gwilliams6

When I first moved from Nikon and Canon (both brands) to Sony back in January 2017, I owned and used a Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 lens in Canon EF mount on my Sony A7RII with a Sigma MC-11 lens adaptor and it worked well. But only when I transitioned from all my Canon, Nikon and Sigma DSLR-designed lenses and moved to native E-mount lenses did I get the best performance from my lenses on my Sony bodies.

And the mirrorless-designed native E-mount lenses are much more compact and lighter than the DSLR-designed Canon EF lenses and Sigma Art EF-mount lenses I had used before with an MC-11 adaptor.

Here I will share some shots made with my Sony A7RII, and my Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 lens in EF mount with the MC-11 adaptor on a trip to visit some longtime friends in Scotland.

1) A just married wedding couple get serenaded by their bag-piper in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sony A7RII, Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 lens with MC-11 adaptor.

2) Loch Shiel in Glennfinan , Scotland, the location of numerous scenes shot for the Harry Potter series of movies. Sony A7RII, Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 in EF-mount, used with the MC-11 adaptor.

3) A double rainbow at low tide in Portree, the capital town on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Sony A7RII, Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 EF-mount lens with MC-11 adaptor.

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I loved the image quality of that DSLR-designed Sigma Art 24-105mm f4 lens in EF-mount, but it was fairly big and heavy and made bigger with that added MC-11 adaptor. The mirrorless-designed native E-mount Sony 24-105mm f4 G OSS is much smaller and lighter, faster focusing and more.

NOTE: Sigma makes great native E-mount lenses that are optically as good and perform as well as the best Sony lenses. I own a few of those great Sigma Art mirrorless-designed native E-mount lenses and love them just as much as my best native E-mount Sony lenses.

Cheers and best to you.

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imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

Yes, it seems I have learned something today - which is why I am on UHH !

I assumed, (wrongly) that since Tamron makes a 35-150 2.8-4 for Canon and Nikon that they would SURELY make it for Sony E and, that since they make a 35-150 f2-2.8 for Sony that they would also make it for Canon and Nikon .......AND, since Sigma makes the 24-105 Art for Canon, Nikon, and Sony A that they would SURELY make one for Sony E Sooooo, just FORGET everything I said - unless you use adapters
That Sigma does not make a 24-105 for Sony E at this stage of history is insanely inconceivable !
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gwilliams6

There is NO third-party native E-mount 24-105mm f4 lens to challenge the native E-mount Sony 24-105mm f4 G OSS, go figure.

Sigma does make great native E-mount Sigma Art 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN, and native E-mount Sigma Contemporary 28-70mm f2.8 DG DN lenses and they are superb and quite popular. I own the native E-mount Sigma Art 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN and it is excellent in all respects. Yes i own both this Sigma and the Sony 24-105mm f4 G OSS and use both and am not getting rid of either, LOL.

One here, Sony A7RIV, native E-mount Sigma Art 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN lens. The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA. 24mm, ISO 200, f8, 1/80 second, handheld. I shot at 1/80 second because I wanted some motion in the crashing water but still wanted to be able to easily handheld the shot.

Cheers and best to you.

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linda lagace

Even the tech guy warned me. He said to use it and see how it worked. At least I tried. I was trying to shoot some courting crows in flight. It was great to watch and it seemed like I was hitting focus some of the time (at least the action seemed stopped when I hit the focus and shutter.) But when I looked at the raws I wasn't happy. The amazing thing to me was how the mirrorless actually seemed to stop the action of these crows and the nearby waves crashing on the shore. I am just now learning how to really use this mirrorless camera. Focus and exposure are two challenges that I can still miss. I shoot manually because I get better results (At least I did with my Nikon). These were challenging conditions. Fog, birds in flight, extremely black birds. huge contrasts of light etc so maybe I wasn't being fair to the adapter. But I want equipment that I don't have to fight with. A native lens seems like the best bet at least for me. Why add the complications of an adapter that might hit or miss on auto focus. But I am obviously digressing way off subject!!!!!!

linda lagace

doesn't make sense but I guess that's life. And why we have macs and pcs. AH,,,,,, if we could only standardize the world. Wait!!! Maybe not. There would be nothing for UHHers to argue about.

linda lagace

these are great pics

gwilliams6

You are not digressing, yes dont use adapted lenses if you can use native E-mount lenses.

Here is Sony ambassador Mark Galer's Sony Alpha Focus Masterclass: (87 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJXsUFltSXo

Cheers and best to you.

gwilliams6

Thanks,

linda lagace

I am going to use the native lens Tks to everyone for the great discussion

gwilliams6

All the best to you.

wireloose

Maybe we are looking at different lenses. The Tamron 35-150 f2-2.8 for e mount is $1900 and weighs 2.57 lbs, its new, and 90% of users on B&H give it a 5. That at least is the one I have and commented on. It is only available in e mount right now at least and Sony does own a share in Tamron which I think is why their performance is very good for a 3rd party lens- generally reviews seem to rank them very close to the equivalent (more expensive) Sony.

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Some verrrrrry familiar sweeping generalizations ... but your closing paragraph is distinctly telling.

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

For landscape, f/2.8 is not useful. Also, 24mm is more useful for landscape than 35mm.