5 reasons why Sigma 24-70 f2.8 should your first lens for Sony e-mount camera
5- Build Quality
This lens is built like a tank, it’s all metal design feels so good in hand. All the functions and buttons it has got are comparable to Sony Gmaster lens. This zoom ring is great and you can lock it too. I found the dampness is perfect too for focus ring.
Outside build quality just half the story, I am sure the internal glass components are great too because picture quality is crisp and sharp. That brings us to our 4th reason.
4- Picture Quality
I have been using this lens for more than a month now and I found that the picture quality is great – I also have Sony 16-35mm Gmaster lens and I cannot see the difference between their picture quality – sharpness and vibrancy of picture is at par with Sony.
3- focal range on the wider side 24 is just enough wide and 70 is just enough telephoto
24-70 is a perfect focal length, it gives great flexibility with f2.8 aperture – its a fast lens and amount of light you can get under low light situations is amazing. It can replace all you prime lenses from 24mm to almost 85mm. And f you just want to buy one lens this should be your lens because it can handle most of the situations.
Obviously, if you have a specific use like sports photography, then you will have to go for 100 to 400mm lens or 12-24mm super wide lens for real estate photography.
But in all other Norma scenarios this lens will handle everything.
2- That bokeh – if you are not aware of that term bokeh or bokah – that background blur you get is called as bokeh – it keeps your subject in focus with background blur
Obviously you will get even creamier bokeh from fast 1.4 prime lens but this is perfect too…
1 – And finally – the price – Let me tell you one thing, I am using 16-35 Gmaster lens and build quality wise – picture sharpness wise – Altus focus capabilities wise it is second to none
It is the perfect companion for your Sony full frame e mount camera. I upgraded to Sony a73 recently and looked at all the reviews about this lens and other lenses – literally all the reviews – and bought this a month ago and fell in love with it from the first moment.
Now that I have told you 5 reasons why you should buy this lens, let me tell one reason why you should not buy this lens. And that is the reason I am returning this lens – let me give my use case.
I am basically a YouTube content creator first and then and avid photographer. Based on my use case I find that I like to use wide angle lens and prefer wide focal lengths.
This lens although was great, I needed another wider lens. So, I bought Sony Gmaster used locally and that is amazing too…
and the both my lenses are heavy.
And I need a lens that would be light weight foe travel purpose. Because taking both these lens are not going to be comfortable- So I have decided to downgrade in terms of build quality to Tamron lens which is also great and sharp.
So the reason you should avoid this lens is that it is heavy – and that is obviously due to the material and if I would not have bought Gmaster I would definitely keep this.
Hopefully this will help you in making the buying decision and if you found this video helpful – please share this article with your friends who are looking to get one and please watch the full review on my youtube channel “Incremental Nova”.
See you in the next one and don’t forget to exercise today.
Incremental Nova 