Should you replace your Sony 16-50mm kit lens...?

[@ArronPrescott]

Reviews of my reccomended lenses - Sony 18-105mm f4 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep7SqYV5mp13o8U Sigma 18-50mm f2.8 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoGZhpZjpZ6ahcU Sigma 16mm f1.4 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4iofq18gp6GgKM

[@the_rat_run]

The 18-105 F4 just about lives on my 6700, it is great on a gimbal also. (I have the Sigma 30mm F1.4 on my ZV-E10 mostly, too!) Great video Arron, thanks.

[@ArronPrescott]

@@the_rat_run Two great lenses!

[@Laptop46]

Shoutout to the hundreds of people who sold theirs for cheap. I was able to test whether my camera body or another lens was causing an autofocusing error. It was the lens.

[@SamJ_M]

I bought a Sony a6000 and then immediately the sigma 18-50 f2.8, a year later and I decide to try the kit lens. As a result I'm seriously considering selling the sigma to get a lens that covers a completely different focal length to the kit lens. I don't print anything or sell my photos, they're just for me, so the kit lens is perfectly sharp enough to view from my phone or computer, and as a mostly landscape/street photographer, I hardly ever find the need to use f2.8, only for >5% of my photos.

[@Solaxe]

that... doesn't make sense

[@SamJ_M]

@@Solaxe can you elaborate?

[@icedeathmusic1119]

You know what, your video has convinced me to buy the kit lens. I'm a newbie and I'm just currently buying the Sony A6000 but just the body only and most of my friends and the other said that I should invest more on the other lenses cuz the Kit lens suck. But thanks to your video, I could buy the Kit lens without regret (Just a newbie so I need to improve my skill first tho lul). You have my appreciation !

[@keppycs]

so real, same

[@CLVlogs05]

Only comment I will add is, you get confortable with what you have. I never complained about the quality of the kit lense until I bought my first 2 additional lenses, now is really hard for me to even try the kit basic kit lense itself. I always trow the kit lense on my backpack but I am always afraid of not getting the best quality I can get. So I will always try to shoot mostly everything with the 55-210 kit that is way sharper than the basic kit lenses on it initials focals like until 130. if not I will use the sigma 30 f1.4 which is the sharpes for me that I own.

[@notcristiano4679]

Hi Just wanted to ask how is it, I actually just ordered this kit lens for my a6600 and have been using my only lens which is the 55-210 as well, and also just ordered a very similar lens to your sigma which is the Viltrox 33mm f1.4 so I wanted to know how is your set up been so far since my set up is near identical once it comes and wanted to get a heads up on what it’s like

[@CLVlogs05]

@@notcristiano4679 it is just as I was explaining, it is quite hard to look back at the kit lense quality when you've tried other lenses besides it. For example the same 50-210 seems to be sharper and provide better quality at most of its focal lenght with the exception of its long end 210 which is the less sharp it is. I normally would not put the kit lens on the camera unless I am just trying some fun around a little bit. I always carry it with me but hardly put it on the camera. so far the 55-210 is the one I use the most when moving around. if I want a portrait or doing hanheld static videos or with the gimbal I would use the sigma 30mm f1.4 wich is the sharpes and on video 4k quality it looks just amazing, actually the reason I realized how soft the kit lens was, was when comparing the footage from the sigma to the kit lense in 4k. the kit lense footage looks like it was just recorded in 1080p meanwhile the sigma uff, that quality and when you crop in is that you see the real diference. I have a manual lense 12mm that is quite sharp too but I realized that I am barely ever using that focal lenght. I have it with me but hardly use it. If it was me and I had to buy a lense today, I would defitnetly go for the so mentioned sigma 18-50mm or the tanrom 17-70mm

[@TexpatOTG]

Have 4 or 5 of the kit lenses. Quality really depends on the lens. I have 2 that are really good and 3 that are soft overall. I expected corner softness, but these are rough. I only regularly use one kit lens, and its always one of the 2 better ones. Good info, Cheers.

[@ArronPrescott]

Interesting to hear, I've got 2 kit lenses but haven't noticed any difference in the image from them. I'll look into this more!

[@Xaltamrun]

Short Answer: Sell or replace your SELP1650 immediately. It won't last long and is prone to breaking even if handled with care and used seldom. Imagine being on holiday and your kit lens suddenly refuses to extend. This a rickety piece of plastic trash. The curse of every powered/motorized external focus and/or zoom lens. Furthermore: On the wide end this lens does not cover the APS-C image circle (black corners at 16mm in RAW) and due to heavy distortion (correction) the corners suffer significant resolution loss. If you want something more robust and a small tick better image quality, try to get a used SEL1855 somewhere. Except you're planning to make videos. I am mainly a Sony shooter but for a few months now, I have a Nikon Z50 with it's Nikkor Z 16-50mm which has two advantages over it's Sony pendant: Fully covers the DX/APS-C image circle also at the wide end and has even sharpness (and other image quality aspects) across the image frame and it is a manual zooming lens without motor. No more SELP1650 and no more RX100 for my.

