If you could only use one lens for the rest of time what would it be?

    • FrostyPhotographer@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah but then with that and my 70-200, I’m carrying 6lbs of glass at a time. 35-150 would let me drop a body and lens.

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        1 year ago

        I mean with something like the r5 that’s all you’d need. On 45 megapixels I’d imagine you could crop in super easy. But Canon did that they were going to add another 2 super zooms besides that one. Maybe you’ll luck out with something very similar.

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      1 year ago

      I owned that Tamron 35-150 and took it on a trip to Scandinavia and the Baltics. It is a great lens, but I did have to change it to the Tamron 17-35 often to get wide enough for architecture shots, which was kind of a pain. I sold all my Sony Gear about a year ago and got the Canon R5 w24-105 f4. And I prefer that focal length for a one-and-done travel lens. I know they are coming out with the 24-105 f2.8 and I’m not sure I will get it because I never went below f4 on the Tamron lens.

      • Complete-Hat-5438@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        If you ended up back on Sony something that may fix that issue is the Tamron 18-300. A little bulky but good overall lens

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          1 year ago

          I get its convenience, but I’m not too fond of variable aperture super zooms if I can avoid them, except for the Sony 200-600 and Canon RF100-500. I tried this lens, and I noticed a drop in sharpness and a considerable drop in performance in low light. The version III is a big jump in quality, though, and they are convenient. If I was on a very tight budget or starting out, they also are a great way to find out what focal length you use and what prime lens might be an excellent future investment.

          • Complete-Hat-5438@alien.topB
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            1 year ago

            Yeah for me I’m newer and I’m a student with a paid internship so I don’t really have enough cash rolling around for multiple prime lenses, I do automotive photography in a very large parking lot for a meet group I run. I’m one of two media guys for our group and when cars are leaving and such stuff happens fast. I have sprinted 200 yards slid to a knee and got a good photo just in time but it’s not fun so for me I like the variable cause I can run an 18mm or 35 or 50 on something closer than run all the way out to the 300 to catch them in motion across the lot and don’t loose the precious time on a lens change. It is the sharpest zoom lens I’ve used having used 4 of them in the past

            If I was doing a private shoot for one or two cars I’d want to have a prime cause then I have time that I can control.

            I plan to buy a cheap nex 7 and run a 35 or 50mm on it as a backup so I can get the best of both worlds but don’t have the cash yet