I have been following your channel for several years. I wish you and your family success and best of luck. One notices that we are getting older. Thank you for the video because it is almost the only video that tests the lens on a aps-c camera.
Congrats on the new house! Hope you have many years of happiness there. So nice to see you and your family living the dream. The 90mm Macro is a great lens that I have been using for about a year and I think your evaluation is spot on.
@@VinizioOficial sometimes the semantics and the physics get a bit jumbled up. I hesitate to answer because there are certain real differences in the way a lens performs on a full frame versus a crop frame sensor, but there are also a lot of myths and misunderstandings that provoke heated arguments in comment sections, and I don't want to argue or write an optics treatise. (There are great videos on TH-cam explaining the pros/cons of using a FF lens on and APS-C body and also using a APS-C lens on a FF body.) At the risk of getting flamed mercilessly, I'll say this: it is still a 90mm lens, but the effective field of view that the APS-C sensor sees is 135mm (1.5 crop factor times 90 mm). So the image you get with the 90mm on a APS-C body is the same as you would get with a 135 mm lens on a FF body (all other things being equal).
I was actually eyeing that lens this past week, but the sale price jumped back up today. Going to hold out until it's on sale again, but thanks for the review!
I was looking at sample macro photos taken with this lens on APS-C and FF bodies but it's kind of disappointing as a macro lens. It can only produce a 1:1 representation of subjects. That's decent but soon you'll find that that's not enough. If you really want to achieve great results with macro, use micro four-thirds. The M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 will give you 2:1 magnification and a wider focus area. Not to mention that most Olympus mirrorless bodies have built-in focus bracketing and stacking. The 90mm Sony performs really well as a portrait lens, though.
Great house and will be awesome when you get done making your changes. Make sure you heat shield under the tv really good when you mount above the fire place.
This trend. TVs high up in the air... I will never do this as it feels terrible while watching stuff. Even when sitting up close in a theater I do not get this feeling...
Uhh, probably this one in the video that you commented on? It is even being used on an A6400 in this test... He talks about how it is great for macro and other styles...
Oh, "budget"... Well, Laowa 65mm f2.8 2:1 macro is one of the cheaper macro lenses and one of the best in image quality. You will not get anything with decent AF for less than this Sony 90mm f2.8 unless you go for a wider lens like the 30mm f3.5 macro. For longer reach there is the Laowa 100mm f2.8 macro which is apochromatic and does 2:1 macro which is rare... If you do not need AF then a lot of macro lenses can be adapted from other lens mounts like the SIgma 150mm f2.8 or the Irix 150mm f2.8, or the tamron 90mm f2.8...
Great review of the 90mm Arthur. I very much enjoyed shooting macro this summer but only have the budget Sony 75-210 with some extension tubes - this does work pretty well, but am considering an upgrade to a dedicated macro lens so your review will help any decisions. Congrats to you and Janessa and baby Lucas on your lovely new house, very homely. Greetings from South Wales, UK.
Thanks for this video 👍🤩 I got this lens half a year ago for my A6500 and now it works fine on my A6400 😉 I use it also for portraits and it‘s very sharp and makes a good job . Next time I got the Sony A73 and so I can use it also on Fullframe 😀
For anyone serious about macro photography with their Sony mirrorless, I'd point them to the 100mm F2.8 ultra macro from Laowa. It's razor sharp and provides double the magnification over the Sony. It's built like a tank and has a 13 blade diaphragm. It's almost always back-ordered at only $450. Like most serious macro glass it's completely manual, but works great for portraits as well (no focusing distance switch required).
To add to your excellent review Arthur, a6400 has NO focus stacking and a6400+G or GM lenses is NOT water resistant. It's too late for me now because I already have dumped too much money into the a6400 and Sony lenses, but for macro, the a6400 lacks focus bracketing. Olympus, Nikon, Panasonic and Fujifilm all have focus bracketing for post processing with focus STACKING software. I've been focus stacking using a bluetooth remote with my a6400; it's a pain...and by using a focus rail. post processing with Helicon Focus. The long focal length is great since it allows the lens to be far from the subject. I have both this 90mm G macro and the 85mm f1.8 GM. Both were acquired in part because of moisture resistance as is the a6400(purportedly) that is STATED IN SONY LITERATURE and ON THEIR WEBSITE. This lens does NOT have a gasket at the mount. The GM lens does have a gasket at the mount. HOWEVER, the gasket makes NO CONTACT with the a6400's mount; rendering the "seal" at the mount useless and NOT water resistant other than by the virtue of metal to metal contact of the lens and body. This DESIGN FLAW is quite a surprise too me and almost worth a lawsuit against Sony for fraud! Other than these two issues the camera and lenses are excellent! Your reviews are excellent and thanks to your positive review, I have the Laowa 9mm; great lens for architecture!
I currently shoot all my macro with a manual focus lens...I really like the idea of having an auto focus option especially for video like you did in this video here.
Arthur, your pockets must be a touch deeper ( and why not) from those days, seeingly now an aeon ago, when you were cobbling a6000 packages with vintage glass. I will be retaining my a6000 for a while yet ( with excellent glass, mainly Sigma) and may migrate to a6400- that AF is pretty appealing!! or may wait until the a6000 replacement reaches Australia. As we have a lousy exchange, the real cost in Australia, partly due to the mad trade war with China, is appx 30% higher than the USA. Really doubt that Sony does heavy-duty R and D, focus groups etc into what market needs or wants for new models. The top of the range a6600 will doubtless sell, but you would have, have to get to the top glass to get the most out of your body investment. I don't mind spending $'s on quality glass, as you can keep it forever and updates don't add pixels to it, IBIS/OSSs, or the like generally and hold IQ and value pretty well. My glass, in the non-Sony system, is over a decade old, and I can't extract the maximum from L series glass or more recent Sigma Art primes. Keep the videos coming.
