@@thomasfransson I ordered one for my backup rollers only FX30. My biggest fear is the autofocus while we shoot highway rollers. Hopefully that's not an issue.
I've found the AF to be very stable and smooth. But I've no experience using it for automotive work. I will stop by your channel to see how it's done right.
I’ve been looking at videos and after watching this review of yours, I pulled the trigger and I finally bought the 18-50 for my FX 30 . Thanks, great video and I followed you on Instagram as well.
looks a great lens , ive working on putting a rig together for my Sony a6400 & this will work great but I just watched your rig video with the SmallRig Mini Matte Box Lite & wondered if it would work with this lens ?
It will, can't remember what dimensions of adapter rings that comes with the matte box but smallrig sells other sizes unless you don't want to use a regular step ring if needed.
Hey! I just got this camera and lens combo but I cannot for the life of me get the focus to work, when I try to change the focus settings it alerts that the lens isn’t compatible. Even when I manipulate the focus ring on the lens it does nothing 😅. I’m a bit of a newbie also, any advice would be unreal :)
great video, I want that lens, it seems very versatile, but I don't have a gimbal so I'm worried that this lens doesn't have oss, do you think it's better that I buy a 35mm with oss?
You could always use active steady shot for hand held. It crops in a bit but takes a lot more of the shakes out. And shakes are usually less noticeable if you’re shooting at a wider focal length. Another option would be the Tamron 17-70 which has image stabilization. I did a comparison between the Sigma and Tamron in this video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ExvjrKr3swk.htmlsi=s2YCq20zjDIXwieu Personally I think 35mm on an aps-c camera can be a bit tight a lot of times.
Absolutely! - It's called the Smoke B Super affordable little machine. I reviewed it a while ago if you're more curious. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--VEiXlwYnpw.html
When I look at the Zhiyun compatabiltiy list sonfx30 doesnt come up - and neither does the sigma 18-50mm and I really need to one for my film shoot next week - could you advise?
My Sigma 18-50 makes a little noise when focusing, I can only hear it at night. It is not very noticeable, but it is there (for example my Sony 35mm 1.8 makes no noise at all). Does your copy make also a little noise when focusing or is only mine? Cheers!
Nothing that I've picked up on by ear or in recorded audio. But I've not had my ear directly against the lens. I wouldn't be surprised if the motor was giving off some faint "purr" when focusing. Does the sound get picked up in the audio?
My copy actually makes quite a bit of noise, especially in continuous AF. I can't remember if it has always been like this, or if it started making noise lately... Have your lens started making more noise, or has it been the same all along?
An 18mm lens is always an 18mm lens, no matter if it's a full frame, aps-c or mft lens. It's the sensor size that attributes the crop factor. If you want to match an 18mm lens on a full frame camera in terms of field of view - you would have to take the crop factor of the FX30's aps-c sensor into consideration and use a 12mm lens - 12mm x 1.5x = 18mm
because of physics. The apsc sensor is smaller than the full fram sensor, which means this lens which was made for apsc would not even fill the whole frame on full frame. But Jason Wong did a video on showing how he uses the sigma 18-50 you might want to check that it. Because in theory you can use this lens on full frame, you just have to crop the image a bit so that it fills the frame. For video this is an even smaller problem because there most of the time the stabilzation crop is already enough to fill the frame
That was the Viltrox DC-550 (standard) Here's my review of it if you're interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rS7JgVQZoqY.htmlsi=oGlc0lB16b_qv1dn 1200nits and super affordable monitor.
Not likely unless it's used in that sort of environment every day. As always make sure to unpack gear and let it air after shooting in damp/rainy conditions.
