flying bird was 1/10 second ago. For anything slower-moving than flying feathered dinosaurs or major-league ball players, all that processing power would usually be a waste of money.
@@stuartschaffner9744 - Well, I guess I should have quantified - higher megapixel at same speed or higher. The A9II with 42 megapixels that is slower is called an A7RIII.
The Keto Life I read somewhere, maybe SAR, they’re saying that the a9ii may have like 32 or 36mps which’s isn’t a bad idea since, it would allow sport/wildlife photographers to have some cropping space but also allow the camera to deliver/unload to the SD at a 20+FPS I mean, the A7R had originally 36mps, which I wished my Sony a7iii had but who knows maybe in the mark 4?
@@Faded.Visuals yeah I guess in the sports world they will sacrifice resolution to not miss the moment. We'll see because it is definitely coming. The a9 is discounted online, that is always a sign of a new product release.
I shoot with the 850, and recently just purchased the a7riv waiting for delivery. How come it seems like Sonys pictures produces alot of noise. I'm not use to that lol
Canon and Nikon both took stabs at SONY saying larger lens mounts can enable more sophisticated optics like f/1.2 (and beyond) lenses. Everyone assumed it wasn't possible for the smaller e-mount but SONY said that's not how optics work....it's nice to see this actually coming true although it's a third party company beating SONY to the f/1.2 aperture lenses.
@@LordArioh about T/1.3 or T/1.4... Also a lens F stop is mostly determined by the front glass diameter with a fraction or ratio of the aperture blades... Not the mount size heck there's even 0.95 on D mounts cameras ...
Canon and Nikon are both idiots, for not openly sharing their mount-specifications. Really gives third party lens manufacturers less incentives to develop for RF and Z mount. Especially with their much smaller market-share.
People choose Canon or Nikon for their brand value. The brand itself carries weight. Who would want a second brand lens on their beloved Canon body, or Nikon. You wouldn't use a third party lens on a Leica either. It all about the brand, the logo, the letters.
Jeff Luo - that would have been true in the past, back when Tamron and Sigma were considered inferior budget-options. But in the current climate, I‘m seeing many of our customers choosing Sigma Art lenses over Canon L or Nikon G. Makes sense too, photographers generally make less money than 10-20 years ago. Need more bang for their buck.
Size 10 Soles, sorry I know you sent me a message about color profiling but I can't find it. There seems to be a problem with RUclips's notification mechanism. I'm not 100% certain I understand your point and I apologize for that. It seems that you are saying that the automatic color toning in some cameras gives you colors that you like better than what Sony provides. The methods I described on how to get the most accurate toning out of any camera is an applied form of "color science". I gave you some references to research this further if you want. I believe that what you are saying is that if you use the default settings on other brands of cameras then you get color tonings you prefer without any use of color toning during processing. If so, that's great. The camera you use should be a tool to produce the results you like most. By all means choose your camera on that basis. This is especially true if you insist on shooting JPEG, whose 8-bit color depth makes color toning very difficult. However, if you or a client ever wants a different toning later, then you too will have to look into how to change that in post processing. The place where I would disagree is if you imply that your own preferences are "correct" and a product of "color science", whereas anybody else's are incorrect and unscientific. The art world is a big place and there is a lot of room for individual taste. I will add that Fujifilm's default JPEG color toning is different in the reds. I believe this comes from the fact that Fujifilm was originally a film company and produced a very popular film brand called Velvia. The chemicals and dyes used in this film made its reds different from, say, Kodachrome. I remember using Velvia film myself many years ago and liking it. I believe that some of the color toning packages these days offer a "velvia look". This is what I have heard, but Fuji users are welcome to provide better information if they have it. Good luck and hope this helps!
Well you can shoot at 1/10000 at ISO 100, or if your camera allows that, just lower the ISO. The fp goes all the way down to ISO 6, so it's kinda the death for ND Filters
Hahaha! That "Rocky" guy is still there???? He was there 5-6 years ago by the statute trying to get people take pictures with him then and he's still doing it!!