But keep this in mind, this review was shot on the APS-C and FF results will improve (based on the camera) As a owner and what I'd experienced with the lens
Hi Arthur, which lens do you recommend for architecture photography? and which lens do you recommend for landscape photography? (ideally one that works for both) thanks for your help in advance!
Probably use a digital darkroom software. It will be very hard to get the right image look using the camera settings which you would have to change according to every camera angle change and lighting change. Just use basic photography skills to get as good a capture as possible and then worry about the exact look later...
I was looking at sample macro photos taken with this lens on APS-C and FF bodies but it's kind of disappointing as a macro lens. It can only produce a 1:1 representation of subjects. That's decent but soon you'll find that that's not enough. If you really want to achieve great results with macro, use micro four-thirds. The M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 will give you 2:1 magnification and a wider focus area. Not to mention that most Olympus mirrorless bodies have built-in focus bracketing and stacking. The 90mm Sony performs really well as a portrait lens, though.
I believe the F2.8 Aperture should be equivalent to F4.2 since as used as in APSC mode it needs to be multiplied by 1.5 crop factor. Nevertheless as a 135mm equivalent telephoto lens there is still some nice boquet... Right? I stayed couple years at Dallas and really enjoyed the weather most of the year (ecxept summer) and almost bought a house like this one in 2000 when we had our kid (Texan Boy). Was about 180000 euros (really cheap compared to where I leave now in Europe...) I hope it did not change much now. I'm a great fan of your channel. Keep up with the good reviews and waiting for the A6600.
Aperture does not change when an image is cropped nor does its depth of field. It will look exactly like a 90mm f2.8 shot with a full-frame camera that is then cropped in photoshop. All a crop camera is doing is cropping away the image outside of its sensor. It does not change anything about the lens itself. When used with an APS-C camera it will not look like a 135mm f2.8, that is true, but it will look like a 90mm f2.8 that is then cropped. Depth of field is also not something you can figure out the 135mm equivalent of by multiplying by 1.5 since depth of field does not change the same as the crop factor. Better to just think of it as a 90mm f2.8 lens that gets cropped.
Wow!! What a nice house you have. We call them bungalows in the U.K. I guess you would call it a ranch style in the US. Exciting times for you and your family. I love the A6000 cameras. So small and easy to carry. I’ve just come back from a road trip around my homeland of Wales, driving around the mountains of Snowdonia National Park with my A6300’s and 10-18mm lens among others.
Hey, and congratulations for the new house. what is your recommendation for versital TH-cam , on line corse lens ? Do you think the sigma 16 may be a good choice? Or maybe the more flattering 30 mm ?
Thanks for the review of Sony 90 mm .. Congratulations for the new house, its really beautiful. However i didn't see a studio in such a big house .. planning for one ??
Hey mate! Thanks for the review I just bought my lens today. Do you have a video I can look at on how to use the lens setting for macro photography 😊 I just want to take a lot of photo for my new born baby , thanks mate. Much appreciated x
That's ironic for me; we just picked that lens up used. It's really cool for macro. I've not done much but we used it in some baking photos and it works really cool for up close. It's also just huge and hefty compared to all my other sony lenses. Good video and cool pictures. Gratz on the house!
Seems like a great lens for video, I wonder how the bad/good the focus breathing is. Its something you could touch in your lens reviews since a lot of the people who watch your videos are filmmakers
This lens zooms out a lot at longer distances. Big changes in focal length with changes to the focal plane. Seems to match other lenses at 90mm so I am deducing that it is wider than advertised when focused at longer distances.
I'm also shooting on an A6400 and was interested in pulling the trigger on a portrait lens. I saw your review on the 85 f/1.8 and was sold. Then I saw this and was curious what your thoughts would be between the two. This seems like the more versatile option for a few hundred more. Thanks
Hi, could you do a review of the a6400 with the sony 16-55mm f2.8 in the future. Theres a lot of people talking about the A6600 and Sony 16-55mm f2.8 combo but not much when used with a non stabilised body like the A6000, 6100, 6300 and 6400. Its hard to rent this lens in Australia for a few days (usually requires a few months) but may be alot easier to do so in the US. Keep up the good work.
There will be no image stabilization, otherwise everything else is the same. Any review that shows the stabilization would also show unstabilized... Not sure what you are missing or asking for? Why would there be a difference other than the stabilization?
Hi Arthur really nicely done review. After two system-switches I still can't get over the Fuji XF90 f2 lens and I refuse to believe there's anything in the price range can get close to that; I'm also shooting the a6400 nowadays judging from your samples, the Sony doesn't look bad at all.
Several macro lenses test better and almost all are cheaper than that $1000 lens... Not many macro lenses have good AF though so is that what is better with that lens?
@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 The Fuji 90 isn't a macro lens though it can conveniently focus quite close, the Sigma 70 is a very good macro lens but lacks I.S. and focuses slow, so the Sony 90 2.8 does seem to be the better jack of all trade.
