This lens seems super impressive. It has really intrigued my interest, as I do a lot of close range photography at events. It's always hard to get full body shots with anything higher than a 30mm lens when you're only 3-5 feet from a subject with a crop sensor camera. That aperture is soooo good at 1.8.
@@tomatoisred6966yes but Sony’s lens integrated meta information will allow for extremely effective Lightroom lens profile correction of this issue. Very effective and reliable.
@@donquique1 Yeah it is, I have the manual Samyang 12mm 2.0 and Laowa 9mm 2.8. Have been thinking about the Tamron 11-20, but now Sony goes and releases all these. Too much choice.
I use the Tamron 11-20mm for real estate. Since I mostly shoot indoors, I could use more light, but I'd take the zoom feature over a faster lens when I'm trying to get in and out of shoots.
@@tenphan0n0 I too like the versatility of a zoom lens especially after having lots of primes, and F2.8 isn't too bad. I've recently picked up the 17-70mm F2.8 and it's now my goto lens of choice for everyday shooting.
Im happy to see Sony going after the competition (Samyang 12mm f2 and Sigma 16mm f1.4). Competition breeds innovation and we get some great new lenses!
Going after? I don't know. It's a good alternative for those with pay double the price of the sigma or four times the price of the samyang, I bet they also perform much better, but they're not really targeting the same customers. And honestly with its lack of OSS I wouldn't even pick the 10-20 over the old 10-18 if they were the same price. But... it's good that Sony is áctually designing APS-C lenses again. I just wonder if this comeback is in time to convince people they are actually not abandoning APS-C after all.
I’m Impressed by how you were able to edit the URL for your skillshare promo. It’s one of those things I’ll think about randomly probably forever, how you happened to have enough space in the way you worded it to add the extra R and 1 so naturally. It’s one of those life things that I get a kick out of. If nobody else has given you a thumbs up for that, here it is, good job.
Why not shoot apsc on full frame.. videos don’t bare any negative effects and pictures only downgrade 10 megapixels on cropped mode so if you have a newer full frame it doesn’t even matter…
That sony has started producing a6400's again after 2 years with no inventory is nice. Hopefully this means a new aps-c sensor/lcd screen/body is on the horizon. They are overdue to stop reusing parts out of the bin.
I bought this a few weeks ago because of your video. Even though I mainly shoot FF now, I wanted an inexpensive ultra wide lens for my secondary aps-c camera. Anyhow, on my recent beach trip, I ended up using my 6100/sony 11mm way more than my a7iii w/a sigma 70-200mm. I absolutely love this little lens. Thank you for recommending it!
After selling the Rokinon ages ago, I found I wanted it again. I just ordered another, but now I'm thinking I should have looked at Sony 11mm pre-order options. Oh well, I might try it out at some point.
Me too. I was also looking at the Rokinon 12mm but I'll wait on this new lens from Sony. $250 for the Rokinon is just so tempting. I have the Sigma 16mm 1.4 and absolutely love it but a 11mm or 12mm may be worth it for wider shots.
Sony is not only 1mm wider which is a big bonus but it is also 3rd of a stop brighter. Also not to mention it is smaller and lighter a bit. but the biggest issue of the rokinon which nobody emphasize as much as they should is its bad CA and flare control.
You had me sold on this lens the minute you said it's a replacement to your 9mm Laowa because that's what I'm looking to replace. Just finished a real estate shoot and I think my images were way to soft. Thanks as usual Arthur!
9mm and 11mm is big difference. Laowa is plenty sharp lol, nobody will see a difference. Otherwise there is something wrong with your copy. If you are making real estate photos, especially from tripod, laowa is much better. For real estate videos i would probably take 11mm sony. For general use i would take sony, altho even that depends.. if i would also own sony 15mm i would maybe still take laowa.
This 11mm homeboy with my veteran Sony a5000 is now my second favourite combo, close behind the a6400 with Sigma 56mm f1.4. I carry both in my camera bag all the time 🥰
Dude, Arthur - you've been busy, man! 4 dedicated videos landing on the same day. Props to you for getting all that done! Of the 4 lenses you reviewed, this is the one that has my attention!
