SRV1981 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Anyone have experience with mid-level zooms with good range? Curious what a good EDC zoom would be for video/photo on ASP-C bodies for Sony. On BH I'm seeing: 18-105 (f4), 18-135 (3.5-5.6) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurtlandPhoto Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I had the 18-135mm for a bit. It's a very compact and lightweight lens. Good range. Great AF. The weakness is obviously the f/5.6 aperture on the long end. It's fine for outdoors stuff, but I found myself really wishing I had an extra stop of light pretty consistently indoors. On my full frame cams, the 24-105mm f/4 is my workhorse. It strikes the right balance of range, aperture, and performance. I'd imagine the 18-105mm would be a similar experience on APS-C. SRV1981 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil A Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 I just bought the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 for my Fujifilm, but it's also available in E-Mount. I'd rather sacrifice some range and have a smaller lens. Else there is also the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 SRV1981 and MrSMW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 38 minutes ago, Phil A said: the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 Would easily be my first choice for APSC with a real world 28-105mm focal length and constant f2.8 aperture. SRV1981 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRV1981 Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 3 hours ago, MurtlandPhoto said: It's fine for outdoors stuff, but I found myself really wishing I had an extra stop of light pretty consistently indoors. This makes sense - I was seeing the wide-ranging zoom as an all-purpose outdoor lens for travel, sports, etc. I'd worry the 17-70 may not have the reach for sports, general outdoor video. But I will check the Tamron for sports. 3 hours ago, Phil A said: I'd rather sacrifice some range and have a smaller lens. Fair point as well 2 hours ago, MrSMW said: constant f2.8 aperture. That is good I was thinking you could have the 18-_____ for all-purpose video and then use a 20-24 fast prime for low light and indoor shots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Another thought and that is have you considered a full frame lens? I wasn’t going to, but testing the photo side of my kit on 2x portrait shoots, I decided I did have a hole in my lineup...so bought another Tamron E Mount lens, the current version of the 28-75mm f2.8 Now I suspect in FF flavour you are going to call that too short, but on your APSC camera, it’s going to be a 42-112/3 equivalent. Still too short, IDK, only you can answer that, but it weighs basically the same as the APSC 17-70, so thought it was worth mentioning? SRV1981 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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