Excellent comparison Josh, thank you! I've had the Sigma for my A7SIII since it came out - it's definitely a warmer and greener-looking lens which I prefer most of the time. This comparison has convinced me I don't need the GM II. Thanks again for your efforts.
@Josh_Sattin Josh can you do me a favour. Test the active steady shot stabilisation? I have the sigma but also have the stabilisation set to on, thus having a slight crop. Does active steady shot work on the sigma and how much of a difference is it on Sony. Thanks.
A bonus for the Sigma ,is the zoom goes the right way ,for anyone used to cine zooms or ENG zooms , a shame Sony does the "wrong way" the PZ lenses you can change in the camera menu ,fx cameras anyway , but not these stills lenses , just being able to not think about the zoom direction is worth it for me .Also love their newer model DGDN Art primes , but wish they would come out with a new 24-70 with an aperture ring.
dude i was wondering about this a couple days ago and i'm glad i waited to look it up till now so i could find this video. one of the best reviews/comparisons i've seen in a minute, told me absolutely everything i needed to know. thank you so much! you just got a new subscriber haha
Thank you, Josh! I had the Sony 24-70 in my cart but decided to do more research since I am a new Sony user. Your review was very helpful. I will go with the Sigma and upgrade in the future if I think it is necessary.
This was actually very useful for me. My only 24-70 is the old F4 Zeiss and its always had a sharpness problem. It was an open box product so someone clearly returned it for a reason. I aim to replace it with something better. Sigma might be it.
very helpful, thank you. Definitely helped in decide which to get, or should I say, gave me a ton of information to look at with regards to which direction two go. Thank you
Props to Sigma for keeping things competitive. The first Sigma 24-70mm was solid. NGL I kind of liked the warm cast, but I did upgrade to the GM II for autofocus and weight saving
I have and love the Sigma for photography. I just couldn't justify the cost since I'm not a pro photographer...even then it may be tough. Thanks for the video!
The last thing people would notice is the difference between lenses. Ultra edge to edge sharpness isnt something normal people care about. You photos look great :)
Compared to the original Sony 24-70 GM how much better is this one? I’m looking to buy a 24-70 and found the original 24-70 GM at the same price as the New Sigma 24-70ii Which one would you recommend?
Another point that wasn't mentioned. The speed of the Sigma lense has limited speed of approx 20 fps, where as the GM support the speed of Sony A9 III = 120 fps. Not relevant for most people, but if you need the top fps that Sony A9 or A1 can deliver, then the GM is the only choice. I have an older model of Sigma 24-70 (the one with dust issues), and I ended up with buying the GM, simply because I trust (personally) the build quality more from the GM, than I do with the Sigma.
When I had my Sony A74 this was the first lens I bought and it was always glued to the body. I was ok with its size and weight. I thought it was well balanced. Loved it - amazing quality photos for $1299 Canadian when on Sale. I shot my daughters prom with the Sigma. Wish they had this lens for Canon or Nikon.
Hey Josh, you forgot to mention one of the most important differences: linear manual focus, which is enough IMO to justify the GM. I owned and shot with Sigma DG DN lenses and non repeatable manual focus became a nightmare eventually.
@@mirrorlessmemory you don’t need an option in camera. Certain Sony lenses have a linear manual focus response (meaning repeatable manual focus pulls) despite being fly by wire.
The one thing you didn’t cover is how well the stabilization performs in video. The Sony is much much better so if you do a lot of handheld video shooting with active stabe on, the Sony will be much better. But for everything else, the Sigma is a way better value.
Spinoff question.. If you have or have experienced these two lenses, what would you choose btw Sony 24-105 OSS G and the Sigma 24-70 dg dn ? thx... still on the fence about the gmii and I own the 24-105 and shoot mostly video.
Those are both great lenses and more of a personal choice. I haven't used the 24-105 F4 that much, but I general choose a 24-70 2.8 over a 24-105 4, but that's just what I like.
isn it this lens that has tons of recent reviews about how bad this sigm is avbout internal dust? lots of folks saying in a veru short time it gets a lot of dust inside.
Hi there Josh, a question... Is the Dust a really issue in the Sigma? I work on the Car Scene, and I'm moving into the track side of it, so there is a lot of dust, in the air, gas from the oils and gasoline etc.. I need some thing between that range of 20-70 non Prime to work on Pits and others areas beside the track but I keep reading that sigma gets dust in the inner glass easily
If you have the older lense like mine. They take it in for free to fix it. Note. The newer and post fix lense have a stiffer zoom ring. Bit of a hindrance for me hence why I haven't decided to send mine in. Smooth Zoom is key for me.
Hi josh I wanna say you are amazing and your guides are insane. I have finally saved up a decent chunk towards my dream of video production and content creation. I was wondering If you think this option is still viable in 23 going into 24. Planing on buying Fx3 with 24-70 gm II , 50mm 1.2 gm. I have about 10k budget gave or take. would you go this route still or a different way?