I'm right there with you on the 11mm. I think reliable auto focus is the key factor to buy over the Rokinon. The clarity of the Lowa 9mm is why I picked that up over the Roinon. I really need to get to a photo shop and test all these new sony lenses out before I'd choose one.
1) SONY must have realized, that without one of these 3 new wide angle lenses, the SONY ZV-e10 wasn't really able to do its job properly! 2) Who is going to buy CANON's new APSC cameras, with SONY nicely exacerbating Canon's problems with a severe lack of native lens selection? 3) Your 9mm Laowa lens is not made obsolete! Auto-focus is more of a potential hindrance for Astro . . . 4) Put your Laowa in the closet for 3 months before you sell it.
Hi, Arthur! Can you, please, compare this Sony lens with Laowa 9mm in terms of sharpness, noise and vignetting in different light situations? I've used some of extra wide lenses (Laowa, Samyang, 7Artisans), but I've never ever been satisfied with their performance completely. Maybe, Sony will be the first lens which can easily cope with all those problems?
Now a 4k60 full width(no crop) of the sensor apsc Sony would do the perfect magic . Sony is looking the other way of making smaller and lighter lens and it looks so good for travel and pros who have to carry it all day .
Is this going to be the best night photography lens for Sony APSC? Would love to test it and compare to Rokinon 12mm f2.0 manual. I mean for Milky Way and Aurora autofocus is not necessary.
I really like de review, thank you so much. I would like to see a comparison between Laowa 9 mm and Sony 11mm, Would you recommend for real estates videos?
Not if on a tripod or gimbal. Not if taking photos in daylight as shutter speed will be high. Hand held video without a gimbal. Gimbal would be cheap for apsc camera with this lens.
Awesome , i transitioned from nikon to sony aps-c for many reasons, one of it was the possibility of keeping my nikon lens with an adaptor although loosing autofocus and automatisms, i use some times still my nikon 10.5 f2.8 on my a6600 and i find it awesone, glad that sony has created this lens. :)
Arthur, feedback please. I'm using the sigma 10-18mm 2.8 and just picked up the sony 11mm 1.8. I can only keep one. My initial IQ tests leaves them pretty much equal, but where there is a difference, it seems to favor the sigma. Thoughts???
Since owning all aps-c Sigmas (skipped the 30mm because of my old Sony 35 1.8) this is the only Sony lens that makes sense (for me) out of those new Sony lenses. Thanks Arthur for making those vids for us the APS-c shooters
These are tempting! I have the Fuji X mount system but the closest alternatives we have available (i.e Viltrox 13mm f1.4, Fuji 10-24mm f4) are large and heavy in comparison.
Im buying this mainly for Real Estate and it was a really hard decision between this and the 10-20 f4 but there might be sometimes where the f1.8 will work much more than the 10mm or power zoom on the 10-20 f4
Bro... What's up with wide angle lens people nowadays?! It went from 35mm being the standard like 10-12 years ago, then it went to 24mm being the standard about 5 years ago and now everyone is going so wide with the 16mm , 14mm and wider, so much so that their images look weird and unpleasantly distorted... What's next?! In 5 years you people are gonna use 0.01mm fish eye-macro lenses?! Holy... Anything lower than 24-20mm just looks terrible... MAYBE, just MAYBE 16mm if we're talking landscape photography - but that's it.
I feel the f1.8 is uncessesary because often you want a wide lens to focus to infinity due to the nature of the photos it takes. It's not often I find myself wanting a shallow DOF when taking ultra wide photos. The 15mm 1.4 on the other hand is interesting, would love to see a side by side with the sigma 16mm. I still probably won't buy it though. Would have loved for a 16-35 1.8
The 1.8 is probably tailored to people vlogging. If you headshot vlog you might actually want the bokeh quite often. I think the usefulness of 1.8 is highly dependent on use. I do regularly videos of my talking head for presentations and speeches. If it wasn't 1.8 I wouldn't even consider it.
