SONY 70-200 F4 REVIEW for SHOOTING SPORTS with EXAMPLES | How It Compares to the F2.8 G Master
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- Опубликовано: 4 сен 2024
- Which telephoto lens should you get for your SONY mirrorless camera? SONY 70-200 F4 G OSS vs F2.8 G Master? Here's my experience with both lenses and why I think you'd be pleasantly surprised with the F4. This is a review of the Sony 70 - 200 F4 G OSS in comparison to the F2.8 G Master.
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Comparison to G Master: (0:43)
Example shots: (2:05)
Final Thoughts: (3:05)
MY CAMERA:
Sony A7III (www.bhphotovid...)
LENS:
Tamron 28-75 f2.8 (www.bhphotovid...)
MICROPHONES:
Deity D3 Pro (www.bhphotovid...)
Rode WirelessGO (www.amazon.com...)
MONITOR:
Feelworld Master f5 (www.amazon.com...)
MUSIC:
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I'm actually shocked of how well F4 with 120fps at night. Aiming for 70-200mm F/2.8 though as this sounds like 1080@240fps is possible at around 12,800-25,000 ISO with the a7S III. Also it'll mostly be 4K@120fps instead of 1080p, but that 1080p looks so good when upscaled to 4K.
Dude, thanks for the crisp and brief video. Nice, keep it up! Oh and epic footage by the way!
My husband just bought it for me for my 7RIII and I exited about go to the City for a nice pics, here in the bay area CA, but I need to know more about this baby 😄.
Thank you for your information.
Nice review. Just got this lens and thanks to Covid, not had a chance to really get out with it. Can't wait.
Same with me I got mine in December and haven’t used it yet but baseball seasons soon
PLEASE DO MORE REVIEWS JUST LIKE THIS.
Chris Rojas thanks! I need to get around to it.
Collin Ebel your footage convinced me i need a 70-200.
Chris Rojas you won’t regret it!
I shoot landscapes mainly. I had the 70-200mm GM, but it's just too damn heavy. So, I switched to the 70-200mm G lens. I love the GM, but I use the G.
mate what color profile do u use to edit those sports videos?! they are sick🔥, keep it up
Interested
Great video Collin 👍🏻 I am searching a tele lens for my FX6 and I think the 70-200 mm f4 would be a great combo 💪🏼 best cinematic greetings from a small german RUclips filmmaker 😂
Nice video bub, been looking at this lens. Go Hoosiers!
Haha, we have the same exact table set up! Ikea ftw :D
Awesome video btw, just got my 70-200 f4
Nikolaj Fehrm love the desk! And awesome, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
It would be interesting to see an update on this the F4 compared with the new G Master F2.8. I hike a lot with the F4, I also travel very often, size and weight matters for me, so unless there is a very significant difference in image quality, probably F4 is a better choice for me. Even though, from the trinity of lenses perspective, I am using this lens far less versus the standard zoom or the wide angle zoom, I find that you must have a telephoto zoom in your backpack. As an example, If I would have had the F4 70-200 telephoto zoom while traveling in China, my terracotta soldiers pics would have been not great at all. I never did astro photography with my F4 20-70, but I would be interested in trying. Obviously F2.8 is better than F4 for astro, I own a star tracker but I have never used that witn an F4. That is definitely another criteria to consider.
Great Info bro keep reviewing product's
Thanks for such a thorough review. My question is: how adequate is the f4 in lower-light settings? I shoot high school football, and some Friday Night Lights aren’t very bright. I have an a7iii and an a9, so I’ll probably have to bump up the ISO, but that may mean cleaning up pixels in post. (I’m transitioning from Canon to SONY. My Canon 70-200/2.8 is 14 years old, but still does well in low light)
Geoff Powers thanks! I’ve always been impressed with the low light capabilities of my a7iii. Personally, I usually shoot football at f4 anyways, even if I have a lens capable of opening up more like a 2.8. So the limitations of this lens haven’t been a huge inconvenience for me. It probably helps also that college stadiums I shoot at are well lit at night. Most HS fields may be a bit darker.
Hope this helps! You could always rent the 70-200 F4 to try it out. 👍🏼
Hi
do you test that lens( 70-200 f4) in a sony apcs? for example sony A 6400??
can this lens work fine whit this body?
thanks for your video
Thanks for making this video!
That looks amazing!!
What iso settings u normally use at f4? Can you freeze ok the movement in low light?
Nice vídeo Review, next time a little more Photos examples please. (8-12 more photos).
specialized41 thanks for the comment! Definitely will. This was my first shot at a product review so I appreciate the feedback.
@@collinebel9997 You make a very good job, simple, condense information. Keep your video that way, short, clear condensed information. Good luck.!!
Great review, thank.
Your examples look great! Thinking about the F4 but I shoot mountain biking in the forrest with some bright spots but lots of darker areas. I want to freeze fast bikers in frame, you think it would work well for such an application?
Thank you so much, very informative video. I have a question: When you are shooting football, do you use a gimbal or tripod? Can you share your equipment models?