The xf 90 f2 isn't even close to this lens, this macro is one of the sharpest sony lenses ever. In fact some will say the xf 80 f2.8 is better than the xf 90 f2 for anything that's not portraits or indoor sports, faster autofocus with OIS and sharper (but way too heavy for a macro lens).
Hello Arthur, I’m thinking of buying A6400. But my hand is not really steady to record video handheld. Do you think i should buy gimbal or wait for a6600 (because i heard it has IBIS) ? Thanks!
Congratulation for your new house! Wish you best and happines always. I have one question, which one is better... Sony macro 90 or Sigma 70 f2.8 macro on Sony APS-C body? I am looking for fix tele portrait with macro capability (only for jewelry product photography, not for insect) lens on my A6000. Sony 90 is famous for its sharpness, but I think Sigma 70 is more effective on APS-C body since it will give shorter working focal length. Thanks in advance!
Sony has better AF and has image stabilization and focuses internally. Sigma has similar image quality (great sharpness) but barrel extends as you focus closer (you probably do not mind). Also Sigma has less chromatic aberration. The Laowa 65mm f2.8 for APS-c and the Laowa 100mm f2.8 for full frame are your best options if you do not need autofocus. They are 2:1 so you can get closer and both are apochromatic (pretty much zero chromatic aberration) which you will want for jewelry photography (the Sigma is almost as good in this way). Definitely I would stay away from the 90mm macro just because you are shooting jewelry and that lens has a quite a bit more chromatic aberrations than newer macro lenses tend to have.
Hey great video as always! I have a question. I have an E mount camera the Sony a6400. I would like to get this EF 90mm lens. But I’m worried that this won’t work on my camera. Does this lens work with my camera? If not is there some sort of adapter or something? If it does work does the Ed lens loose any quality? Thanks, and congrats on tour new home! Beautiful home!
That is the camera used in this very video you are commenting on... E-mount is both APS-C and full frame. All e-mount lenses will work on all e-mount cameras...
Your videos are such a nice 👍 I am confused that should I buy Sigma 56mm 1.4 or Sony 85mm 1.8 or this Sony 90mm because I am looking for a best portrait lens with nice aperture so can you suggest me please because the whole week I research I. This thing but unfortunately I could not finalize anyone lens and confused. I’ll wait for your good reply, Thanks
Hey arthur . Any Recommendations for a Secondary Lens ?? I Have a Sony A6400 & I Am Using 70-200 2.8 GM Lens & I Am Looking For Another Killer Lense as my everyday lens for Sports Videography, Content creating or film making Or Just Everyday Shooting so I can save the 70-200mm For Special Occasions.. Any Suggestions ?
Me as a dad to a toddler and baby: "Oh cool lens, great house OH GOD WHY DID HE OPEN THE DOOR THE KID IS NAPPING WHAT HATH HE ALMOST WROUGHT!?!?!" *sweats* - congrats on the house! ( baseboards -and- sheet rock removal? Lucky /s)
There are other such comparisons if you search youtube. Quick summary of what I have found: Sony AF is better. IQ is close (sony is one of the sharpest lenses ever made though). Sigma has way less chromatic aberrations like a lot of newer macro lenses (though Sony is better than most older macro lenses). Sigma lens barrel extends as you focus on closer distances. Both have focus breathing (they zoom in as you focus closer). If you do not want AF there are some amazing options like the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2:1 macro and the Irix 150mm f2.8 macro. The 65mm f2.8 2:1 macro from Laowa is another great and small lens if you only need APS-C and want a really small lens with great image quality. Hard to beat the price of the Sigma 70mm for that amazing image quality and it has working AF even if it is slow-ish. Those Laowa lenses are all around that Sigma price but they have no AF at all...
Hello Arthur great video by the way 🙂. So , I was thinking to buy zhyiun crane m2 for my Sony a6400 with sigma 16mm and it exceeds the given payload have you tried balancing this setup? If yes or no what are your thoughts??
Do not exceed the rated payload if you want it to work well? But..... that crane m2 is rated for 1.8KG!!! Your camera and lens adds up to less than half of that weight (about 810grams).
For landscape I use Sony10-18F4. Maybe not as fast as the fix lenses, but definitely versatile one. Doing good landscapes means travel a lot and the less you must carry, the better. ;-)
I am a beginner. I have sony a6300 and a7iii and the following lenses: sigma 16mm f1.4, sigma 56mm f1.4, sony 10-18mm f4, sony 18-105mm f.4, sony 85mm f1.8, sony 70-200mm f.4, sony 24mm f1.4 GM. I also have a dji Osmo Pocket with a macro lens. Basically I use these for my my music videos and portraits. I am gradually getting into full time photography as I am getting more offers on portraiture. I was considering adding a tamron 28-75mm f2.8 to my lenses but I have also been thinking of adding a macro lens to my gears. I can’t afford both lenses as of now. Which one would you suggest for me, please? Thank you so much
Uhh, cropped sensor is smaller, not larger. Lens works the same, focuses on the same sensor plane, one sensor is smaller so it sees only the middle part of the image while a full frame sensor sees the whole image. No difference to cropping in software after the fact (other than resolution of various sensors of course).
If you take a lens made for APS-C and try to use it with a larger sensor then you will get more vignetting because the lens image does not cover the whole sensor. With a lens made for a larger sensor the image covers an area larger than the sensor.
Different cameras have different IBIS with very different results. Same with optical lens stabilization, the differences between different cameras or different lenses is larger than between camera and lens stabilization.
