Versatile lens for a solo wedding videographer?

RyanLuc

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Hi everyone!

I'm starting out shooting wedding video and I'm working solo at the moment. What lens do you recommend for a solo videographer? I've shot 3 weddings so far and I notice that I don't have time to change lens so I would need a zoom. I just ordered a A7Sii to be safe in low light and my budget left for lens is <$1000. I like the zoom range 24-105 but the Sony FE version is too expensive. I'm considering the Sony 18-105 f4 G. It's a APS-C lens so I'll have to use super 35mode to shoot at 1080p 60fps. Does super35 reduce the video quality compared to Full frame 1080p? Is this a silly option to use crop lens on FF?

With the money left I also want to pick between Rokinon 35mm 1.4 and 50mm 1.4 for bokeh and backup lens. Both are manual and I like to shoot manual. Which one of those 2 do you think is more useful on a Full frame? Thank you so much!
 
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