My first priority although I have many and use this type of lenses in a lot of different types of shooting but one area sticks out more than most. I do a ton of corporate work and usually I get hired to do a lot of offsite meetings with attendees from around the globe doing ballroom meetings. So couple of immediate things. Ed length, I can be on top of the podium. 135 puts me in about the fourth row. I’m not so obvious there. Second is light , I can’t use flash at all except when they may give out a award. So I’m usually in low spots on podium as there running PowerPoints so you can’t blast the stage. Third believe it or not they do NOT sit still, sometimes there nervous as hell or talk with there hands or jump out of the light. It’s kind of a mess. I usually on a monopod and in the past I would wind up on manual focus because I’m just better at it than AF.
From all that I seen so far the key factor was extremely sharp wide open and I really need that as I do not like going high ISO especially not past about 1200. That’s MY comfort level . Also what I seen myself so far is the AF speed but more the accuracy is maybe the best I have seen yet on a Sony lens. So for just this one type of job and I do many types this solved a continual challenge that I always faced. Now and next week I got a 5 day job loaded with this type so it will be a awesome test bed for me. But I’m expecting lower ISO now I’m at F1.8 not F2.8 and yes I loved my Batis but the extra speed I need and nailing focus at 1.8 with good shutter speeds as these people are jumping around so I need to stop there motion and more accurate AF and focusing speed. These are big pluses for me. Now there are at least 10 more ways I use a 135 and if I analyzed each type they way I just did than I see absolutely no downside. I also like the rendering and at this point in the evolution of Sony system it maybe the best 135 overall solution yet. I like the Sigma don’t get me wrong but I have many factors to consider and the Sony checks the boxes better. Now I need a 200 just like it
May 11, 2019 at 12:54 PM
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