Sorry for the late reply! I use a monopod and my a7iii is in a small rig cage
@@collinebel9997 thank you! I bought the same thing. Haha
Thank you. This is great info. I am about to start shooting sports and needed a great pens for my a7iii. I want to get gmaster but it is too expensive for me right now. So this helps me! I’m shooting track and field soon. Is this lens great on movement focusing ?
Elizabeth Jae the AF is pretty good! For sure better than some non-Sony lenses I own such as the Tamron. Sony bodies now have auto eye focus which works really well when locking onto subjects.
It is a shame that for sports and action photography there is no eMount lens (Sony or third party) to equal the Canon 300mm f/4L IS lens in focal range, aperture, price and weight and size. I used a combination of Canon 70-200mm f/4L IS and a 300mm f/4L IS lenses on a pair of Canon crop factor cameras (7D and 7D2).
Too bad that Tamron doesn't have a 300mm or 400mm f/2.8 or even f/4 prime in an eMount version to match the 70-180mm f/2.8 eMount lens that they now offer.
With the new A1, I have to imagine shooting with the 70-200 at 200mm in Crop Mode would do the job and be significantly lighter.
How did you record the footage of football? I mean... by hand, on a gimball, tripod, etc
By hand with a small rig cage with a top handle and a monitor
How has the F4 been holding up for you? I’ve seen some horror stories of the F4 breaking in half. I’m looking to buy either the 70-200 F4 or the Tamron 70-180 F2.8. I’m leaning towards the Sony because of the OSS, but I’m still on the fence mainly because of those horror stories.
glosoya10 been holding up really well. I’ve shot numerous sporting events and lugged it around plenty in my camera bag. Haven’t had any issues and still impressed w it. You probably can’t go wrong with either the Sony or Tamron, besides getting that 20mm of extra zoom out of the Sony
Collin Ebel Thats awesome to hear! I shoot video for a university athletics department. Right now the only zoom lens I have access to is a 24-105. It works okay for most situations but I really do need the extra zoom for football, baseball and soccer. The 70-200 looks like a great focal length for sports.
I'm sure you've already purchased a lens at this point, but for what it's worth, one of the major advantages of the Sony lenses is that they are compatible with the 1.4x and 2x teleconverters, whereas the Tamron (and all third party lenses for that matter) are not. I recently upgraded from the Tamron 70-180 to the 70-200 f/2.8 GM and it is an absolute beast of a lens. Significantly larger and heavier, but I like that for its durability. The Tamron definitely feels a lot more cheaply made, despite it being a fantastic lens.
Hey so I am a very novice videographer and photographer for sports and am looking into a telephoto lens for my canon Rebel T5i and i wanted to know if you could explain to me why I should get this style lens and what it ultimately does?
Is this enough light for a high school football night game?
What was the full description of the F4
Loved this comparison, are you using face detect autofocus?
Thanks! Yes, believe I had eye-AF enabled.
@@collinebel9997 eye af is only in photo mode in a73
What settings do you used for indoor F4...specially low light?
The f4 is great but the g master is by far a work from god
Thank you bro
What settings do you use for the f/4?
I am about to be a Freshman in college and I have partnered with my colleges football / basketball teams to be their videographer. I have the Sony A7iii and I am interested in lenses. Would you strongly recommend the Sony 70-200mm (f4) if I can not afford the (f2.8)? Would this lens be able to record very good quality not slo-mo but normal speed. I am trying my hardest to save up for the 2.8 before the season starts, but if I end up getting the f4, it’ll perform just fine?
Sorry for the super late response - yes, I think you’ll be happy with the performance of the f4. Even though it’s not the GM, it’s still an extremely solid lens that yields great results. Good luck!
is it good for low lights too
Eternal Slayer being that it’s an F4 lens there are some limitations in low light. You will have to compensate by upping the ISO. For the best low light performance I’d go with the G Master.
Review short and good
thanks
Can I use this lens for a Sony ZV-e10?
did you get it for the sony zve10?
@@kiea2881 yes
How would it do for wildlife, with a 2x converter ?
John G I haven’t shot any wildlife with this lens yet, but based on the shots I’ve gotten of sports I would expect it would perform great. Especially if you’re shooting outside in daylight, F4 should do the trick. Not sure how well this lens works with a converter though.
IT DOESNT WORK WITH TELE CONVERTER...
2x converter doesn't work with the f4 version, the 2.8 it does.
How the hell do you get so close, your 200mm shots look like 800mm
For the basketball shots it’s pretty easy getting close ups from the sideline. Football is a bit harder, always running up and down the sideline to be as close to the action as possible 👍🏼
Haw match is zoom 200 70 by dollars now
did you shoot it handheld?
Yep, all handheld
Which cam did you used ?
Sony a7iii
@@collinebel9997 thx bro 🙏🙏🙏
J
When someone pronounces G Master as "Jew Master" and Sony pricing all of sudden makes sense :D
The f4 plus a a7iii still hold up in lowlight?
Did u find out
@@user-dh5fp4gw1b I'm sure it would. I've shot indoors with a variable 55-210 and the highest I went was like 6400 iso. And since the a7iii had a pretty good sensor for low light im sure you'll be good.