Georgia vol I tested the Sigma for a month and couldn’t care less how the Zeiss performs The Sigma just blew my expectations in sharpness, chromatic aberrations and Eye AF speed Plus it is cheaper than the Zeiss Tested on an A7III Recommend
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The Zeiss 50MM F1.4 is the best 50 for the E-mount bodies.
To follow up with the comment about manual focus lenses Voigtlander is about to release their 50mm F2 apochromatic lens which if it is anything like their other apochromatic lenses will be extremely high quality in both build and performance
Thanks for video. Really nice when you thinks it's 1.2 and... tack sharp. Jared do you know if Nikon is planning to improve their eye AF at some point?
@j Duffy well I'm not about D6, I need to know if there are any plans to upgrade Eye AF, because you cannot rely on it when focus sometimes "jump" on eyelashes.. i have a Z6, and it would be great yo get an upgrade. I'm a bit envy looking at Sony :)
When reviewing such fast lenses an estimate on the transmission performance would be valuable. I understand that not everyone is equipped with measuring T stops, but a qualitative comparison with to say the 35/1.4 art would be informative. Many I am sure are interested in such a beast for its low light capabilities and it would be super interesting what we gain wide open for the extra money. Thank you for the awesome review anyway!
I've never hit time and time again at 1.2 EVER!!! In combination with the Sony eye af, the Sigma 35 f1.2 ART crushes. They said 1.2 couldn't be done on a Sony E-Mount....well, it's been done and it changes everything, or something . If they made this lens for the Nikon Z mount, I would own it right now. Don't forget to download the sample RAW files.
Would you stop shrilling "froknowsphoto" at the beginning?
Jared that lens is awesome. I would like to see it being used with video. I'm currently looking into more prime lenses for creating video and this at a 1.2 which blows out the background is great. Can you review this lens but instead for photographers do it for filmmakers?
If it works so well On the Sony, why you own it for the Nikon? Do you like the files more out of the nikons?
Why do you stick with the Z-mount?
Jared, whats your experience. Are Sigma Art Lenses with canon EF Mount are works as good as native lenses on the Sonys ? In Terms of focus, speed and everything?!
I am a canon shooter and heavily invested in ef glass, but it becomes harder and harder to wait for a Eos R PRO Body and not think about a switch to a sony like the a7iii or even the a9 ...but of course work with my existing ef glass lineup.
I couldn’t care less about the L Mount alliance. However, hearing about the L MOUNT ALLIANCE makes me happy, every time.
Same here
It really never gets old, and the more people who get annoyed by him repeatedly saying it, the funnier it is.
eli manning it’s the lens mount Panasonic uses, it was created by Leica
Thomas Gunn I don’t see how it could annoy anyone. It’s pure awesomeness
*Talks about lens for 14 minutes*
14:32 - "I'm speechless"
😂
Elliot Whitehead hahahaha
Remember when everyone laughed at mirrorless for the AF? Now we've got this with a 1.2 third party lens.
yup, I did.
JeffDvrx every one shooting sports and birds in flight in low light, still laugh about mirrorless.
Remember when we used to laugh at Sony?... I still have memes about sony cameras!! Now I'm the proud owner of two AIII bodies.
@@nordic5490 I shoot sports and dance in low light with my A9 and I do not miss at all taking my 1DX along both because it does not focus as well and the OVF is so much darker in low light. Yes the A9 will still lock on the eye, when the 1DX will get me the bulk of the subject.
incumbent vs emerging technologies. you see it happen over and over again. when a new technology comes, we compare the half baked tech to the existing, well developed and reliable tech. what you should be doing is comparing the potential of the new technology, when it gets improved, to the old technology. dslrs kept improving functions that were already way better than users needed. mirrorless offered something they just couldnt compete against.
A comparison to the 1.4 would be nice to see. Maybe something like "SIGMA 35mm f/1.2 vs. f/1.4 | IS IT WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE???"
Most likely not for the vast majority of users. I switched my glass from 1.4 to 1.8 when I noticed I never really go lower than 2.2 and when you have to carry everything the weight saving are sure worth it.
I never seen Jared so happy about a lens. Must be amazing
Can vouch, it’s endgame 35 Sony lens for me. Traded in my zeiss for this and it performs magnificently. It’s definitely not for everyone though.