I live in Brazil, and I really like your reviews, here due to the conversion of Dolar in Reais, the cost is absurd. Hence we have to know a lot before buying. Hence, in terms of optical quality and focal length at 85mm and 90mm are very similar except for the "MACRO" of 90mm. You would buy at 85 or 90, don't consider the price, consider what it can give you back. Thanks. Hug.
How is this lens is good for low light shots since i do indoor portraits without flash most of the time in nature lighting conditions.looking to purchase this for my a6400 for portraits. Will this serves my purpose? Also i have nikkor 105mm micro if ed vr which is sharpest lens and produces great bokeh. Since there is no proper adapter to mount nikkor lens on sony emount system,I want to know how this 90mm micro with oss goes with a6400 for low light portrait shots.
Only get this 90mm if you need macro. You want a faster lens and better AF for low light portraits. Indoor lighting is not that bright even when it is lit normally. Outdoors in some shade on a cloudy day is brighter than a normally lit indoors. Why no flash or lights for indoor? Even built-in flash looks great just bounced off of the ceiling for example. If you can get outdoor light into the room that you are shooting in, that would help you a lot. With just normal lamp lighting you definitely want as open a lens as you can afford. Slower shutter speeds are not great for portraits since it is not a still object... Full frame camera helps you go about 1.5 stops higher in ISO with similar amount of noise? Anyways there are several great lenses for E mount that can fit your needs. Also there does seem to be e-mount adapters for Nikon D and Nikkor lenses. Anything made for a DSLR is adaptable as well as anything with a SLR in film cameras. If it has a mirror then its lens will work on a mirrorless because the distance to the imaging plane is always longer than for mirrorless, so you can always just add the right length tube to the lens to get the longer distance needed.
what coldshoe rig is that?
It is this one (now 20% off with coupon!) amzn.to/2OIslf9
@@ArthurR Do you know if this rig work for A6500?
I have been following your channel for several years. I wish you and your family success and best of luck. One notices that we are getting older. Thank you for the video because it is almost the only video that tests the lens on a aps-c camera.
Congratulations on the new home purchase!! Love the layout and all the space you guys are going to have. You guys are awesome.
Mike On The Move Thank you! We are excited and Lucas is going to have a ton more square footage to crawl around in!
Congratulations on your new home! God bless you and your family
Congratulations on your new house! It looks beautiful!
Congrats on the new house! Hope you have many years of happiness there. So nice to see you and your family living the dream. The 90mm Macro is a great lens that I have been using for about a year and I think your evaluation is spot on.
Hi Dave I have one question, the 90mm is a FE lens and he’s testing it out with a APS-C camera, then is not a 90mm at all right?
@@VinizioOficial sometimes the semantics and the physics get a bit jumbled up. I hesitate to answer because there are certain real differences in the way a lens performs on a full frame versus a crop frame sensor, but there are also a lot of myths and misunderstandings that provoke heated arguments in comment sections, and I don't want to argue or write an optics treatise. (There are great videos on TH-cam explaining the pros/cons of using a FF lens on and APS-C body and also using a APS-C lens on a FF body.) At the risk of getting flamed mercilessly, I'll say this: it is still a 90mm lens, but the effective field of view that the APS-C sensor sees is 135mm (1.5 crop factor times 90 mm). So the image you get with the 90mm on a APS-C body is the same as you would get with a 135 mm lens on a FF body (all other things being equal).
Dave Pruett exactly what i needed to know, thank you so much Dave
I have no macro lens and have been thinking of this particular one. Thanks for the beautiful review. Congratulations on your new house. So beautiful
I was actually eyeing that lens this past week, but the sale price jumped back up today. Going to hold out until it's on sale again, but thanks for the review!
Same here
I was looking at sample macro photos taken with this lens on APS-C and FF bodies but it's kind of disappointing as a macro lens. It can only produce a 1:1 representation of subjects. That's decent but soon you'll find that that's not enough.
If you really want to achieve great results with macro, use micro four-thirds.
The M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 will give you 2:1 magnification and a wider focus area. Not to mention that most Olympus mirrorless bodies have built-in focus bracketing and stacking.
The 90mm Sony performs really well as a portrait lens, though.
I picked up a used one and love it. Macro, portraits and I plan on doing tracked astro with it at some point.
Great house and will be awesome when you get done making your changes. Make sure you heat shield under the tv really good when you mount above the fire place.
This trend. TVs high up in the air... I will never do this as it feels terrible while watching stuff. Even when sitting up close in a theater I do not get this feeling...
Arthur, thank you for video 🙏🏼 which budget macro+telephoto lens for video do you recommend for aps-c?
Uhh, probably this one in the video that you commented on? It is even being used on an A6400 in this test... He talks about how it is great for macro and other styles...
Oh, "budget"... Well, Laowa 65mm f2.8 2:1 macro is one of the cheaper macro lenses and one of the best in image quality. You will not get anything with decent AF for less than this Sony 90mm f2.8 unless you go for a wider lens like the 30mm f3.5 macro. For longer reach there is the Laowa 100mm f2.8 macro which is apochromatic and does 2:1 macro which is rare... If you do not need AF then a lot of macro lenses can be adapted from other lens mounts like the SIgma 150mm f2.8 or the Irix 150mm f2.8, or the tamron 90mm f2.8...
