When Christopher Frost tells you a lens is sharp and highly recommended you go out and buy it.

@bird271828

4 жыл бұрын

...if we have the money. Otherwise, we keep on dreaming.

@petersvan7880

4 жыл бұрын

@@bird271828 Haha...

@BroncoSolid

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear the effect is universally experienced

@tyroney2

4 жыл бұрын

Quite an unquestioning...almost religious following here. 🤣

@chrisseveris5126

4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

Respect to Sigma for showing so much love for Christopher's channel. I was absolutely sure that he was going to be among the first to review this lens. Kudos!

Thanks for squeezing in another great review prior to the holiday - I know a lot of people (myself included) really appreciate your work.

@rsmith_aus1371

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Tatro agreed!

I own this lens for about two weeks and i love it! Don't have any autofocus problems or some extreme flaring as others describe, unless you do something really stupid. Mine copy seems to be well centred as well so i'm pretty satisfied. Sharpness is outstanding as is the build quality. Sigma keeps making really awesome lenses, hope to see FE 70-200 F2.8 soon! Oh and quick tip for ya. If the rubber part of the rubber lens hood seems faded or weared out, put a tiny bit of silicone based oil on your finger and smudge it on. It will look like new.

Was waiting for this... got me the 14-24 a few weeks back after watchin ur review for that... sigma is killing it!

Great to see you get the first UK review of this, shows how well you are doing and a great review, have a good Christmas

The G in G master stands for another grand in price ;)

@JonathanAkosah

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoooooo 😂

I've been waiting for this for weeks, thank you very much!

Thank you , Chris, for giving us the best, most independent and most useful lens tests in the net. A Merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones. By the way: this seems to be the third Sigma Art Lens I have to buy ;)

Finally I've been waiting for so long! Thank you!

Omg I've been waiting for this review. Will be getting it soon!!

Yesssss I've been waiting for this review

That lens is a piece of art, itself.

Sick! Honestly, I thought you’d be the last guy to get a review out

I have been looking at other channels on the same lens... but this channel nails it! Thank you!

Much thanks for this Lens Review, Christopher. So i could start saving my pennies for the Sigma. And Merry Xmas to you, too !

Thanks again for the review! Going to check it out in January and compare it to the Tamron 28-75 also for video work.

This is awesome, thank you so much, Christopher!

I own the 24-70 GM and had the chance to test the 24-70 from Sigma and am positively annoyed by the great performance of the Sigma. It's sharper and the minimum focus distance is way shorter!

@daylight5085

4 жыл бұрын

Why not sell it and buy this? Just curious.

@soerenmurmann

4 жыл бұрын

Day Light really thinking about it tho! maybe gonna sell my GM

@knust2329

4 жыл бұрын

@@soerenmurmann Don't sell it. It's a great lens. Sharpness is not everything.

@bryanhiebert1941

4 жыл бұрын

There's distortion at 24mm. This lens is not perfect

@knust2329

4 жыл бұрын

@@bryanhiebert1941 No lens is perfect. The GM zoom is a very good lens, that's a fact. You don't really gain anything by replacing it with the Sigma.

Christopher, thanks for another excellent lens review. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Jay

The moment I heard "L mount alliance" I swear I was expecting Jared Polin to jump on screen and say it.

@philtaylor194

4 жыл бұрын

And Jared would jump up and yell out of the screen....

@glitchlife4639

4 жыл бұрын

L MOUNT ALLIANCE!!!!!!!

@dioFLim

4 жыл бұрын

EEELLLL!!! MOOOUNTT!!! ALLIANCE!!

Thanks for the awesome review and Merry Christmas!

Your unbiased reviews really helped me make my decision on a new lens. I went with this Sigma 24-70 over the Sony 24-105 and Tamron 28-75. Thanks for your high quality, no-bs reviews.

@stuartfergus943

3 жыл бұрын

Are you happy with your choice? I'm think of the sigma or the Sony 105. Thanks

@shawnbrynelson5333

3 жыл бұрын

@@stuartfergus943 I love the sigma 24-70. Very sharp and a nice general purpose focal range.

