Sony 16-35 f/2.8 GM II : The Perfect Wide-Angle Lens?

[@scotttucker9613]

Good to see you hard at work on KZbin, Albert, and great photos from what looks a fantastic lens. Lots of nice upgrades from the Mark I

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you!

[@leewis86]

Great overview with beautiful examples! Definitely appreciate all the effort you put into this 😊

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you!

[@RoyzNL]

All I wanted to know about this lens. Well done! :)

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thanks Roy :D

[@PhotoTrekr]

Great shots. Amazing landscapes.

[@salvirji]

Great job as always on the video mate. Seems like a promising piece of glass for sure, it's on my list for sure. A big congratulations on the baby. 🍻

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thanks so much mate!

[@peterschulte7560]

thx for this intro in detail. I appreciate it. greets peter from Germany 😃

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you Peter

[@PatriciaDavidsonPhotography]

Thanks for the great review! I was so curious about how the sun stars were on this lens. Also nice you can get closer with this lens. Loved your images!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thanks Patricia!

[@dennisborman188]

Great review, and stunning pics Albert

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you!

[@uhhnush]

amazing shots!

[@allisonreber5857]

Nice photos. It's great to have your insights

[@themutekiununbi4932]

Very informative and detailed

[@sundo9939]

Very good review and great pictures

[@TechMau]

I also love my 12-24mm GM but now I'm a little tentead to purchase this one and sell the 12-24mm. Thanks for this great review, but just have one last question. If you could only have just one wide ange lens, which one will you chose between those two?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

difficult question. I'd probably still go for the 12-24 then :). I just love shooting wider than 16mm

[@TechMau]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography Thanks 🙌🏼

[@williweden9317]

@@TechMau would 16-35 +14mm 1.8 be not an option?

[@TechMau]

​@@williweden9317 Obviously that would be an awesome kit but sadly it'll cost more than a thousand more than my already crazy expensive $3K 12-24mm

[@Xetenor]

Noway in hell would I get rid of the incredible 12-24 GM which I own as well. Just get a 14mm prime if you want to go wider than 16 and have a faster aperture giving you more variety in shooting abilities. Also don't forget the one weak point of this lens is the flare resistance which the 12-24 GM is MUCH better at. That is REALLY understated in many reviews. I would say it's one of the most important aspects of a lens for landscapes.

[@chun-weipan6287]

Amazin review. Appreciate the effort you have put in!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you!

[@mauriciolee7349]

Wow! Your cityscape & landscape photos are AMAZING. In photography perspective, I'm convinced this lens is one of the best. However in videography perspective, I don't know because you did not review its video capability. Thank you.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

thank you so much! I am sure there are some good video reviews of this lens on KZbin. I would think it's a great lens for video as well (many of my videographer friends use it) mainly because its quite light, and especially because of the focus breathing.

[@evaheimisdottir2234]

Greetings from Iceland. Been thinking about buying the 16-35 GM II

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

It will do great for Iceland. Also nice for aurora

[@themutekiununbi4932]

May I have your opinion in using that lens for Street Photography. Thank you

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

I would prefer prime lenses for street Photography, otherwise slightly longer is better like a 24-70. However it totally depends on your shooting style

[@sgg74]

Great video! I subscribed! Does the lens have OSS? On B&H site they say yes, but I doubt it...

[@tanlekthow2646]

Can you do a video to share the way you edit your photo? It looks amazing!

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

I have some KZbin videos about it and a full editing course! :)

[@jeipi22]

Thanks Albert for the video. One question, I have the Sony lenses 35 1.4 GM and 14 1.8 GM,I was planning to change it for this lens in the video to save on weight and the number of lenses to carry in the backpack. Do you recommend this change of lenses or am I left with these doubts about the lenses I have?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

I think it depends on your shooting style. Do you shoot a lot of astro? Then the 14 1.8 is of course amazing. If not, then for landscapes you can definitely do that switch. However, the 35 1.4 for example is amazing for street shooting as well. So again, depends on what you shoot :D

[@antonyb]

Thanks for your video. What software do you use for your training course videos?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

please check the links, you can find all info there. Mainly Lightroom and Photoshop.

