Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Bottom line in the last two fast zooms from Sony is that they are making it easier to justify the use of a zoom in place of primes for serious work because the look of the FE28-70mm f/2GM and FE50-150mm f/2GM zooms look like primes! Come on with me as I look through an unedited recent family portrait photo shoot with my new 28-70GM. You can see how useful the lens is, how fast the shoot goes (just 41 minutes) when you don't have to change lenses, and what the results look like.
Here is all the gear I used to make these photos on my affiliate links:
Sony A1II camera body (50mp): bedfords.com/27242930513 (use my code PMR to get 5% off the tax)
Sony FE28-70GM lens: amzn.to/4jVExEG. or bedfords.com/27242932203
(use code PMR to get 5% off the tax)
FJ Westcott FJ400 strobe/flash: amzn.to/4lVImvy
FJ Westcott FJ X-3S trigger: amzn.to/3GzqshU
Avenger C-Stand with Rocky Mountain (sliding) leg: amzn.to/44ArvbB
Phottix 59" Raja octa modifier: amzn.to/3Gw28NX
Bottom line in the last two fast zooms from Sony is that they are making it easier to justify the use of a zoom in place of primes for serious work because the look of the FE28-70mm f/2GM and FE50-150mm f/2GM zooms look like primes! Come on with me as I look through an unedited recent family portrait photo shoot with my new 28-70GM. You can see how useful the lens is, how fast the shoot goes (just 41 minutes) when you don't have to change lenses, and what the results look like.
Here is all the gear I used to make these photos on my affiliate links:
Sony A1II camera body (50mp): bedfords.com/27242930513 (use my code PMR to get 5% off the tax)
Sony FE28-70GM lens: amzn.to/4jVExEG. or bedfords.com/27242932203
(use code PMR to get 5% off the tax)
FJ Westcott FJ400 strobe/flash: amzn.to/4lVImvy
FJ Westcott FJ X-3S trigger: amzn.to/3GzqshU
Avenger C-Stand with Rocky Mountain (sliding) leg: amzn.to/44ArvbB
Phottix 59" Raja octa modifier: amzn.to/3Gw28NX





![10 Questions with PM-R, Episode 1 (May, 2024)
Here are the Questions I answer in this episode:
1. Is 10 fps enough for sports photography?
2. Punching in only works in jpg, not RAW, right?
3. What Picture Profile do you use on a normal day?
4. How can I configure S-Cinetone to be used for stills?
5. Do you still use the same settings now on the A1 for shooting sports?
6. Any suggestions on changing the display quality [on the A1]? I have a lens on the A1 and it doesnt give me an option to change anything.
7. Any advice for extending the battery life of the camera [A1]? Compared to my A7III, the battery life is atrocious.
8. Why do you still use Back Button Focus even as you are using Tracking AF???
9. Im finding the AF speed on the 300GM is much faster than on my 400GM. Am I crazy?
10. Do you change any of your AF settings when you are shooting with the new 300GM? 10 Questions with PM-R, Episode 1 (May, 2024)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o_5hOWynkCc/mqdefault.jpg)




