I used this lens for all of basketball season last year on an A7iv and it was an absolute beast. I only switched to my sigma 28-70 when I wanted wide shots and some pregame stuff. This lens rules.

@petersarellas

4 ай бұрын

For real! This thing is a beast. Barely take it off my camera anymore.

Very credible review. Love the fact you added the BTS and actual footage together. Looking forward to more videos from your channel.

@petersarellas

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Definitely more coming

Thanks Peter, super helpful as I've been looking at buying this lens.

@petersarellas

4 ай бұрын

Glad this helped!

Another fantastic video!! Thank you so much!!!

@petersarellas

9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

@petersarellas

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

It’s why I’ll be buying it. Finally, a lens that can reach half court. I’ll have to see how much I miss the 24mm. For my first shoots, I’ll take my 24 prime.

@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

Yeah definitely bring that wide lens along just in case. Being able to film across the court was so nice though!

Got this lens about a month ago. Worth every penny.

@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

Right?! I’ve been loving it

such a good lens imo I been using it for videography and photos since march and its been great overall. football, soccer, baseball, volleyball, weddings, and portraits at the 2.0 its the perfect lens I just need a wide lens and ill be good for quite a while. the heaviness does not bother me at all either. the focus is quick aswell.

@petersarellas

11 ай бұрын

Totally agreed with all of this! I’ve been loving my experience with it too

Lol I recognize people in this video because I'm friends with them! 😂 great video this was a great demo for it! Might pick it up💪🏿💪🏿👀💯💯

Do you have a video on how you follow action. Like how to do you follow the ball in the air. I’m struggling with that.

Great video as always!! I noticed that soon in Europe is coming out the Tamron 70-180 2.8 G2 for just 1200-1300€... do you think it would be even better than the 35-150 f2.2.8? I need it just for basketball videos/photography, and I already have the 28-75mm.

@petersarellas

9 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard any details about that new lens but I’ll listen for word of it over here and look into it when the time is right

I was looking to purchasing this lens 2nd hand just cause I need something where I came film good quality from one baseline to the next with decent quality if i need to punch in. Was looking at this and the 70-180 Tamron

@petersarellas

11 ай бұрын

This lens and the Tamron 70-180 are definitely both very popular options worth considering!

Tamron released new firmware on October 26 that is supposed to help make AF even better. I’m curious now if I should keep the 35-150 in addition to the 70-200 gm ii running on an a7siii that I’ve got on order 🤔

I think you should consider adapting a B4 lens on your Sony 🤙🏽 it gives me from 20 - 447 m and it's parfocal!

@fredmccann9735

8 ай бұрын

Nice! What specific models (lens and adapter) would be needed to get the 20-447 for the Sony FX30? After looking up B4 lenses, I'm confused with the different terms and what exactly I would need to achieve this

What's the one must have lens that you recommend for the Sony FX30

Can a canon m50 be used to film sports videos, if so which lens should I go with

Awesome video. I was debating between the samyang 35-150 vs the tamron 35-150. I noticed that the samyang has a parfocal focus that might be a bit better for video. Do you have any input on these two lens by any chance?

@petersarellas

9 ай бұрын

Haven’t actually tried the samyang so can’t offer much info on comparison between the two

Brilliant! I never thought of using this lens on a crop sensor (I have a Sony a 6400) for shooting sports that require more telephoto range but I am certainly going to try shooting football games with this lens on my crop sensor camera. Or I suppose I could just put the a7 iii in crop sensor mode and get the same results?

@petersarellas

9 ай бұрын

Yes crop sensor move for video on the a7iii would more or less give you the sage effect as using a crop sensor camera like the a6400. Definitely give it a try!

@offthechainballerhighlights

9 ай бұрын

@@petersarellas After pondering this question and a little research, I realized the results are not quite the same. Crop Sensor Sony's apply an additional 1.2 times crop when shooting 1080P at 120 frames per second, which I insist on for action sports videography. The full frame camera in crop sensor mode does not apply the additional crop factor.

Would you choose a wide prime like the Sony 24mm f1.4 GM for grappling sports like jiu-jitsu? I can get fairly close to the athletes with my RS3 Pro. it lets me get nice and low to the mats and follow the action very nicely. I just got an FX3 so I was thinking the 24mm GM would be dope for cranking shutter a bit and shooting 60 and 120 fps. What are you thoughts Mr. Sarellas? before trying to go professional I shot with the Sony ZV-E10 and the Sigma 16mm f1.4 on the Crane M3. so I've done a bit of an upgrading. I'll have to send you something to react to one day.