[@marnienorris]

Can you go over manual focus. I’m having a hard time getting focus to infinity nailed on this lens. It’s a great lens. I do architectural photography and real estate photography and infinity is not working like it did on my canon

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

why would you use manual focus in real estate and architectural photography?

[@marnienorris]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography why wouldn’t you. You get tack sharp focus all throughout the photo.

[@viramati5831]

With the mk1 for landscape shots with foreground area areas like grass or foliage in shot when tripod mounted at 16mm f8 everything would be sharply in focus across the whole frame if I placed the focus point a 2-3 metres away. This was impossible with the mk2 unless I focus stacked. I don't know if the was just another defective lens or because of a change in lens design but after trying 2 copies (first was soft in lower left at 35mm) I went back to the mk1

[@rphandler]

Hi Albert, another very nice review in which I picked up useful insights while enjoying your photos. Wish our August 2020 Greenland trip had not been canceled. I use the 4/16-35 PZ G. Much of what you describe with the GM II also applies to the 353g f4 sibling. Thanks to your July review I pair this with the 4/70-200 Macro G (sharing 72mm filters). Weight is of paramount importance to me. If the price of the f2.8 GM and of the f4 G were the same, I'd probably still choose the f4 PZ G. I'll pay to save weight, and forgo f/2.8 and a tad of close focus. When shooting in daylight I don't need to carry f2.8 glass. When I'm after astro, I'll just take my Laowa 15mm Zero-D, f2.0, with the focus ring taped on infinity (or my Zeiss f2.8 Loxia 21, only 350g) leaving zooms behind.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

seems like a great setup! Yes too bad the greenland trip got postponed. Are you coming another year? Let me know! Would be nice to meet up!

[@rphandler]

Travel gets more taxing with age, 77 later this week, but appreciate the invitation and it remains a possibility.@@AlbertDrosPhotography

[@zoranoreskovic-offical]

2:45 FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II have Filter Thread 77 mm a, not 82 mm

[@williweden9317]

Thanks for your great review with awesome pictures, Albert! I have a question about the filter setup (around 23min) - do you mean ND8 (3 Stops) probably? NiSi doesn’t have an 8 Stop in their portfolio and then the time would be longer, then 2 sec by f8 ISO 200 with 8 Stop, wouldn’t be?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

no it's 8 stop filter. with a lot of light that's 2 seconds yes. And what do you mean they don't have 8 stops? They have for sure :)

[@williweden9317]

@@AlbertDrosPhotography I tried to reply twice and copied the link to the NiSi home page, but my comments were not shown (I assume due to the link). In Germany NiSi offers ND8(3 stops), ND64 (6 stops) ND1000 (10 stops) and ND 32000 (15 stops)...

[@BenSussmanpro]

Great review of this lens & fantastic photos. I’m thinking of selling my 20mm f/1.8 & 35mm f/1.8 (non-Gmaster), both sonys. Do you think I’d be losing any sharpness or quality at comparable focal lengths with this new lens?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Thank you! And no, sharpness will be very similar or even better :)

[@rickymarchetto]

Is better that or sigma 14-24 f2.8?

[@Bryanphtg]

If you have to choose between 14mm and 16mm, what would you pick?

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

this 16mm for sure. However, its a tough choice between the 12-24 f/2.8 GM. That depends on where I am shooting.

[@Freddy_v]

Alberrrrrtttt! Hahahah man 30 minutes of you talking. Subscribed. 🤍

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

haha thanks my friend! Hope you're doing well!

[@SchoolPhotoVideo]

Sony EF 70-200 f2.8 GM II has 77 mm filter`s diameter)

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

Yep small mistake on my part!

[@specialized41]

Too much Echo in this room, sound like a bunker, I don't finish your video. I move to another video.

[@AlbertDrosPhotography]

no problem with me. If you check my newer videos you see the room is already improved :)