I decided to keep on with my 16-35 PZ lens and for work stuff like events just grab a Sigma 28-70 2.8 to use. I have still several working gigs coming up so I needed something in that mid range. Ive pretty much tried everything else and really did not want to spend too much money. Im on retirement path.
With this addition I would have
Sony 16-35 F4 PZ
Sigma 28-70 2.8
Samyang 75 1.8 which I have yet to even shoot. May sell it
Sony 70-200 II
A7R5
ZV 1 with 16-50 for shit hit the fan
But im am curious how this Sigma 28-70 is . It will be for certain an event lens. My 16-35 is the travel, street lens
Didn't you have a Tamron 28-75 G2? Anything you didn't like about that? I would think the Tamron has better focus accuracy and optics than the Sigma 28-70. The Sigma is a bit smaller than the tamron, if that matters. I haven't personally tried the Sigma 28-70, it is one of the few mid range zooms I haven't tried. So thoughts are based on various reviews I have seen.
tschopp wrote:
Didn't you have a Tamron 28-75 G2? Anything you didn't like about that? I would think the Tamron has better focus accuracy and optics than the Sigma 28-70. The Sigma is a bit smaller than the tamron, if that matters. I haven't personally tried the Sigma 28-70, it is one of the few mid range zooms I haven't tried. So thoughts are based on various reviews I have seen.
I just did not like the Tammy, it was one of those it don't fit me well. If anything it had no real rendering I liked just sharp as heck was its main attribute . I do like to try things and sometimes I may go buy something 3 times. Maybe its me on Tampon just have not been the biggest fan of that brand.
GMPhotography wrote:
I decided to keep on with my 16-35 PZ lens and for work stuff like events just grab a Sigma 28-70 2.8 to use. I have still several working gigs coming up so I needed something in that mid range. Ive pretty much tried everything else and really did not want to spend too much money. Im on retirement path.
With this addition I would have
Sony 16-35 F4 PZ
Sigma 28-70 2.8
Samyang 75 1.8 which I have yet to even shoot. May sell it
Sony 70-200 II
A7R5
ZV 1 with 16-50 for shit hit the fan
But im am curious how this Sigma 28-70 is . It will be for certain an event lens. My 16-35 is the travel, street lens...Show more →+
Why don't you have the Sony 24-70 f2.8 GM II? There's nothing on the market that touches it... aside from the price.
GMPhotography wrote:
Price is really the issue. Im just not shooting as much and trying to wind down somewhat. Plus its a big lens
They are going for $1,850, average, on B&S. Having followed you, over the years, Guy, I cannot imagine that you would be satisfied with anything less than this lens since retirement will not take-away the critical, professional IQ assessment that you have cultivated over your long career. I say, treat yourself and deal with the size/weight.
I just counted the number of 24-70mm f2.8's I have shot over the years, Nikon (2), Canon (2), Tamron (2), Sigma (2), Sony/Zeiss (1), Sony (2), etc. - 11 total lenses (good grief!). Most recently, I tried the Tamron 28-75mm G2. I agree with your assessment. and just couldn't live without 24mm, although it is a really impressive lens for the price. From what I have read, I know that that the Sigma 28-70mm would be too much of a compromise, for me. I prefer primes, but when I need a zoom the GM II is in a class in all its own and the GM II is the only one I would be completely happy with.