@@nothingtobeconcernedabout7477 that's fair dos I suppose. I use my laowa 9mm for real estate videos and even at 2.8 sometimes I feel it impedes on the minimum focus distance!
Would like to see a review of using the 11 mm 1.8, Sony a6700 and Rode videomic pro plus. Especially, does this videomic stay out of the image with a deadcat on it. - Like your reviews.
Ibis makes more sense, and maybe in 1-2 years all bodies will have ibis, they will sell this lens for next 10 years. Also it doesn’t Mattila er how much bodies have ibis, what matters is who is buying expensive sony lenses - probably (for the most part) not the people with a6000 (which is my camera btw) and a6100.
Sony really went up with the prices on their lenses and camera's. When I started buying a Sony camera (A7) it was €700 including a kit lens, bag and extra battery. In that time the APS-C lenses sold for €150-400. Now it seems they start at €500 for the lens even though it's a small APS-C lens.
Thanks for this video and the other new Sony release lenses. I would suggest a video centric video comparing all three lenses and how they do especially on your a6100 since that camera, nor do these lens, have any stabilization. Love the new wider lenses to compensate for the 1/5 x crop of APS-c, but I would get it more for video than photo shooting (a6400), but am concerned that none of these have any stabilization.
I wouldn't get rid of the Laowa as it is a new distortion lens that's Sony lens you've got there has distortion with the buildings skewed away from vertical which is highly annoying to look at.
I just bought the Laowa 9mm…… But for landscape + real estate, the 9mm (~13mm) seems to be still a big advantage for dramatic width over 11m (~16mm) albeit lack of AF which shouldn’t matter if not vlogging
@@hecjvaldez I've had my laowa 9mm for two years now and it is an excellent lens. Especially for building interiors because it is a rectilinear lens; "zero-D". paid $499 then and it is still same price!
use mine on buildings. perfect with the zero-D. Especially on big old church buildings. being manual focus isn't an issue, so don't think this Sony 11mm will help much. I don't use it for people pics.
Hey Arthur - I have the 16mm sigma and have enjoyed using it for years. However I am now starting to get frustrated with the size and weight and with new lens options available- would you recommend that I replace my sigma with the 11mm Sony? Many thanks.
I don't know if I should change my LAOWA 9mm 2.8 for that Sony one and its authentic focus. I want to prioritize quality so that straight lines are not deformed.
not many lenses for sony e has OIS :P it is not canon :P bad thing, only few bodys has active stabilization (correction in catalyst app) which is amazing (I use from a74) all sony bodys shoud have it !
Hi Arthur , what would be a good option for Lens for A7iv? We are taking a trip to Europe soon . I currently only have 1 lens - Sigma 24-70 f2.8. I plan to take 2-3 lens for the trip. Thanks for your suggestion
I probably mentioned this is another video, but you cannot compare the chromatic aberration between a Sony and Samyang lens when shooting in JPEG. Sony cameras apply CA-reduction to JPEG automatically when a Sony lens is attached, and not to third-party lenses. You have to really compare the RAW files captured with different lenses.
I know this is apples and oranges, but speaking about image quality and image quality only, what would you say is superior: Sony 11 /1.8 or Tamron 11-20 /f.2 (average over all focal lengths)? I'm inbetween a cheaper and smaller ultra wide prime and a vastly more versatile ultra wide zoom. I won't do astro or night, just regular low light on occasion. For reference, used prices are about 300 Sony and 500 Tamron.
I'm sold for this one. I currently have the Samyang 12mm manual, and the Sigma 16mm, which for my purposes are a bit redundant (bought the Sigma for the AF), bulky, and weight 3x as much as the new Sony. The Samyang AF version never really convinced me, but this one surely does.
Hey Arthur, I'm a beginner in photography and am very confused on what wide or ultravide lens I should buy. I want to take large sharp photos in old european cities in small plazas, getting complete details of the paintings and sculptures from the buildings. I use an A6000. what do you recommend?
Hi, for versatile uses, with sony camera wich lens do you recommend? FE 28-70mm oss (f.3.5 5.6 SEL287O or aps- c Sony E 16-55mm f 2.8G(SEL1655G) thanks