Why not for everyone - because of the size?
@@yomofoindahouse That is correct, because of size and weight.
I bought this lens and it was actually delivered before the release date. I have only used it once and liked what I got, but as an amateur, I wasn't sure what the professionals think of it. I am glad to know I didn't waste my money and will be taking it out for some fun tomorrow.
Wow the shot of him handing you the “ball” is awesome
never seen you so happy about a Sony related product
The days he used to pick on sony fan boys hahaha
Ist aber SIGMA 😂❤
Every video... i'm just waiting for that 'L-mount alliance'-glory, still makes me laugh 🤣
I want the A7RIV ! i like it so much !
Same
Finally an actual lens reviewer!
Many of the latest sigma lenses released in both e-mount and L-mount. These mount of this lenses can be changed by Sigma with an extra cost. For example if you have an e-mount camera with various Sigma e-mount lenses and decide to pass to L-mount cameras you won't miss the previous e-mount lenses.
Nearly all lenses follow a compromise between weight, size, optical quality, autofocus performance (except manual ones) and above all price. Sigma with the Art series decided to differentiate from other lens manufacturers and didn't compromise with size and weight. That allowed better optical quality with large apertures at reasonable price and autofocus performance.
The heavier and larger lenses of the Sigma ART series for various mounts is indeed a disadvantage but at the end most photographers appreciate more the optical quality.
13:13 “It’s just amazing what you can do, with 1.2” missed opportunity lol
Well the 1.4 does the same so I won’t be upgrading but I will 100% agree with anyone saying Sigma is killing it recently.
When by "recently" you mean 5+ years and in some cases 15+.
@@dash3dot Nah, I mean the last three.
Congrats on 1M subs Jared 🙏🏻
Sigma 85mm f1.2 for Emount would be awesome. I would buy it.
05:35 * except the Nikon D1 series, they go to 1/16000th of a second.
I have one here. I’ll go look.
Wow. It does. I never knew.
As well as the Canon 1D mk I
It's because it's using a CCD sensor, not a CMOS.
This lens is crazy. I’m so glad you showed us how it holds up in the wind tunnel test.
^^ After your sniff test, i ordered it immediately !
Hi Jared, great review. Terrific lens, very nice images (especially of the little guy). I have to say one thing though, I'm shocked at the amount of ISO noise in the A7Riv images. If I saw those images without knowing what camera they were from, I'd definitely be guessing an APS-C camera.
Keep up the great work.
I agree. From what I understand, that's because having so many megapixels creates way more noise in low light. Have you downloaded the sample images? Because I'm guessing some of it has to do with the compression to fit the image into video resolution. But I haven't checked yet...
Sweet you got the A7R iv in. Cant wait for the full review and how to operate videos among others Im sure you will be doing.
On another note I finally went ahead and bought myself the Sony A7R iii camera with the 70m-300m G OSS f4.5-5.6 lens and a 256gb Prograde V60 memory card w/Porgrade card reader. Just waiting for it all to come in the mail.
Way to go Sigma. This is going to make taking portraits easy. Taking my loan out tomorrow 😊
I'm so keen for the a7rIV review
70-200 2.8 sony e-mount please.
love this vid, but mostly love the fact old mate got free pics of his kid! mega win!
I can attest that this lens works much the same on L mount and the eye AF on the S1. I do find it a hair slower than the native Panasonic and Leica glass, but still very good.
Awaiting for expensive Sony 35mm 1.2
"The eye is so sharp and it's not even funny."
The closed mount from canikon means no third party AF lenses for their ML camera's, Sony's mount is open.
Jarod, cmon, place the L-Mount Alliance sound in each video. The whole universe need this intro.
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3200iso is not pushing it
Good job, Jared. You’re right about how difficult it is to get tack sharp on the eyes at f 1.2 with the Canon 50 1.2. It’s certainly possible, of course, but not easy, and definitely not as easy to get as you made it look with this lens. I have no doubt that the RF lens could do it more easily, but as you alluded to, it’s also about the camera. If you watch Julia Trotti’s videos, or Jessica Kobeissi, or Irene Rudnyk, they will shoot their Canon 50 1.2 occasionally at 1.2, but more often at f 2.0, just because of how difficult it can be
His Sony narration has changed so much.
