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

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