deciding on my camera lenses
this is going to be related to the blog post of [[ 2025-11-11-i’m-thinking-of-investing-in-my-very-first-camera ]], i’ve been reading up about the different lenses, and since i’ve eventually decided on the [[ sony fx3 ]] as my tool of choice, it will also mean that the lenses i generally gear for are full frame and of course more pricey compared to their [[ apsc cameras ]] counterparts.
just thinking through my thoughts right now, in an ideal situation, most people will have three types of lenses to cover general usage - a wide, a general and a telephoto, but for my current use case and also financial situation, telephoto is definitely out of the picture, and something like a general and wide lens will serve me better.
wide lense choices sony fe 24mm f/1.4 gm Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG DN Art Lens Laowa 10mm f2.8 Lens Sony 10-18mm f4 Lens (apsc) sony 11mm f1.8 (apsc) sony fe 14mm f1.8 gm lens sony fe 16mm f1.8 g lens
35 ii
sigma 24-70mm f2.8 dg dn ii art (sony e)
currently, was thinking of a wide lens more for talking head and vlogging, whereas a medium zoom lens more for events, work, or travel especially when i can’t really be too close to certain things - that would mean i will be going for most likely the sony fe 16mm f1.8 g lens which is about 1k sgd and sigma 24-70 mark 2 which is 1.7, which roughly sets me back by another 3k, including nd filters etc