In today’s video we are comparing every single prime lens that’s in my photography kit but on a crop frame camera, the Canon 7D mk2! The lenses/focal lengths we have are:

Sigma 24mm f1.4

Canon 35mm f1.4 mkII

Canon 50mm f1.2

Canon 85mm f1.2 mkII

Canon 135mm f2

If this topic sounds familiar, it’s because I just did this comparison on a full frame camera, the Canon 5D mk4 and you can take a look at that video + those photos here if you’re interested. On top of comparing all my prime lenses on a crop frame camera, I also took a photo standing in the same spot on a full frame so we can also see the 1.6x difference a crop sensor makes! It was all a little confusing on the day having to change my lens so many times, but I think in the end run it was all worth it to see these photos side by side.

If you’re interested in seeing more prime lens and focal length comparisons you can check out the whole series I created here:

35mm vs 50mm

50mm vs 85mm

85mm vs 135mm

85mm vs 100mm vs 135mm

24mm vs 35mm vs 50mm vs 85mm vs 135mm on a full frame camera

Crop frame vs Full frame

Watch the video below to hear my thoughts on each of these focal lengths! And please subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already, I upload a new video every Wednesday.

All photos are edited with my Aspen Lightroom Preset!

To make it easier to compare what each focal length looks like, please select which 2 lenses you want to compare below.

Photographer + model standing in one spot:

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

Full body with photographer moving around to fill the frame:

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

Mid length portrait with photographer moving around to fill the frame:

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

Close up portrait with photographer moving around to fill the frame:

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

24mm

35mm

50mm

85mm

135mm

All photos are edited with my Aspen Lightroom Preset!

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The Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 is a lens my partner Dan uses to film our YouTube videos with on the Sony A7sII and A7sIII. During this photoshoot, I decided to try it out for portrait photography alongside the Sigma 50-100mm f1.8 lens. I love the colour rendition and quality of our raw YouTube video footage, and am excited to see what these lenses look like for photography!

Both the Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 and Sigma 50-100mm f1.8 are crop frame lenses. Dan uses them adapted with a Metabones 4 to his Sony cameras. However, I hired the Canon 7D mk2 crop frame camera body to use them for this portrait photoshoot. I find that using native mount lenses helps with autofocus performance and accuracy. For video it's not a problem since Dan manual focuses. But for photography, part of a lens review is seeing how well a lens can autofocus.

Watch the behind the scenes video below to see my camera settings and how we took these images. I also share my review on how these 2 Sigma zoom lenses perform for portrait photography.

Below are my favourite photos I took on this day! I included before and after examples so you can see what the image looks like straight out of the camera. The photos in this blog post are edited with my Mountains Lightroom Preset Pack. You can watch the behind the scenes video to see all the SOOC photos.

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after // before

before // after

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