Sigma is just crushing it since a few years.
I shoot Sony APSC and the Sigma lenses deliver by far the best value for money.
Especially the f/1.4 primes are just a work of art. Flawless really.
Its like the perfect combination.
Sony delivers top notch electronics for a good price and Sigma delivers the glass.
Sigma & Tamron changing the lens game.
yes! great pictures! good job Sigma and good job Sony!
The Sigma 35mm f1.2 is a game-changer. If you want a f1.2 bokelish glass, you can't complain about the weight. As Jared pointed out, the sharpness and background blur is amazingly beautiful!
Man that looks like an excellent pie!
I guess you'll just have to tape that apperture ring so it won't move!
My wait is over for you to review this bad boy, thanks jared
Thanks to mirrorless, top glass just doubled price in 5 years
Marius Tataru 🤣🤣🤣but if you are kitsch enough to shoot portraits wide open like ages ago you have no choice and you must have a pixel peeping crazysharpwideopen lens for your eyeaf mirrorless 😍🤣
The constant rise in minimum wage every year doesn’t help either lol
@@outspokentimes320 I don't understand how raising the minimum wage doesnt help? Sorry if it's a dumb question.
ohad. The more money the average consumer makes, the higher price products go up. Like snacks use too be around .50 1.00 but now most are atleast 1.50$ 2.00$ and chips have definitely increased too more than that. Same with everything else (camera gear etc
Doens't seem to me, when I started being interested in photography you could only get top f/1.4 glass for 1500$ minimum, now you can get 3rd party lenses that are way better than those lenses for way under 1000$.
Same goes for camera, what you can buy today for 2000$ is better than what you could buy not too many years ago for 6000$
I fell in love with the 35mm look after using the Sony RX1 for quite a while. That was only a f/2 though, this f/1.2 looks incredible.
It really wouldn't be such an issue that the aperture ring doesn't have a lock if the ring _turned heavily enough._ Seriously. They could do with learning from 1980s and prior Nikon. It's impossible to turn the rings on their old lenses by accident. They got it right with putting it way at the back of the lens where it belongs, but they apparently need to work on the weight of the ring. Maybe make the ring a bit smaller, too.
Another fix of "L-MOOOOUNT ALLIANCE" Thanks Jared
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Can i get a heart from jared?
My review of the lens. It's a beast. You'd think. Oh, I won't move that aperture ring that much. I'll easily avoid it. I just did a shoot with it. I had to reset the ring at least 4 to 5 times. It definitely moves and if you don't pay attention, it could mess you up a lot. Luckily I had the Sony A7iii, so I could see how the image would look through my viewfinder or else I would have never noticed I accidentally moved the aperture ring. I don't mind the weight... But I do mind the humidity. That plus the weight if the camera will slow you down and drain you. I'm not super fit, but I'm in decent shape. The added weight in your bag will definitely be noticeable
But I thought it was impossible for the emount to have fast lenses?! At least that's what Canon and nikon have been telling us for a while.
It's not impossible, but (at least in theorie) you need to design the lenses different (and larger) to correct for the smaller mount.
Hello Jared that is sweet heavy and outstanding glass. Sigma doing better than others manufacturers in terms of glass quality
Nice looking pictures. Can’t wait to try it on my A7RIV when it comes next week!!
Holy shit, IDK why people say that Canon is winning the race or Paranonic, but IMO, Sony is far away everyone else with the EYE Auto Focus and the sigma sharpness
UltraDXSASC canon user here I agree with you canon has been down hill whilst Sony is definitely killing the game
@MP VW annual revenue is 3 times more than BMW, does that make a Touareg better than X6? Fun fact.
Canon isn't winning any races. They might sell more, but it's one company constantly falling from a plateau they reached a decade ago compared to one that's going up every single year (Sony). As it is Sony will overtake them in sales sooner rather than later, and once that happens they'll have to catch up with a company that makes every single component in their cameras, both hardware and software, and is years ahead in every single technical regard from sensor technology to AF. Even the ridiculous _"color science"_ blind tests show people like Sony colors better than Canon, and that's been a supposed advantage of Canon since digital cameras became a thing.