@zen933

Жыл бұрын

@@shawnbrynelson5333 have you encountered dust inside your lens?

Hi Chris Thanks for your awesome work. Great review, as always. Have a Happy New Year start!

Great review as always.. I have been saving for the new canon 70-200mm RF, and I would really like to see you do a review on it because I’ve been hearing that it has a few issues. Thank you for all your great work with these lens reviews.

@dpham-g5i

4 жыл бұрын

Focus issues at 200mm but firmware updates should hopefully fix it

You are like the only one I go to before deciding on any lens

Appreciate your reviews as they seem to be very honest

would not place an order before watching your review.

It’s amazing I just watch you do the Canon review for the RF 24-70 which is over double the price. And this way outperformed it. This is why Canon doesn’t like third-party manufacturers make lenses.

Oh, This is the first time I saw you test the lens in the rain🙋🏻‍♂️sir

Thanks for good review! I would be very interested in seeing example images comparing the bokeh at 70mm 2.8, for this Sigma and the Tamron 28-75. And also examples comparing the bokeh of those two at 55mm 2.8, with Sony 16-55 2.8 on APS-C.

I was waiting for this review! This should be an excellent buy for the Leica SL or Pany S1 L-Mount.

There are many options of full frame e-mount cameras at this focal range. The default kit zoom Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS, the Sony Zeiss FE 24-70mm f/4 OSS with a recently reduced price, the little more expensive Tamron FE 28-75mm f/2.8, the very expensive Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM and the latest Sigma FE 24-70mm f/2.8. Nowadays there is large variety of e-mount lenses and that makes e-mount cameras more attractive. The Sigma FE 24-70mm f/2.8 is available only for the E-Mount and L-Mount mirrorless cameras but it seems to me that has a design for SLR cameras. From the review it looks inferior to the Sony FE 24-70 f/2.8 GM but it has nearly the half the price and that is usually more important. Since the era of autofocus lenses for film SLR cameras, Sigma, Tamron and sometimes Tokina have been producing f/2.8 zoom lenses with a similar price of similar Nikon, Canon f/4 zoom lenses but inferior quality of similar Nikon, Canon f/2.8 lenses.

yessss i was waiting for this

Great!!! as always!!!

Got this lens in the mail today. Chris, I don't think I can justify ever buying another Sony lens when Sigma is producing such quality for half the price. I recently bought their 70mm for marco and the sharpness is stupidly good.

Well done. Very thoughtful and informative review.

Just ordered this lens yesterday for my Sony a9ii. I’m a paid portrait photography & can’t wait to get this for my arsenal.

Hi Chris, thank you very much for this review! Hopefully Sigma will launch such lenses for Canon RF and Nikon Z mount as well. I’m happy with my Canon EF 4.0/24-105mm L USM IS Mk. II attached via adapter with control ring on my Canon RP. Cheers, Ralf

Yeah, Llangrannog makes the cut ! Oh, and another great review........Merry Christmas 🎄✌🏼

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

It nearly always does. It's the photographer's gift that just keeps giving :-)

Thank you so much for your hard work !

I’ve had the lens for a week now and it’s worth every penny. I love the excellent sharpness and rendering at all focal lengths. At 50mm it’s incredibly sharp. It’s early days with this lens but I suspect it will be on my camera for a long time. Heavy? Yes. Worth the weight? Yes.

@brucerofL

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Pug. Can you please comment how fast and accurate the AF is compared to sony 24-105mm or tamron 28-75mm if possible? Thanks a lot!

Great work Mr. Frost. Sorry if this has already been covered/answered but I have a question. Going by image quality and rendering alone, which one would you say is the best between this and the Sony 24-105? Excluding weight, reach and aperture. I will use an A7R3 and the only lens I've decided on so far is the new Tamron 70-180. I mainly do travel/landscape photography. Would appreciate your opinion, cheers.

Can't wait until this lens trickles over to the the Nikon Z and Canon RF mount.