[@najmiaimanas-salaghory1528]

I try to change back to using kit lens. So i have 2 option of kit lens. 1) 16-50mm 2) 18-55mm. So after see review and try using both lens. What i can conclude is. I choose 18-55mm. I know its an old lense. And the autofocus is a bit struggle than 16-50. But. For sharpness. 18-55 win. And it has 5mm optical more to zoom. The sharpness from 16-50mm to me still soft. Especially when go to 50mm. I hope, one day, sony can make new version 18-55mm. I really recommend this lense over 16-50 pancake lens.

[@ElliotCoen]

Great video Arron! I still use this lens for b roll

[@AnandjiEducator]

Helpful Video... Love From INDIA 🇮🇳

[@LumaControl]

I've owned my A6000 + 16-50 for a couple of months now, and I've mostly been using a vintage 50mm 1.8 prime to photograph my friends during gatherings (low light), but I find it's a tad tight. I'd also like to take my camera traveling more; Would it be better to complement my 16-50 with a sigma 30mm 1.4, or the 18-50 f2.8?

[@aclark210]

I don't think the lens is bad but I hate the super small ø40 thread size

[@blessed4789]

I'm getting a ton of blur towards the edges of my pictures (product photography) with the zv-e10+kit-lens. Tried to optimize lighting, settings, but couldn't resolve it. Borrowed a Fuji X-T20 with XF18-55 f2.8-4, and everything was perfect. This Sony kit-lens can be problematic.

[@prentrupathome5319]

Please could you review the new 16-50 mk2 kit lens vs the old one, and if possible also next to the Nikon 16-50 kit lens which has almost identical specs.

[@RutaseBRs]

Hello Arron. Do u know if it possible mount this lens on a Sony A7IV? If yes, it need adapter or just mount direct in the camera? Thanks

[@Thirsty_Fox]

You can mount any E-mount lens to any E-mount (whether APSC or FF like the A7IV). But on your A7IV you'll have to use Crop Mode since this lens only covers an APSC sensor size.

[@josephajani5071]

is this good for the wide shot to get the 3 angles on a video or podcast?

[@RNWLL]

Is there any other - small/portable - zoom lens for the sony apsc cameras?

[@aikinel]

greetings form Panama... can you review the Sony E1.8/50 OSS lens?

[@Penny2018.]

Hi Aaron Have a5100 with this kit lens looking for next step up which deals better with low light and landscapes I’m a casual photographer so don’t want to spend loads.what would you recommend . Thanks

[@Saturn-jm7in]

sony fe 1.8 50mm

[@Penny2018.]

Thank you will look into this .

[@bgtcsjm]

I would suggest getting a wider lens. Im using my old nex-5T with Samyang 12mm MF and for me its really great. Although that sony 50mm is quite affordable, I think on a crop sensor, its quite narrow. I have a vintage 55mm and although its fast and unique, I tend to use it for portrait mainly. Maybe you want to find something between 23-35 mm range lens of which there is abundance of them available today.

[@Penny2018.]

@@bgtcsjm thanks for your reply. 👍🏻

[@ArronPrescott]

The Sigma 18-50mm mentioned in this video is a good pick if you want a similar zoom range as the kit lens.

[@mrvlacp]

Weird question, Do you have an Ibanez tod10N

[@ArronPrescott]

It is an ibanez, but a different guitar, it's a aw40ece rdv. Very similar neck design though!

[@khanhchu-dl5zh]

E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS II zoom lens. can i us thí s lén for Mỹ sony A6000 thí lén lút relwasw in 2024

[@felipesl8228]

Gotta question… I got it for a full frame even tho is a e mount but it has like darker circle! Is this normal?

[@ArronPrescott]

You can remove this darkening by turning the 'APS-C/Super 35 mm' option on, this should be in one of the 'Shoot Mode' menus depending on your camera. Hope that helps!

[@vsiblmarketing]

its a horrid lens..mine has black vignette corners on all the shots...getting a sigma 18-50

[@CocoKoi321]

the sigma 18 to 50 is trash, get the tamron 17 to 70 constant f2.8, it has better sharpness and doesnt have as much fisheye distortion wide open and its got OSS

[@CLVlogs05]

Could you explain what does oss has to do with lens distorsion, I don't see no relation at all between the 2, even though I would still go for the tanrom, it is bigger but i've never considered APSC camera truly pocket cameras as they were intially advertised.

[@timlong9913]

It's huge though

[@Simoxs7]

I like how price is just casually ignored in Photography, yes it might be better but it costs double what the sigma costs and is way larger…

[@CLVlogs05]

@@Simoxs7 not actually double the price! this lens is no logner the same price as it was during luaunch in many places. The thing is if you want to do video and your camera doesnt have ibis is hard to handle anything with the sigma. When it comes to price is being ignore, well is photography a expensive profession/hobby not much we can do about, you either get soemthing that wont make you spend as much money down the line or not get anything at all.

[@jsanc316]

​@@CLVlogs05 load of hogwash. It's an expensive hobby but you can find budget lenses that will serve the needs of most photographers with the exception of true professionals. Regardless of what the pseudo-pros try to tell you, you don't need a $2,000 lens.