0ooTheMAXXoo0 thank you man 🙏🏼
Congratulations on the house! So happy for you guys
Tyler thank you!
Thanks for the video, im really waiting on those reviews for the new stuff from Sony, congratulations on your new home, beautiful place.
Great review of the 90mm Arthur. I very much enjoyed shooting macro this summer but only have the budget Sony 75-210 with some extension tubes - this does work pretty well, but am considering an upgrade to a dedicated macro lens so your review will help any decisions. Congrats to you and Janessa and baby Lucas on your lovely new house, very homely. Greetings from South Wales, UK.
My favorite lens! Great on crop and FF bodies. I just love it!
Yeah except for the IS it reminds me of the EF-S60mm2.8 on my old 7D. Perfect macro and portrait lens.
Your new house is big! Congratulation to you! Wish you and your family all the best!
Thanks for this video 👍🤩
I got this lens half a year ago for my A6500 and now it works fine on my A6400 😉
I use it also for portraits and it‘s very sharp and makes a good job . Next time I got the Sony A73 and so I
can use it also on Fullframe 😀
For anyone serious about macro photography with their Sony mirrorless, I'd point them to the 100mm F2.8 ultra macro from Laowa. It's razor sharp and provides double the magnification over the Sony. It's built like a tank and has a 13 blade diaphragm. It's almost always back-ordered at only $450. Like most serious macro glass it's completely manual, but works great for portraits as well (no focusing distance switch required).
I wonder which fits better to me, but isn't oss and af a Big advantage for all 100mm tele non-macro applications?
Thank you Arthur I was really in doubt for this lens and the Sigma Macro. But it will be this g-lens of Sony it is very convincing in sharpness thx
John C. Dodde Yes, the autofocus on the Sigma is loud and let’s it down.
Congratulations on your new 🏠. It's pretty beautiful
To add to your excellent review Arthur, a6400 has NO focus stacking and a6400+G or GM lenses is NOT water resistant.
It's too late for me now because I already have dumped too much money into the a6400 and Sony lenses, but for macro, the a6400 lacks focus bracketing. Olympus, Nikon, Panasonic and Fujifilm all have focus bracketing for post processing with focus STACKING software. I've been focus stacking using a bluetooth remote with my a6400; it's a pain...and by using a focus rail. post processing with Helicon Focus. The long focal length is great since it allows the lens to be far from the subject.
I have both this 90mm G macro and the 85mm f1.8 GM. Both were acquired in part because of moisture resistance as is the a6400(purportedly) that is STATED IN SONY LITERATURE and ON THEIR WEBSITE. This lens does NOT have a gasket at the mount. The GM lens does have a gasket at the mount. HOWEVER, the gasket makes NO CONTACT with the a6400's mount; rendering the "seal" at the mount useless and NOT water resistant other than by the virtue of metal to metal contact of the lens and body. This DESIGN FLAW is quite a surprise too me and almost worth a lawsuit against Sony for fraud!
Other than these two issues the camera and lenses are excellent!
Your reviews are excellent and thanks to your positive review, I have the Laowa 9mm; great lens for architecture!
Still on my wish list. Interesting that you also compared it to the 85mm 1.8.
This lens has been out for years! I really like it..
Great review! Congrats on the home!
Great for photography.
A baby taking a nap is cute, but a rolling shutter from 10:03 to 12:53. I was almost drunk. lol
Hey Arthur! Have you ever tried any of the Tamron trio of zoom lenses for Sony APSC like the a6400?? I'm curious how they perform on apsc
Stan the Man Not yet because the focal lengths aren’t ideal for APSC. But I might look at them in the future.
@Foto4Max Tamron 17-28mm f2.8 FE, 28-75mm f2.8 FE, 70-180mm f2.8 FE...
I currently shoot all my macro with a manual focus lens...I really like the idea of having an auto focus option especially for video like you did in this video here.
Arthur, your pockets must be a touch deeper ( and why not) from those days, seeingly now an aeon ago, when you were cobbling a6000 packages with vintage glass. I will be retaining my a6000 for a while yet ( with excellent glass, mainly Sigma) and may migrate to a6400- that AF is pretty appealing!! or may wait until the a6000 replacement reaches Australia. As we have a lousy exchange, the real cost in Australia, partly due to the mad trade war with China, is appx 30% higher than the USA.
Really doubt that Sony does heavy-duty R and D, focus groups etc into what market needs or wants for new models.
The top of the range a6600 will doubtless sell, but you would have, have to get to the top glass to get the most out of your body investment. I don't mind spending $'s on quality glass, as you can keep it forever and updates don't add pixels to it, IBIS/OSSs, or the like generally and hold IQ and value pretty well. My glass, in the non-Sony system, is over a decade old, and I can't extract the maximum from L series glass or more recent Sigma Art primes.
Keep the videos coming.
Please upload a video about the comparison between 90mm and 85 mm
But keep this in mind, this review was shot on the APS-C and FF results will improve (based on the camera) As a owner and what I'd experienced with the lens
Agreed - he keeps mentioning FF while the camera is APS-C
Does the crop sensor influence in the magnification ratio? I mean the sensor is smaller on an aps-c
Hi Arthur, which lens do you recommend for architecture photography? and which lens do you recommend for landscape photography? (ideally one that works for both) thanks for your help in advance!
Sigma 16mm or Laowa 9mm are two of my favorites.
