Is the Sony 20mm F1.8 The BEST Ultrawide Sony Full Frame Lens For Vlogging and Content Creation?

Could the Sony 20mm F1.8 replace a 16-35mm GM as the main ultra-wide lens in your Sony Kit? In this video, I put the 20mm to the test in a vlog as I trek up a mountain!

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Table of Contents:

0:00 - Intro: Why I bought the Sony 20mm
1:30 - Vlog shot on the Sony 20mm
13:37 - My Thoughts After Testing
14:05 - Image Quality
14:22 - Aperture Ring, Autofocus and other Features
15:37 - PROBLEM → Focus Breathing
16:01 - Price
16:12 - Conclusion
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[uggooga]

Honestly the best review of a lens I have ever seen. Seeing the real world use was great and I found myself watching the whole vlog even though I haven’t watched you before!

That's the best way to make a review. We can actually see how it looks on vlog. I ordered mine yesterday, keep watching review video while I'm waiting for the delivery :D

[marco_prolo]

Awesome review, mate. I own this lens for a couple of weeks now and truly love it on my A7IV. It's built like a GM, lightweight, razor sharp, not too wide and becomes a 30mm 2.7 with 14mp in crop mode. I wish Sony would make more G primes like this. Maybe a new 50mm 1.8 🤤

[Pressure_]

I know you’ve graded this but wow, you’ve got this lens looking absolutely epic. Tons of character but also crispness, and the subject separation at 1.8 is amazing for a 20mm. Massive effort for this video and the peak was beautiful. Great work.

[shuaybpack]

Man I love hiking 🥾. But it’s difficult solo hiking while you’re filming . It’s x 2 or more 💪🏾 good job 👏

[amapro]

the 20mm G is my favorite video lens. I never thought of using it because I had a 24mm GM, but a good friend let me try it out and I absolutely loved it ever since

[PipoBk]

I picked up the Sony a7c and the 20mm 1.8 ... can't wait to use this bad boy ! The kit balances with no problem at all on a Feiyutech G6 Max without a sweat

[stephandalejo]

My wife and I are on the outdoors quite often and I’m looking for a native lens for my sony a7iv. You sir, have convince me to go this route, I loved everything about it.

[Lakshmekanth]

I really was admiring your effort to go back and forth for the filming, hats off brother♥️👍

[bobpaulsonrfk]

I love this lens. Great for landscape and environmental style photography. It’s close enough to 24mm that you can do a slight crop on the r series to get a 24mm field of view with plenty of detail.

[viveksawhney]

I have this lens. Love it! I use it on my A7III for astro and for landscapes. You can crop to 24mm easily without losing a ton of resolution, and the compact size is amazing.

[GrantEllman]

Ultrawide with bokeh is where it's at. Perfect vlog, indoor, landscape, astro lens. Wide and fast, good AF, quiet, compact and lightweight! Ticks all the boxes for me.

[Mrthenitoman]

Best content that i have seen in a long
Dunna keep it
I'm tired of the same reviews that Gerald, Matti and others do. they only do a quick test and shoot around their you actually took the time to go out and shoot something awesome with the lens and then talk about the performance in a real world situation!!!!

[jonathang]

I really really really enjoyed this video. It's on another Level. The way you actually show the capability of the lense and camera while keeping us entertain is what keep this type of review better than the rest that we found out here in YouTube. Thank you so much 😉😉😉

[BettyArmas]

Did you use an ND filter for the outdoor shots? and did you use a gimbal?

[apichairiddiboot]

Very sharp lens. Got it with discount for just over $700 with 0% 10-month installment. Love it. And I enjoy watching your video. Thanks.

[sarrieeldin]

One disadvantage in my opinion is the crop you get when using active stabilisation for the a7s iii, you end up with a 22mm focal length ( which is not too tight but sometimes it is not wide enough

[markperritte]

I have that lense and love it and have never regretted getting it

[CalifarmerDave]

This lens was my first and I absolutely love it. Just worked out as it was releasing, I was getting my first full frame mirrorless and wanted a lens for travel as well as live streaming. It's perfect for both, but I just picked up a 35mm to try something new 😅. Glad you're enjoying it too!

Awesome video as always, thanks for the content!

[dinolarsson]

Great video Dunna! I can see the use of this lens for a landscape photographer and some specific video use. But I've tried it out myself on my Sony A7 IV and when using both active steadyshot and focus breathing compensation, this lens is at least 25mm. When comparing the focal lengths with my Sony 16-35mm f4, I noticed that the 20mm 1, 8 G is wider than the 16-35 when set to 20mm. So the actual focal length is around 19mm, that is when active steadyshot is turned off, as well as focus breathing compensation off. All the cropping that comes with Sonys great new stabilization and breathing comp makes it bad (too tight) for vlogging in my opinion. Better of with a Tamron 17-28mm f2, 8 instead of it for that case. The distortion when photographing people isn't nice either with the 20mm. It's a lot easier to compose and get a natural look with a 24mm when shooting people. So I sent the 20mm 1, 8 G back to the shop. Also, I'm selling my Sony 16-35mm f4 though, to only roll with the Tamron 17-28mm f2, 8. If I am to grab myself a wide angle prime, then it would be the 24mm f1, 4 GM. The difference in bokeh between it and the 20mm f1, 8 G is well worth it from what I've seen. And a lot of the time, I end up shooting at 24mm with the Tamron 17-28mm.