UltraDXSASC that is your opinion mate, and as the saying goes, 'opinions are like asreholes, everone has one'. Truth is, Canons market shore is increasing atm, and Canon has market leading glass. This is why everone who can afford to, is using Canon glass, even Sony and Panasonic users. Canon users do not used Sigma if they can afford the Canon glass.
My most dissapointing lens ever was a Sigma, and that is the only Sigma I ever owned. My mate has had endless focussing error issues with his Sigma lens.
@@nordic5490 buy Tamron pal, 28-75 f2.8 sure is a fantastic lens xD
Great shots and glad to hear the lens AF can keep up with the A9. Could this be the best quality 35mm lens ever?
It's really hard to resist this lens even when you have the 24mm/1.4 like I do. I know I'll get it with the a9ii when that comes out.
Great review!
Hey Jared, just put a piece of black duct tape on the lens to lock the aperture ring in the Auto setting 😉
Thanks for the review Jared 👍🏻
This lens is nuts. The only equivalent lens is the Voigtlander 35mm f1.2, manual focus for Leica M, and it's quite glowy wide open. This has autofocus and is sharp and beautiful. I wonder how the Sigma 28mm f1.4 for E mount compares.
really wish sigma and tamron would bring out some lenses for the Z Mount!
Nice innovative lens, but for me, it's weight does not make it an option worth considering. Just the other day I was thinking if I should trade my Sigma 35 1.4, in order to buy the new Sony 35 1.8. I found that because of it's weight I only use that lens professionally, at weddings in dark conditions. I can say, after more than one year of use that the focusing on the Sigma 1.4 works a little bit better that the Sony 85 1.8 that I own as well. The only time that I encountered small issues with the focusing was at very close distance to the subject the AF would be by a very tiny bit off, but that was before the firmware update that came for the lens.
I had the sigma 35 1.4 on my a7iii, sold it to get the new 35 1.8 from sony, because the lens was a way too heavy. but this 1.2 is even heavier...the bokeh of both sigma is great, but the weight...it just sucks on a mirrorless. Ps I'm italian and the moment you said " best pizza in the world " I had a sort of weird heart beat, but then you corrected yourself lol
I live in Italy for years. There's plenty of artisanal pizza in the US that beats run of the mill pizza in Italy every time. Wood fired in Italy is rare because of the cost of firewood (there have been scandals involving coffin wood being used).
@@ThoughtMachine1 if you didn't eat pizza in naples or cities around naples then yes I kinda agree with you. you can't eat the best pizza in the world in all the italian cities/regions.
go to 0:57 Conan and Jordan quickly explain what i've just wrote to you ruclips.net/video/aqwqLuBWZBM/видео.html
what about bokeh some peapol say bokeh very bad its its okey?
@@jessyyyyyy258 on the sony 35 1.8 the bokeh is really very nice
It's always nice when your lens sets itself to a random aperture every time you put it on or take it off of your camera. It makes life more interesting and your photos come out more "artistic". That's why it's called an "art" lens.
Great lens. You captured some cute candids. Sony needs to put that 61mp sensor in the a9. If that is their flagship, it should have the speed and the resolution. The images off the mark 4 were so sharp, it was very close to medium format. Can't wait for Sigma fp review. 👍
Maybe they will put the A7R3 sensor on the A9II now that the R4 is released. I would be happy with 42mp
on a A9.
For many years, my day job was software development. From my perspective, the A9 is groundbreaking because of the speed and power of its internal processing, including the speed of its internal data buses. This is why the A9 contains a 3-layer sandwich consisting of the sensor chip connected to an image processing chip through a layer of high-conductivity copper wires. Otherwise the A9 is most likely almost the same as the other A cameras. As you can see from the price, this sensor-processor sandwich is almost certainly expensive. If you double the pixel count, you double the data-transfer and processing speed requirements, since the objects you are trying to recognize and track aren't moving any slower. I suspect that this is why the Nikon Z7 is so slow to track and autofocus compared to the Z6.