Hey can you make a settings video for street/fashion photography? Thanks been watching your videos since bought my a6000, definately helped me out :)
Probably use a digital darkroom software. It will be very hard to get the right image look using the camera settings which you would have to change according to every camera angle change and lighting change. Just use basic photography skills to get as good a capture as possible and then worry about the exact look later...
I was looking at sample macro photos taken with this lens on APS-C and FF bodies but it's kind of disappointing as a macro lens. It can only produce a 1:1 representation of subjects. That's decent but soon you'll find that that's not enough.
If you really want to achieve great results with macro, use micro four-thirds.
The M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 will give you 2:1 magnification and a wider focus area. Not to mention that most Olympus mirrorless bodies have built-in focus bracketing and stacking.
The 90mm Sony performs really well as a portrait lens, though.
I believe the F2.8 Aperture should be equivalent to F4.2 since as used as in APSC mode it needs to be multiplied by 1.5 crop factor. Nevertheless as a 135mm equivalent telephoto lens there is still some nice boquet... Right?
I stayed couple years at Dallas and really enjoyed the weather most of the year (ecxept summer) and almost bought a house like this one in 2000 when we had our kid (Texan Boy). Was about 180000 euros (really cheap compared to where I leave now in Europe...) I hope it did not change much now.
I'm a great fan of your channel. Keep up with the good reviews and waiting for the A6600.
Aperture does not change when an image is cropped nor does its depth of field. It will look exactly like a 90mm f2.8 shot with a full-frame camera that is then cropped in photoshop. All a crop camera is doing is cropping away the image outside of its sensor. It does not change anything about the lens itself. When used with an APS-C camera it will not look like a 135mm f2.8, that is true, but it will look like a 90mm f2.8 that is then cropped. Depth of field is also not something you can figure out the 135mm equivalent of by multiplying by 1.5 since depth of field does not change the same as the crop factor. Better to just think of it as a 90mm f2.8 lens that gets cropped.
@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 OK thanks
Can you use this lens for all in one lens or just for distance or macro. Thank you and congrats on the new house. Have fun!
Wow!! What a nice house you have. We call them bungalows in the U.K. I guess you would call it a ranch style in the US. Exciting times for you and your family. I love the A6000 cameras. So small and easy to carry. I’ve just come back from a road trip around my homeland of Wales, driving around the mountains of Snowdonia National Park with my A6300’s and 10-18mm lens among others.
Ranch style is just one floor. Bungalows are half at ground level and half split into two floors. We have both in the USA.
Thanks for posting this. I own the same setup and I was eagerly waiting for you to post this. Big Fan! :)
Congrats on the new house! Looks awesome
Hey, and congratulations for the new house. what is your recommendation for versital TH-cam , on line corse lens ? Do you think the sigma 16 may be a good choice? Or maybe the more flattering 30 mm ?
I think the Sigma 16mm is the ultimate sharp do-everything-well lens.
Thanks for the review of Sony 90 mm .. Congratulations for the new house, its really beautiful. However i didn't see a studio in such a big house .. planning for one ??
Looks like a great lens.
Hey mate!
Thanks for the review I just bought my lens today. Do you have a video I can look at on how to use the lens setting for macro photography 😊
I just want to take a lot of photo for my new born baby , thanks mate. Much appreciated x
Please do a review about tamron 28-75 also. Your videos is always helpful. 👍
Ok, I like the review but can you cover the 16-55 f2.8 as soon as possible :D?
mwkoala I also would like to see this review, maybe compared to sigma 16 f1.4
I was looking forward to that also
mwkoala Yes! It comes soon!
That's ironic for me; we just picked that lens up used. It's really cool for macro. I've not done much but we used it in some baking photos and it works really cool for up close. It's also just huge and hefty compared to all my other sony lenses. Good video and cool pictures. Gratz on the house!
Seems like a great lens for video, I wonder how the bad/good the focus breathing is. Its something you could touch in your lens reviews since a lot of the people who watch your videos are filmmakers
This lens zooms out a lot at longer distances. Big changes in focal length with changes to the focal plane. Seems to match other lenses at 90mm so I am deducing that it is wider than advertised when focused at longer distances.
A lot of macro lenses has focus breathing BTW. You might want to try non-macro lenses for video work.
Well done to the three of you, looks great.
I'm also shooting on an A6400 and was interested in pulling the trigger on a portrait lens. I saw your review on the 85 f/1.8 and was sold. Then I saw this and was curious what your thoughts would be between the two. This seems like the more versatile option for a few hundred more. Thanks
Hi, could you do a review of the a6400 with the sony 16-55mm f2.8 in the future. Theres a lot of people talking about the A6600 and Sony 16-55mm f2.8 combo but not much when used with a non stabilised body like the A6000, 6100, 6300 and 6400. Its hard to rent this lens in Australia for a few days (usually requires a few months) but may be alot easier to do so in the US. Keep up the good work.
There will be no image stabilization, otherwise everything else is the same. Any review that shows the stabilization would also show unstabilized... Not sure what you are missing or asking for? Why would there be a difference other than the stabilization?
Great. It would be good to see and compare the lenses Zeiss Touit 2.8/50M and Sigma 70mm F/2.8 DG MACRO Art
Congratulations. One question: Is ceiling fan a "must-have thing" in TX?
I love this lens but i will say the Sony 50mm F/1.8 oss, can do some really good sudo macro lol
Anxiously awaiting the 16-55, 2.8 review!
