Is the Sigma 16mm f1.4 my new favorite Sony APSC lens? Yes. Surprising how much I enjoyed this lens, see it in my vlogging Kit [ Ссылка ]

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I asked B&H for a review unit of the Sigma 16mm f1.4 for Sony APSC mirrorless cams and attached it to my a6500 and set off for work in Atlanta, Georgia. I had seen good things online about this lens and anytime I tried to vlog with my 28mm, I knew I needed a much wider option. So I gave it a shot and was completely surprised with how this lens was even better than my native Sony lens.

It's definitely wide enough at 16mm which is 24mm equivalent on a crop sensor camera like the a6500, a6300, a6000. I never had to worry about keeping myself in frame which is a tough thing to do when you don't have a flip screen. But not a problem, this lens is plenty wide.

Combine that with the f1.4 and there was no situation that I could not tackle with this lens. The quality of the image coming out even wide open at 1.4 was stunning. Super clean in low light and I think it's pretty much the perfect combination to go with my a6500, it allows me to get every bit of quality out my camera.

And there was no compromise with using a third party option (Sigma). I dare to say it worked better than my native Sony lens when working in continuous auto focus. It held steady focus at 1.4 and I didn't see any focusing breathing where the out of focus background pulses.

The lens does make a small noise while in AF but in most vlogging situations even with a microphone on top of the camera, it's not loud enough to ruin your audio.

The Sony a6500 is the perfect camera in the Sony line for this lens because the 16mm doesn't have image stabilization. With the 6500 you get a stabilized sensor and therefor enough stabilization when handholding this lens.

It's a tad bigger that I would ideally want to carry everywhere but I'm just being picky and I'm spoiled by my smaller, lighter 28mm F2 and this isn't a real criticism, just me finding something negative to say cause this lens is almost perfect in my opinion.

Of course I had to return the review unit but I'm definitely buying this lens, I just enjoyed it too much and all the video I shot with it ended up looking so good that I have to have this in my kit. I'd definitely recommend this lens if you're looking for a wide angle option for video on your Sony APSC camera.

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