If I could ONLY use 2 LENSES, these would be it!

Penultimate? Do you know what that word means?

Yes that’s true 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I have a Tokina 85mm F1.8 that I bought here in China for 230€ and a Sony 40mm 2.5 G that I bought in Portugal for 120€.

i use 24 and 135...great recommendations.

so what is the ultimate combination?

Ok but no one care what you decide to use... I mean..it's your business in the end..

That’s what i call a seller perspective.

For me Sony 20mm G lens as my next purchase. No doubt Sony 16-35mm a more sensible option but for sharpness prefer prime lens. Plus cost gap?

A minimalist approach.... I can see that. What's the point of having lenses... that we hardly ever use? Thanks.
Being just a hobbyist... I started idealizing zoom lenses at first.... Then I noticed that most of them were so slow... f/4, f/5... and unusable in low-light situations, they tended to collect dust inside, and most delivered softer IQ pics than primes. So for now, my ideal Trinity of lenses is a 28mm prime- wide, a 50mm prime- normal view and a 85mm prime- kind of telescopic... all at f/1.8. Rarely do I need to shoot specifically a 53mm, 37mm, or a 74mm shot... You get the point.
- If I get into weddings, may have to invest in a macro lens... and a remote possibility would be the 200-400mm or a 70-200mm long zoom lens... We'll see.

I tune out the second I hear them touting the amount of versatility, because, HEY GUYS you can use APS-C mode. This is actually 16-50mm! Crazy! Great, I can actually crop as much as I want, is it actually a 16-800mm? Idiot.

I primarily do travel and landscapes. My main lenses are the 24-70 GM II and the 70-200 GM II. Those two lenses cover 90% of what I shoot.

I thought aps-c mode gave a 1.5 crop factor compared to full frame. So a 24 megabyte file would be reduced to 16 megabytes

The Sony 16-35 F4 PZ is a great price wise option!

Ey yo Vong, can you make a Quickie Wiki comparison of 10-18mm apsc vs 16-35 FF comparison please? Don’t care about the image quality but want to know about the distortion. A 10mm crop is equal to 15mm FF field of view but is still a 10mm cropped and not a true 15mm FF. the reason why I ask is because of the sigma 10-18 2.8 solution I bought for my a7iv wide angle 4k60. The thing weighs like a feather so I’m packing that with my 24-70 2.8 and 85 1.4 sigmas.

what do you recommend for fitness videos and occasional food video/pics

My phone for wide shots, tamron 28-200 and 85 mm

I have only 2 lenses and they are 24-70mm f2.8 and 135mm f1.8
And that's it do everything for me

Most places I just use the 24-70mm f2.8 GM(mki and now mkii). I just pair it with the 15mm F2.0 laowa.
For my trip to japan and Philippines I may just get the sony 20-70mm F4. Single lenses travel. If I feel a prime portrait lenses is needed then the 55mm F1.8 as that small.

Great video! The Sigma 85mm 1.4ƒ DG DN Art and the Sigma 16-28mm 2.8ƒ DG DN C are my go to’s for everyday carry!

If you're on a really tight budget, the new Viltrox 20mm f/2.8 AF is available for Sony FE (full-frame E-mount), and it's only $158.00! Image quality is good, and the value is amazing. Another budget pick for the long end, is the Samyang 75mm f/1.8. It's under $300.00.

Awesome video thanks! Would you recommend the same 2 lens setup for an aps-c setup? If not, what would you you recommend? Any light gpu could provide would be greatly appreciated.

For me would be Sigma 28mm f1.4 Art and 105mm f1.4 Art

Why not just get a SONY 18mm-135mm. Only downside is that it's not constant aperture.

Best all-round lenses for aps-c, suggest me one lenses full confusion in my mind 😢

If I get a wide angle zoom lens & use the crop mode too - fors it then still make sense that I get the 28-75mm from Tamron - or does the wide angle zoom lens do that you? - And then i can invest in a telephoto instead? Its for Sony a7cii and for videos

Rich kid

If I have my FF set to APS-C is it the same as cropping or am I missing something? Thanks for another great video Jason!

Use highest MP camera, use GM, and crop however you want.

"Penultimate" means 2nd to last, not ultimate ultimate....just sayin

Always good to see new videos. 👍🏻

Hi!
Thank for your videos! I need to shoot urban fotography for a real estate website... I would like a wide angle lens, but I see a lot aps-c lens on the market, could you suggest me one for full frame Sony?

what about aps-c lenses?

Noob question: what would be the difference between the Sony 16-35mm you recommend, and the Sony 16-50mm kit lens?

I literally sold all my lenses and kept only these two and a digital wide angle for real estate. Best decision ever

My go to is a s23 ultra. Can use in almost any scenario and get better photos than most "photographers" 😅

I mainly shoot concerts. My most used lenses are the 24-105 F4 that I bought with my first camera, and a 100-400 F4.5-5.6. My second purchase was a 70-200 F2.8, but the 100-400 has mostly replaced that; the slower aperture is less a hinderance than the 200mm of lost reach. My third most used lens is a 14-24 F2.8, but I use it far less than the other two.

zeiss 55 1.8 and sony FE 35mm 1.8
sold all my other lenses and kept these two

Don't sleep on the 85mm f/1.4 from Samyang!

I have two lenses.
Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 and a Sony 20mm f/1.8 because I mostly shoot landscape photos (and yes, sometimes you need 200 for landscapes) and my a7 IV can do APS-C 4K in video so the 20mm can become narrower need be. I’ve tried a 14-24mm Sigma but it was too wide for me. I don’t shoot portraits… almost ever. So I don’t need a 50 or 85 prime.

Awesome!!!

24-70 2.8 + 70-200 2.8 will cover most of anyone's needs. Throw in a fast and light 14 to 16mm prime and you're good to go at anything except birds and bugs.
Or if you really want the 16-35 instead, just pair that with a 50mm prime and the 70-200mm 2.8. APS-C mode is meh even with the A7 IV so I wouldn't count on that to get to 50mm with the 16-35. If you're not shooting indoors without flash or you don't really need the BOK-EH, grab f/4 versions of those zooms and save a ton in both cash and weight.

I dont shoot landscpaes or real estate or vlogs so I don''t need a wide angle lens

This is a stupid subject.
Every photographer has different needs

what can you say about the sigma 18-50mm f2.8 for apsc? nice video as always!

Buddy I want to buy best Sony camera for photography and vlogs. 1 would prefer 4k upto 120 fps or 60 fps is bare minimum. I would do night birds portrait photography. Budget is around 6000$. Recommend me ultra wide , telephoto lenses and some 3 lenses that u would prefer for vlogs and photography. For each lens by budget would be 1500 to 2000$. This means 2000$ for telephoto 2000$ for ultra wide and a more that u recommend.😊

I switched to Sony this year and that’s the route I took 16-35 but F4 Sony and 85 1.4 sigma (from KEH,lol)

16-35 GM was my first choice of lens and it is fantastic!

Tysm ❤ u. Appreciate you reading comments

For the zoom lens, when it goes from 16 to 35, does the 35 look less distorted on people's faces? Like at 35, is it identical to a 35 prime?