Hi Arthur really nicely done review. After two system-switches I still can't get over the Fuji XF90 f2 lens and I refuse to believe there's anything in the price range can get close to that; I'm also shooting the a6400 nowadays judging from your samples, the Sony doesn't look bad at all.
Several macro lenses test better and almost all are cheaper than that $1000 lens... Not many macro lenses have good AF though so is that what is better with that lens?
@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 The Fuji 90 isn't a macro lens though it can conveniently focus quite close, the Sigma 70 is a very good macro lens but lacks I.S. and focuses slow, so the Sony 90 2.8 does seem to be the better jack of all trade.
The xf 90 f2 isn't even close to this lens, this macro is one of the sharpest sony lenses ever. In fact some will say the xf 80 f2.8 is better than the xf 90 f2 for anything that's not portraits or indoor sports, faster autofocus with OIS and sharper (but way too heavy for a macro lens).
I got the 16mm and 56mm based on your recommendation
Small question 56mm is facing severe issue with straight lines.??
Automation Professionals severe issue? What do you mean?
Arthur R
Go with a video for something with straight lines like borders .. you would see oval shape..overall lens is phenomenal tack sharp...
@@theautomationchannel6920 Camera should automatically correct for distortion unless you have a bad copy and something is off with it?
Congrats on the new house. Looks really nice.
What is this thing on top of your camera?
Hello Arthur, I’m thinking of buying A6400. But my hand is not really steady to record video handheld. Do you think i should buy gimbal or wait for a6600 (because i heard it has IBIS) ? Thanks!
Aisyah Mars Get a gimbal! The IBIS isn’t great for stabilization.....
Gimbal would be way cheaper and way better. the Weebill S seems amazing!
Congratulation for your new house! Wish you best and happines always. I have one question, which one is better... Sony macro 90 or Sigma 70 f2.8 macro on Sony APS-C body? I am looking for fix tele portrait with macro capability (only for jewelry product photography, not for insect) lens on my A6000. Sony 90 is famous for its sharpness, but I think Sigma 70 is more effective on APS-C body since it will give shorter working focal length. Thanks in advance!
Sony has better AF and has image stabilization and focuses internally. Sigma has similar image quality (great sharpness) but barrel extends as you focus closer (you probably do not mind). Also Sigma has less chromatic aberration. The Laowa 65mm f2.8 for APS-c and the Laowa 100mm f2.8 for full frame are your best options if you do not need autofocus. They are 2:1 so you can get closer and both are apochromatic (pretty much zero chromatic aberration) which you will want for jewelry photography (the Sigma is almost as good in this way). Definitely I would stay away from the 90mm macro just because you are shooting jewelry and that lens has a quite a bit more chromatic aberrations than newer macro lenses tend to have.
Hey great video as always! I have a question. I have an E mount camera the Sony a6400. I would like to get this EF 90mm lens. But I’m worried that this won’t work on my camera. Does this lens work with my camera? If not is there some sort of adapter or something? If it does work does the Ed lens loose any quality? Thanks, and congrats on tour new home! Beautiful home!
That is the camera used in this very video you are commenting on... E-mount is both APS-C and full frame. All e-mount lenses will work on all e-mount cameras...
i think tyler from hoovies garage might be your doppelganger
Interesting Lens 👍 awesome house 🏡 Congratulations 🍾
As a real estate broker I must admit... YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE! CONGRATULATIONS from Düsseldorf, Germany
what clip on do you use ?
Your videos are such a nice 👍
I am confused that should I buy Sigma 56mm 1.4 or Sony 85mm 1.8 or this Sony 90mm because I am looking for a best portrait lens with nice aperture so can you suggest me please because the whole week I research I. This thing but unfortunately I could not finalize anyone lens and confused.
I’ll wait for your good reply,
Thanks
Please do a review of the sigma 70mm macro art on a Sony a6000 if possible
New video after 3 weeks finally! Arthur, could you please do the review for alpha 6100 please please pleaseeeee...
Wuri Nastiti will do! I’m excited about the A6100
nice place ... hope you are happy there.. & that lens ... oooh nice
Congrats for ur new place.
Will you do a review and comparisons with the Sony 16-55 2.8?
Proud of u man nice house keep the content coming.
Hey arthur . Any Recommendations for a Secondary Lens ?? I Have a Sony A6400 & I Am Using 70-200 2.8 GM Lens & I Am Looking For Another Killer Lense as my everyday lens for Sports Videography, Content creating or film making Or Just Everyday Shooting so I can save the 70-200mm For Special Occasions.. Any Suggestions ?
Me as a dad to a toddler and baby: "Oh cool lens, great house OH GOD WHY DID HE OPEN THE DOOR THE KID IS NAPPING WHAT HATH HE ALMOST WROUGHT!?!?!" *sweats* - congrats on the house! ( baseboards -and- sheet rock removal? Lucky /s)
Lol true story. Walking softly is the key!
Your house looks great and I see you are also an IKEA fan. Thanks for the insights.
Is that worth with a6400 ?
Thanks arthur
Sigma 56mm or Sony 90mm macro for family photos 🤔
Would you do a comparision between this and the Sigma 70mm Art? AF, IQ and etc. It will be interesting because both are top level.