I know this is one of those compromises I did not want to make. I was actually going to rent the 24-70. I’ll try this next week. I may even go do Big Bronco test. I’ll still have my 16-35 in bag just in case
If it’s an event lens then I would get the tampon 35-150
35 at f2 and 150 at f2,8
If you can cope with the weight then it’s an excellent travel lens,
If it’s too heavy you can get a siggy 24-70 on the used market quite cheap, out preforms the 28-70,
The 28-70 is a lens when weight is a consideration,
From your previous posts I recon you will be selling it soon, maybe I am wrong and I haven’t owned the lens and maybe if it’s just a tool…
Uncle Chip wrote:
If it’s an event lens then I would get the tampon 35-150
35 at f2 and 150 at f2,8
If you can cope with the weight then it’s an excellent travel lens,
If it’s too heavy you can get a siggy 24-70 on the used market quite cheap, out preforms the 28-70,
The 28-70 is a lens when weight is a consideration,
From your previous posts I recon you will be selling it soon, maybe I am wrong and I haven’t owned the lens and maybe if it’s just a tool…
I agree.... you should always have tampons for event. Don't want to have an accident ..... but 35-150, that's just too many
35 is to long for those casual 4 people chats with drinks. Need more width in focal length. I think 28 is even tight sometimes. Think also I’m the hired gun my job or any shooters job is be a part of the event and work a room. You really don’t get that distance
GMPhotography wrote:
I decided to keep on with my 16-35 PZ lens and for work stuff like events just grab a Sigma 28-70 2.8 to use. I have still several working gigs coming up so I needed something in that mid range. Ive pretty much tried everything else and really did not want to spend too much money. Im on retirement path.
With this addition I would have
Sony 16-35 F4 PZ
Sigma 28-70 2.8
Samyang 75 1.8 which I have yet to even shoot. May sell it
Sony 70-200 II
A7R5
ZV 1 with 16-50 for shit hit the fan
But im am curious how this Sigma 28-70 is . It will be for certain an event lens. My 16-35 is the travel, street lens...Show more →
You should at least try out the 75/1.8. It's an amazing lens (specially for the price). Would be perfect pairing with your 16-35 pz for travel.
I love the Sigma 28-70 f2.8 lens: it is relatively lightweight, focuses fast, is quite sharp and has very nice bokeh. I use three lenses most often: the Sigma 28-70, the Sony 20 1.8 and the Tamron 70-180, but it is the Sigma that stays on my A7iv most of the time. I also use it for video recording events as a b or c camera with my video cameras. It does quite well.
GMPhotography wrote:
I decided to keep on with my 16-35 PZ lens and for work stuff like events just grab a Sigma 28-70 2.8 to use. I have still several working gigs coming up so I needed something in that mid range. Ive pretty much tried everything else and really did not want to spend too much money. Im on retirement path.
With this addition I would have
Sony 16-35 F4 PZ
Sigma 28-70 2.8
Samyang 75 1.8 which I have yet to even shoot. May sell it
Sony 70-200 II
A7R5
ZV 1 with 16-50 for shit hit the fan
But im am curious how this Sigma 28-70 is. It will be for certain an event lens. My 16-35 is the travel, street lens...Show more →
I got the Sigma 28-70 about two weeks ago to try out. I did it after reading about five reviews that said it was optically superior to the Tamron. Some of the reviews also talked about the rendering and colors being good, which is important to me.
The short story is that I like the lens a lot. I think its rendering and colors are excellent and it is sharp. Sigma made an excellent set of compromises by making it 28mm instead of 24mm. The lens is light and compact, though not as light and compact as your PZ 16-35, which is a superb lens, But the Sigma is f2.8 rather than 4.0. Keeping both of them makes a lot of sense to me.
I got mine because the middle range is where I take most of my pictures and I wanted a lens that could make excellent images and that was convenient to carry and use, both for seeing my grandchildren and for travel.
I am very happy with it and plan to keep it. It makes very high quality images and gets to be in your hand when you want it to be.
Actually my assistant shot it and the images look good . It did the job for sure. Im going to keep it I believe . Im driving out tomorrow to get back home across country but will look at it more once I get there
Are size and weight an issue, Guy? If not, I'd consider the Sigma 24-70/2.8 as an alternative. You'll get a stronger all-around 28-50, plus the extra 4mm at the wide end, where the lens is a solid close-to-mid performer so long as you keep corrections on, can come in handy in event situations. Just a thought.