As a wildlife photographer, 24 megapixels is just fine for me. The big wildlife primes, like the 600mm f/4, could in theory generate a 40 or 50 megapixel image if shot wide open with perfect focusing. If the A9ii were any slower than the A9 I wouldn't even consider replacing my old A9. Even the biggest lens will give a blurry image if it is focusing on where a flying bird was 1/10 second ago. For anything slower-moving than flying feathered dinosaurs or major-league ball players, all that processing power would usually be a waste of money.
@@stuartschaffner9744 - Well, I guess I should have quantified - higher megapixel at same speed or higher. The A9II with 42 megapixels that is slower is called an A7RIII.
The Keto Life I read somewhere, maybe SAR, they’re saying that the a9ii may have like 32 or 36mps which’s isn’t a bad idea since, it would allow sport/wildlife photographers to have some cropping space but also allow the camera to deliver/unload to the SD at a 20+FPS
I mean, the A7R had originally 36mps, which I wished my Sony a7iii had but who knows maybe in the mark 4?
@@Faded.Visuals yeah I guess in the sports world they will sacrifice resolution to not miss the moment. We'll see because it is definitely coming. The a9 is discounted online, that is always a sign of a new product release.
1 million subs. Congrats.
4:02 best part of the video
I thought this was the usual click bait but really beautiful review.. combo of A9 and 35 1.2, something to think about!
This is great! Have you heard anything about Sigma’s sport line making something native for Sony e-mount?
holy shit Sony's focusing system is crazyyyyyyyyyy
Great review! Can you compare the new Sigma 14-24 f2.8 vs 16-35 G master?
I would also love this review!
I'm thinking of buying this lense for my a6100 for great low light photos. Night time photography
I wonder if he will review the new sigma 14 24 sigma lens for Sony
I shoot with the 850, and recently just purchased the a7riv waiting for delivery. How come it seems like Sonys pictures produces alot of noise. I'm not use to that lol
BALLS, BALLS
Canon and Nikon both took stabs at SONY saying larger lens mounts can enable more sophisticated optics like f/1.2 (and beyond) lenses. Everyone assumed it wasn't possible for the smaller e-mount but SONY said that's not how optics work....it's nice to see this actually coming true although it's a third party company beating SONY to the f/1.2 aperture lenses.
yeah, severely compromising on size and weight everything is possible. Tho I wonder what's the actual t-stop of this lens.
@@LordArioh about T/1.3 or T/1.4... Also a lens F stop is mostly determined by the front glass diameter with a fraction or ratio of the aperture blades... Not the mount size heck there's even 0.95 on D mounts cameras ...
MY GOD THE HAND IN THE EYE!!!!!!!!!!
So are they ever gonna make a Z mount version of this? so annoying to have to wait/guess if they ever will.
Most likely yes but only after they have backwards engineered the AF for the Z mount system
Canon and Nikon are both idiots, for not openly sharing their mount-specifications. Really gives third party lens manufacturers less incentives to develop for RF and Z mount. Especially with their much smaller market-share.
Just be thankful Nikon and Canon arent putting in software in their cameras to stop people from using 3rd party lenses.
People choose Canon or Nikon for their brand value. The brand itself carries weight. Who would want a second brand lens on their beloved Canon body, or Nikon. You wouldn't use a third party lens on a Leica either. It all about the brand, the logo, the letters.
Jeff Luo - that would have been true in the past, back when Tamron and Sigma were considered inferior budget-options. But in the current climate, I‘m seeing many of our customers choosing Sigma Art lenses over Canon L or Nikon G. Makes sense too, photographers generally make less money than 10-20 years ago. Need more bang for their buck.
Jared, you need to put the lens cap on before the wind tunnel test...
4:00 is what we’re here for...
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Thank God, you mentioned "THEEEEE LLLLLLLLLLLLL MOOOOOUNNNNNTTTTT ALLLLLLIAAAANCCEEEE!!!!"