I’m using sony a7r4a with sigma 24-70 mm f2.8. I see a heavy distortion at 24 and 70 mm. And a moderate distortions at other focal lengths. The pros are its sharpness, with 61MB image size i can see tiny details more clearly when i zoom in

Great video. Looking forward to purchasing the lens.

Hi Christoper, I appreciate your lens reviews very much, they are very helpful for me. Thanks a lot for your work. I am using an A7iii. In order to understand the test setup I would like to know: How are the dimensions of the test picture / test pattern, and what is the diameter of the circles on your test pattern?

For lens reviews, this channel is my 1st choice. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you very much for your channel. This is amazing work.

Great review as always! I am in the market to buy a standard zoom for my sony... the only option within my budget is the Tamron and this Sigma. I have seen a lot of people facing this issue with dust (just after a month or two). I really wanted to buy the Sigma but after reading those I want to go for Tamron. I guess you have used Sigma for a while, if so could you please post a picture of the front element or share your overall experience? Thanks!

Looks like an awesome lens. I’d easily get this over the Sony G master

What a nice and good review! Do you think it could compete with art primes? Or is that still a different ballgame?

Thank you.

Advice needed..... if you had to choose between this and the tamron g2 which would you pick for both apsc and full frame I need your advice and you are the only reviewer I trust

The early batches also suffered a severe "dust issue" acclumating behind the front element of the lens.

Thanks for this Chris. I'm an event photographer and often shoot in low light. I'm looking at the sigma or the gmaster and am trying to figure out if the sigma would be able to keep up with focus and wouldn't hunt too much. Any thoughts? Many thanks

Huge fun of your chanell and you would really help answering my question!!!! Is the sigma sharper than the tamron so that it justifies the extra money??? Thank you so much for your reviews

Thank you for an excellent review! I don't see any point in spending twice as much for a Sony lens after watching this!

Thank you very much

Oh man you got your hands on this im so jelly

That middle rock at 1:11 looks like a T-Rex

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

Carreg Bica, the large rock between Llangrannog and Cilborth Beaches is well known and features in most photographs. According to legend Carreg Bica is the tooth of the giant Bica who lived in the Ceredigion area, and was forced to spit his tooth onto the beach following a bad toothache :-)

@The_Guth

4 жыл бұрын

Christopher Frost Photography that’s incredible man! Thank you for sharing such an interesting story of that landmark! I outta check it out sometime!

fingers crossed they make this for the canon m series be awesome !

I would love to know if there is any difference between the canon version + mc11 and the native e-mount in terms of focus accuracy

Christopher Frost Photography Thanks and greetings from Denmark . Wish you and Family , Merry Christmas

Just waiting for Christopher to get a hands on the Lumix S1... But that lens is "EXTREMELEY" AWESOME

Considering that both lenses cost the same. Which of the two would you recommend on aps-c, if weight and size don't matter?! (related to the image quality/sharpness)

Thanks again for the great work. Looking forward to see a test of the sharpness on a Canon r7

Great video. There was problems with this lens getting dust inside the optics. Sigma fixed this problem on later models. Supposedly, any lens with a serial number above 5564*** was corrected by Sigma by better sealing. They did clean any earlier lenses for free if you paid for shipping. I own a later model of this lens and it is superb.

@fjzm9992

Жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if your copy of the lens remains dust free. I'm considering buying one for myself.

@edc5338

Жыл бұрын

@@fjzm9992 So far it has.

@fjzm9992

Жыл бұрын

@@edc5338 Thank you so much!! I'm considering buying one copy, and I'm afraid of dust!

@Christopher Frost Photography Thank you for your review, but could you please ad in your test with Sony cameras "The barrel distortion picture with camera correction "ON"" at least in the widest focal length, because barrel distortion correction works great with native Sony lenses but doesn't work properly with third party lenses. This is absolutely essential for video shooters, because it is hard or even impossible to correct it in post.

@vladimirkhvan6514

4 жыл бұрын

BTW why don't you leave amazon or B&H affiliate link, so people could buy reviewed product in order to support your channel?

