Recommendation - FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS vs Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS

[DJJosh]

Hi

Apologies if theres already another thread out there about this or along similar lines.

I am wondering what lens may be best suited out the two.

I have a small business as a DJ but I am an amatuer photographer, and like to take pictures and small videos at weddings to give back to the client. These arent services I charge for but still want to give a great looking product back.

I am currently torn between the FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS & Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm F4 ZA OSS. These are both within my budget...just.... but i dont want to limit myself. I already have a prime 50 lense but wanted something where i can use the same lense but zoom in and out depending where i am standing.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Pieter]

What are your reasons to consider the 24-70 over the 24-105?

[DJJosh]

They both seem really good lenses.

Although the 105 will give me further zoom, i wondered if it was really necessary or would the 70 do the job fine? would also save me a few £££

[Pieter]

I haven't owned either but from whatever reviews are out there, the 24-105 seems optically much better than the 24-70 Zeiss.

[Wally The Confused]

I had the Sony 24 - 70  2.8 , on my A9, until a mishap, caused it to fall off, mid zoom !

Luckily I had the extra insurance, and even though the 24 - 105 is not a G master lens, after trying it, I opted for that, rather than another  Sony  24 70. I have not found any area, where I can say , the  24 - 105 is in any way, inferior to the 24 70.

Good luck with your choice !

[DJJosh]

Thanks for your replies.

How have you found it with low lighting being an f4 lens?

I would like to use it to get some good evening and dancing pictures where I can capture the effects of the lighting without the need for a flash.

[Pieter]

I have only experience with f/4 lenses on an APS-C camera and there should be about a stop of performance difference to fullframe. To my taste, f/4 on APS-C is really insufficient for evening / low light shots. Even at f/2 and ISO around 3200 you'll struggle to not get motion blur in low light. This equals about f/2.8 ISO 6400 on fullframe. Now with dancing shots that might just be the mood you want to capture. If you want to freeze the action in low light with a fullframe camera, f/2.8 (let alone f/4) might already be too slow unless you're willing to go really high on ISO.

[Wally The Confused]

It would really have to be   low light, to make a difference !  However, in extreme situations, you can screw the ISO up to insane levels, with the sony stuff & still get  great  pix

Good luck , with your choice !

[michelb]

Used to have both. Kept the 24-105 since my copy of the 24-70 was kind of weak in sharpness, and CA at the short end.

 

[PHDX]

I share the above comments. I owned the 24-70 F4, was really disappointed and returned it back to the shop. Sharpness was really bad at wide focal lengths and only average at 50mm. Nothing to do with the 24-105 which I tried and seems to be much better. If you are very demanding on IQ, knowing that you already have a 50mm, you could also buy two primes, for example a 24 and a 35mm. The Tamron 24 and 35 mm are quite good for a reasonable price.