Size 10 Soles, sorry I know you sent me a message about color profiling but I can't find it. There seems to be a problem with RUclips's notification mechanism. I'm not 100% certain I understand your point and I apologize for that. It seems that you are saying that the automatic color toning in some cameras gives you colors that you like better than what Sony provides. The methods I described on how to get the most accurate toning out of any camera is an applied form of "color science". I gave you some references to research this further if you want.
I believe that what you are saying is that if you use the default settings on other brands of cameras then you get color tonings you prefer without any use of color toning during processing. If so, that's great. The camera you use should be a tool to produce the results you like most. By all means choose your camera on that basis. This is especially true if you insist on shooting JPEG, whose 8-bit color depth makes color toning very difficult. However, if you or a client ever wants a different toning later, then you too will have to look into how to change that in post processing. The place where I would disagree is if you imply that your own preferences are "correct" and a product of "color science", whereas anybody else's are incorrect and unscientific. The art world is a big place and there is a lot of room for individual taste.
I will add that Fujifilm's default JPEG color toning is different in the reds. I believe this comes from the fact that Fujifilm was originally a film company and produced a very popular film brand called Velvia. The chemicals and dyes used in this film made its reds different from, say, Kodachrome. I remember using Velvia film myself many years ago and liking it. I believe that some of the color toning packages these days offer a "velvia look". This is what I have heard, but Fuji users are welcome to provide better information if they have it. Good luck and hope this helps!
Damn 1500 bucks. I'll just save up for a used $400 rokinon 35mmf1.4. 😭
4:36 as far as i can see, there is no Boeing :)
Well you can shoot at 1/10000 at ISO 100, or if your camera allows that, just lower the ISO. The fp goes all the way down to ISO 6, so it's kinda the death for ND Filters
Thanks for this review. I feel your pain regarding Sony vs. Nikon. Awesome lens from Sigma.
Brilliant review, brilliant presenter.
I ❤️ to hear L Mount Allaince
Hahaha! That "Rocky" guy is still there???? He was there 5-6 years ago by the statute trying to get people take pictures with him then and he's still doing it!!
Jared, what button do you assign Eye AF to?:0
Top right back of the camera generally. Is that AE-L or AF lock which ever is furthers right. Also I sometimes just work with the lock on AF now.
Thanks! I'm still rocking an A7r2 right now so I'll just keep in on my AEL button.
your presets cannot be purchased, the website is saying "item does not exist" or such.
L - Mount Alliance gets me every time lol
you did not mention the horrible sample variation, polin...
I am looking for a 50mm for sony how is the sigma 50mm compared to the zeiss 50mm 1.4
Georgia vol I tested the Sigma for a month and couldn’t care less how the Zeiss performs
The Sigma just blew my expectations in sharpness, chromatic aberrations and Eye AF speed
Plus it is cheaper than the Zeiss
Tested on an A7III
Recommend
The Zeiss 50MM F1.4 is the best 50 for the E-mount bodies.
To follow up with the comment about manual focus lenses Voigtlander is about to release their 50mm F2 apochromatic lens which if it is anything like their other apochromatic lenses will be extremely high quality in both build and performance
Would make an awesome lense for using as a FPV or Webcam at your desk setup?
amazing review !
3:59 That is refreshing! thanks!
Jesus... That focus on f1.2 is masive!!
What about the A6600 with Sigma 35 mm 1.2 ??
Lol , how dare you! The camera is not out yet, to the public
It will become a 52.5mm 1.8
Thanks for video. Really nice when you thinks it's 1.2 and... tack sharp.
Jared do you know if Nikon is planning to improve their eye AF at some point?
@j Duffy well I'm not about D6, I need to know if there are any plans to upgrade Eye AF, because you cannot rely on it when focus sometimes "jump" on eyelashes.. i have a Z6, and it would be great yo get an upgrade. I'm a bit envy looking at Sony :)
When reviewing such fast lenses an estimate on the transmission performance would be valuable. I understand that not everyone is equipped with measuring T stops, but a qualitative comparison with to say the 35/1.4 art would be informative. Many I am sure are interested in such a beast for its low light capabilities and it would be super interesting what we gain wide open for the extra money. Thank you for the awesome review anyway!
Hey Jared, what about making a video of this lens with the A7SIII?