A7S II lens recommendations

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Beeboop

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I need a lens recommendation for the A7S II. I want to put the lens on my Pilotfly H2 Gimbal and need something light weight. I own the 24-70mm G master but it's too heavy. So my requirements are light weight, telephoto, auto focus, and full frame. Sometimes I want to record in 4k and only full frame lenses work in that mode. I would also like it to be cheap but that's just wishful thinking.


Lens Requirement
1) Light weight, around 1 pound
2) Telephoto, 50mm or higher
3) Auto focus

4) Full Frame
5) Cheap
6) F 2.8 or lower

I can do without numbers 4 to 6 if need be because I know Sony doesn't have many options. The numbers one to three are a must though.
 
The FE 55/1.8 is a pretty obvious choice if you want lightweight and over 50mm, the Batis 85/1.8 and the smaller FE50/1.8 are your only other AF options that are FF and small enough. All three will keep you under the H2's weight limit.

Cheap is subjective, a price range makes it easier to help, but those are your only choices with AF lenses.
 
I have the 55/1.8 but never used it on gimbals. As AF is a bit slow on the A7S II I'd shoot with stopped down lens so the cheaper 50mm lens will probably do fine and save you some bucks. I see the H2 can hold 2.2kg so that would hold the excellent Sony 16-35/4. I use that lens on the Zhiyun Crane and that gimbal holds 1.2kg which is within the A7SII/16-35 lens. Why not use the 16-35/4 or your 24-70/4 which is even lighter?
 
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