There are other such comparisons if you search youtube. Quick summary of what I have found: Sony AF is better. IQ is close (sony is one of the sharpest lenses ever made though). Sigma has way less chromatic aberrations like a lot of newer macro lenses (though Sony is better than most older macro lenses). Sigma lens barrel extends as you focus on closer distances. Both have focus breathing (they zoom in as you focus closer). If you do not want AF there are some amazing options like the Laowa 100mm f2.8 2:1 macro and the Irix 150mm f2.8 macro. The 65mm f2.8 2:1 macro from Laowa is another great and small lens if you only need APS-C and want a really small lens with great image quality. Hard to beat the price of the Sigma 70mm for that amazing image quality and it has working AF even if it is slow-ish. Those Laowa lenses are all around that Sigma price but they have no AF at all...
If Sony 90mm f2 8 macro vs sigma 16mm, whixh one better? As sigma 16mm also can perform very close shot
Do some voigtlander if you can... they have emounts now :D
Is it suitable for dental photography?
Hello Arthur great video by the way 🙂. So , I was thinking to buy zhyiun crane m2 for my Sony a6400 with sigma 16mm and it exceeds the given payload have you tried balancing this setup? If yes or no what are your thoughts??
Do not exceed the rated payload if you want it to work well? But..... that crane m2 is rated for 1.8KG!!! Your camera and lens adds up to less than half of that weight (about 810grams).
Congratulations, nice house and videos.
I have this lens, IQ is fantastic! Easily an "editor's choice" 😁
why do you use fullframe lens on apsc body?
Hi, house looks great. I have a a6400 and would like to get into landscape photography and long exposures, can you recommend lenses please.
sigma 16mm for sure
If you want a durable lens, go with the Sigma 16mm. Samyang 12mm is great but not as solid as the Sigma.
For landscape I use Sony10-18F4. Maybe not as fast as the fix lenses, but definitely versatile one. Doing good landscapes means travel a lot and the less you must carry, the better. ;-)
@@pavelvon6147 yeah, that's right
@@pavelvon6147 Fast and open is not usually needed in landscape photography anyways...
I am a beginner. I have sony a6300 and a7iii and the following lenses: sigma 16mm f1.4, sigma 56mm f1.4, sony 10-18mm f4, sony 18-105mm f.4, sony 85mm f1.8, sony 70-200mm f.4, sony 24mm f1.4 GM. I also have a dji Osmo Pocket with a macro lens. Basically I use these for my my music videos and portraits. I am gradually getting into full time photography as I am getting more offers on portraiture. I was considering adding a tamron 28-75mm f2.8 to my lenses but I have also been thinking of adding a macro lens to my gears. I can’t afford both lenses as of now. Which one would you suggest for me, please? Thank you so much
Does fit automatically to a6400, no need for adopter mount?
When you mounted a full-frame lens on a cropped camera a6400, wasn't vignetting more pointed?
It cropped by the sensor? Right?
Uhh, cropped sensor is smaller, not larger. Lens works the same, focuses on the same sensor plane, one sensor is smaller so it sees only the middle part of the image while a full frame sensor sees the whole image. No difference to cropping in software after the fact (other than resolution of various sensors of course).
If you take a lens made for APS-C and try to use it with a larger sensor then you will get more vignetting because the lens image does not cover the whole sensor. With a lens made for a larger sensor the image covers an area larger than the sensor.
You should test this on full frame body! this is a full frame len.
A7 don't have IBIS, even with the IBIS, lens stabilisation is better, except the rotation one, which obviously can't be compensated in lens
Different cameras have different IBIS with very different results. Same with optical lens stabilization, the differences between different cameras or different lenses is larger than between camera and lens stabilization.
Can I use this lens for sony a6000??? And the auto focus will work same as a6400???
Is this lense ok to use with the a6000?
whats a budget friendly macro lens ? 🥲
Your new place has so much room for a youtube studio in and outside. Wink
Plz make a video on slow motion on 6400 with 16 1.4
Nice work!!
I live in Brazil, and I really like your reviews, here due to the conversion of Dolar in Reais, the cost is absurd. Hence we have to know a lot before buying. Hence, in terms of optical quality and focal length at 85mm and 90mm are very similar except for the "MACRO" of 90mm. You would buy at 85 or 90, don't consider the price, consider what it can give you back. Thanks. Hug.
How is this lens is good for low light shots since i do indoor portraits without flash most of the time in nature lighting conditions.looking to purchase this for my a6400 for portraits. Will this serves my purpose? Also i have nikkor 105mm micro if ed vr which is sharpest lens and produces great bokeh. Since there is no proper adapter to mount nikkor lens on sony emount system,I want to know how this 90mm micro with oss goes with a6400 for low light portrait shots.
Only get this 90mm if you need macro. You want a faster lens and better AF for low light portraits. Indoor lighting is not that bright even when it is lit normally. Outdoors in some shade on a cloudy day is brighter than a normally lit indoors. Why no flash or lights for indoor? Even built-in flash looks great just bounced off of the ceiling for example. If you can get outdoor light into the room that you are shooting in, that would help you a lot. With just normal lamp lighting you definitely want as open a lens as you can afford. Slower shutter speeds are not great for portraits since it is not a still object... Full frame camera helps you go about 1.5 stops higher in ISO with similar amount of noise? Anyways there are several great lenses for E mount that can fit your needs.
Also there does seem to be e-mount adapters for Nikon D and Nikkor lenses. Anything made for a DSLR is adaptable as well as anything with a SLR in film cameras. If it has a mirror then its lens will work on a mirrorless because the distance to the imaging plane is always longer than for mirrorless, so you can always just add the right length tube to the lens to get the longer distance needed.