10 Lenses that Make APS-C Better than Full Frame

The Sigma trio of 16mm 1.4, 30mm 1.4 and 56mm 1.4 are worth staying in APS-C. This trio is outstanding.

Lens 10 - Sigma 16mm F1.4. No doubt.

Man, this is the cleanest and most beautiful picture I've seen with a sony fx30 camera so far. Well done

Sigma 16mm f1.4. The trio of 16, 30 & 56mm f1.4s are one of the reasons why I'll continue to use my EF-M set up for many years to come.

Completely agree with your recommendation clue on Sigma 16mm f/1.4. It is very hard not to recommend that one. This was my first 3rd party lens that opened my interest and confidence into looking for other third party options. This is one of my go-to lenses for my landscape outings where over years of experimentation, I found that I mostly prefer either going telephoto above 70mm to 300mm (where I actually do my zooming to avoid the necessity to crop in post), or going too wide with this one, and barely shoot something in between. I even sometimes do some environmental or lifestyle portraits for friends with this one when they request. I was also expecting you to mention Sigma 56mm f/1.4 - my go to portrait lens period, which I bought after testing both of Sony's 50mm F/1.8s, and found that better than both. I also would prefer this any day over the the first prime lens I owned when I used to use Canon - the classic nifty fifty. I'm not sure what others have found out in terms of the optical quality comparison for Sigma 56mm, but this one to me feels like the sharpest lens (that was dedicated for APSC systems) I have ever used.

I use the 18-35 F1.8 on my R7. That lens changed the low light game for me. Got it when I was still using a T7. I still can’t believe the price when I compare to what canon offers.

This was just what i needed! thank you Mark!

Are we not allowed to know what some of these lenses are? You never said the name or put the name on the screen of number 8. Why not just use their names instead of numbers? So werid

you mentioned the viltrox 27mm 1.2 which is a great lens, no question. But for me the 75mm 1.2 is way more important for APSC. 4 years ago i had the Sony A7 III and the Sigma 135 1.8 which was my bread and butter combo for portraits. At half the Price and weight, the Viltrox easily rivals the Sigma-Sony combo, razor sharp wide open and virtually no CA's . Anyone into portraiture shooting with Fuji should get this lens, even over the 50mm f1...

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Viltrox 27 is just fantastic, use it for semi macro work as well! shot a lot of fungi this autumn, sharp like you said from1.2 and the bokeh is great as well

Yup, Sigma 18-35 is just awesome. I used in on my Z Fc for A-roll for a while before it got replaced by a Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 because I wanted the wider FOV. Interesting about the 18-35 is when I used on a Nikon D750 it's still awesome from around the 24 onwards, basically once the vignetting is no longer in frame.

16mm sigma is the 10th lens, but honestly all 3 of their APS primes are awesome. And vilktrox's 70mm 1.2 is also amazing.

Nice. I love my APS-C 16-55 f2.8 because, if I understand it right, it's got a more usable depth of field (for street photos) than its full frame equivalent at the same f-stops. And a tiny bit lighter. Still worse in low light, of course, and worse subject separation.

Best video for APSC i've listened to.

Using the Viltrox 1.2 lenses surprises me the most. Paired with my X-T4 it allows me to achieve the quality of photos that would otherwise cost an arm and leg if I were in a full frame system. With the new 27mm and the upcoming Sirui sniper lenses and more manufacturers releasing pro APSC cameras, today is basically the best time to be an apsc user.

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I have been using the Sigma 18-35mm lens for street photography. Not all the time but when I use it on my Pentax K-1 the results have been amazing.

I love my sigma 16mm. I only own a SONY a6400, so no stabilization. If I want hand held stabilization I use the SONY 50mm e lens, or my Zeiss 24 to 70mm. When I want portrait pop I use the SONY EF 90mm macro with some great results. Using full frame lenses on APS-c has some great results, if only that they are different.

The 18-35 1.8 is actually an aps-h lens which means that it can be used with a 1.4 teleconverter to cover the full sensor area It also can be used with a half crop record mode for video (a7rV 8k, a7c2 4k60) The 18-35 also has its big brother the 50-100 also 1.8 which is a fantastic lens as well, and in video on full frame you don't even need to crop if you are OK with a slight vignette.