Thank you for the review! I want to buy this lens but I heard it has problems with dust. Some users have reported that after two weeks of use a noticeable amount of dust is trap inside the lens. Is this actually true?

is the manual focus ring focus by wire or mechanical ? :)

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

By wire.

Will be the FE Mount best seller. The only downside will be the T-Stop value, as for all the other Sigma lenses.

now i know this lens will work on my a6000, thanks for this video

@emranphy

3 жыл бұрын

i have watched this review to know its performance on sony a6000.

So it sounds to be ideal for video. Can you keep correction on in video mode of sony a7s or a7 cameras ?

Can you share some tips on how one can test a lens at home. I just purchased this lens and want to make sure I didn’t get a bad copy. Thanks

Thank you for your awesome review as always. How did you find the overall characteristics of the image? I bought the tamron equivalent a while ago but returned it after a week or so because it was just so 'boring'. Hard to explain but the bokeh wasn't pretty, the flares weren't pretty. It was just somehow "digital". Definitely suitable for someone but I didn't like it and returned to my vintage manual lenses. If you somewhat get what I mean maybe you can chime in about the Sigma?

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

I personally like it. Its hard to explain. Some people on here don't seem to like this lens's bokeh, but I did - all my sample pictures looked nice to me :-)

Thanks Chris for proper test - So I have to accumulate more moneros for Sigma, instead of Tamron.

Hi Christopher. I am confused about buying Sigma 17-50mm OS f2.8 and Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3. On one hand, I know image quality in Sigma 17-50 is much higher , on the other hand, higher focal length in 18-200 is very tempting. I am a beginner and hobbyist and I photograph everything ( portrait, buildings, streets and landscape). I would appreciate if you let me know about your choice.

Good stuff 👍🏾

Seems to be a very interesting lens if you need f2.8 .Compared to Sony´s 24-105 f4.0 G lens (especially sharpness in the corners) I cannot see an advantage. So the decision for one of these lenses is easy. If f2.8 is important buy the Sigma instead of a Sony G-Master, if 105mm is more important buy the Sony 24-105. Usually I use the Sony 24-105 on my A7-iii and additionally a Sigma 14-24 dg dn on my A7R-ii. Lovely equipment although really heavy :-) Have a nice christmas and a happy new year.

I noticed there's a purple tint with the apsc body and none with the full frame.. is that always going to be the problem with FF lenses on crop bodies? I really want this lens since the sony apsc equivalent is more expensive... I have an a6400

Does distortion and vignetting even matter When they can be corrected in post with a single button? 😊

Of all the Sigma lens you have tested, which would be your top three?

I don't see this on amazon US yet

Hi Christ, how's the coma performance of this lens wide open at 24mm?

Hope to see reviews on the sigma 24-105 and sony 24-70G thank you

Any idea about frequent dust issue of this lens?

I like those sheep, very cute, merry christmas

i currently love the sony 24-70mm G but it’s only because i get to borrow it from my job $2,000 isn’t exactly ideal so for $1,000 i am definitely considering this in the near future

Nice Video 👍🏻 Is the lens suitable for Sony6400

You describe the Sigma as being sharper in the center. How much of a difference are you seeing in the center?

That's why I'd go for the Tamron 24/70 that ha IS and is equally fast

Nice review, as always, Christopher. What’s your assessment of zooming during video? I just purchased the 24-105 and its zoom ring is so stiff and jerky as to make it unusable for video.

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

It seemed very nice on this lens

It is available for sony e mount & say it with me as slow as possible 'The L Mount Alliance'

Would the sharpness be the same as on full frame if it was on a apc a6400?

merry christmas 2019 Chris!

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!

Could you try this lens (Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM) on Canon Eos R/RP?

I can't wait to see sigma 70-200 2.8 for Sony

@andi93

4 жыл бұрын

I hope we dont have to wait long for it..

@inigonavarro-rubio3367

4 жыл бұрын

When does it come out? In 2020?

How is lens in back light situation ???

can sony a7iv handle the weight of sigma itself, or should i use an adapter for that ?