@petersarellas

11 ай бұрын

A wide angle lens like that on a gimbal would definitely be a cool perspective if you're able to get close enough! I'll use the Sony 20mm f1.8 on a gimbal from time to time when I know I can get close enough and am always pretty happy with it, so I'd say give it a shot and see how it goes for you!

I mostly do football, college and high school. so night and day. I use my bmpcc6k pro for all my narrative stuff, but for sports I want to use my fx30. I am stuck between the 70-200 2.8 ii, the 70-200 4.0 ii, the Tampon 2-2.8 35-150, and then something like the 100-400 or something really telephoto. I really dont know what to choose.

@LosLocosTacos

8 ай бұрын

With an fx30 the Tamron 35-150 will be more versatile. Easy to grab wider shots near the goal line and with clear image zoom at 60fps or the 120fps crop, you get crazy reach. I use the 35-150 with my fx30 and it’s awesome. The 70-200 GM II will give better autofocus performance and added stabilization

I had it and loved it, but I noticed a huge drop not having the stabilization of a 70-200 g master

@petersarellas

11 ай бұрын

Hmm hasn’t been a huge issue so far for me but I could definitely see that, especially depending on your in-camera stabilization

I’ve been filming basketball lately and have been using ur lut pack in final cut pro and i don’t know if i should use s-cinitone or s-log because when i put the lut pack it’s still a little gray

@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

I recommend using Slog for the log ones and HLG3 for the flat ones. If you’re still having issues shoot me an email with screenshots to info@petersarellas.com and I can help get you sorted

I just got this lens, does the lens loosen up overtime? I noticed it's pretty tight when trying to zoom in and out

@petersarellas

4 ай бұрын

It’ll loosen up a bit but it’s still on the stiffer side

Recorded horizontally:)

Wish you were using FF for video.

I have the Sony ev e10 and I wanted ti get either the tampon 70-180 2.8 or the Sony 70-200 f2.8 for basketball and football which one should I get, I only have enough for 1

@RJCLAYBTS

10 ай бұрын

This is what I need to know too!

Hey what song is this? I like it

Peter how’s the image quality handheld at 150mm without stabilization on this lens? Also… would you still say it’s fine for pro basketball games like filming NBA games or you would rather recommend the Tamron 28-75 G2 & 70-200 f2.8 GM II combo? (Even tho is more pricey.

@petersarellas

3 ай бұрын

Subjective opinion but with the active stabilization on modern Sony mirrorless cameras nowadays and the quality of this lens I’d say that it is fully capable of filming at a professional level and replacing that two lens combo

Seen my fraternity bro Chaundee Brown in there🔥🔥

@petersarellas

11 ай бұрын

Cool! Small world for sure

Considering this lens hasn’t got any built-in stabilisation, what is it like when used at 1:50 mm?

@petersarellas

7 ай бұрын

Using it with the FX3 with stabilization turned on in camera I haven’t had any issues even at 150mm

What about the 16-35 for the FX30?

@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

I’m sure that lens works great with the FX30 but it isn’t a lens I own right now so likely no video coming on that in the near future unless there’s significant demand

Were you shooting 4k120 during the test footage?? And which camera were you shooting on??😊

@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

Test footage is a mix of 4K120, 4K60, and 4K24 all on the FX30

@allentuckermedia

10 ай бұрын

@@petersarellas thank you!!

how many gigs do you usually end up shooting at a basketball game? do you shoot log? 10bit?

@petersarellas

4 ай бұрын

Usually when I go to a game of any sort in shooting for one party (most often nowadays a league) and have one function at the event

@Thecrypt0corner

4 ай бұрын

my apologies I meant how much memory do you usually fill up during the shoots? If you're shooting 10-bit log sometimes 4k120fps I imagine each game maybe upwords of 100GB of storage?@@petersarellas

@petersarellas

4 ай бұрын

@@Thecrypt0corner haha that’s a funny misunderstanding. Yeah around 100-150GB total for a football game, maybe 75-100GB for a basketball game. That’s shooting XAVC-S mostly 4k60 with some 4k120 on 1-2 camera bodies for basketball and 2-3 for football.

@Thecrypt0corner

4 ай бұрын

wowzers- yea, I imagine that is baked into pricing, becuase that would add up quick! Appreciate it!@@petersarellas

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@petersarellas

10 ай бұрын

No