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Sigma 16mm F1.4 on a Sony a6500

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Channel: Ray Ortega · 2018 · Science & Technology

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I took the Sigma 16mm F1.4 out for some vlog-like shooting. See all the gear I used in this Kit https://kit.co/rayortega/sony-a6500-vlogging.

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The speaker for this event was a podcaster who recently got signed to produce his show for Spotify. So naturally I had to attend the event;) I'm happy to see Spotify upping their podcast offerings and supporting independent creators. 

The lens I used on my Sony a6500 was a demo version of the Sigma 16mm F1.4 and I can easily say this is my new favorite lens. If I didn't have to give it back, it would probably never leave my camera, it's that good. I'll likely have to buy it. 

At a 24mm field of view on my crop sensor a6500, it's more than wide enough for vlogging and the f1.4 allows you to shoot in any low light conditions (you still need light on your subject;)). 

The AF is fast and quiet enough to use a camera mounted microphone, I use the Rode VideoMic Pro and even at wide open apertures, the focus was accurate, steady, without hunting and didn't have any bokeh breathing (pulsing bokeh images).

If I had to be picky and come up with a negative, I would say the lens is a little bigger than my ideal vlogging or walk around lens which makes it less easy to shove in a small bag and a tad heavier but I didn't find this to be an issue when using this setup in real world situations. 

I shot this at 24fps, 4K and 120fps, 1080p and edited on a 2.5k timeline. This makes it possible to do some recomposing of the 4k images and prevents me from having to up-res the 1080 footage too much. A perfect middle ground. Of course I conformed the 120fps footage to 24fps for that super slo motion, you can see how I did this using Premiere or FCPX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT1tR2Y-y7E

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