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Best walk around lens
Oct 3, 2019 12:47:03 #
Maks wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and am a amatuer photographer mostly just for pleasure. I'm looking for a lens for my sony A6300 that can be interchangeable with the sony A9 which is on my wish list for the future. I have the G-Master 100-400 and a Zeiss prime Touit 1.8/32. Looking for maybe a 70-200 or similar, I want high end glass. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
A 24-105 seems in order - If you need longer for the A9 just use 1.1-2X Clear Image Zoom.
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Oct 3, 2019 12:52:12 #
camerapapi wrote:
A 70-200 IS NOT a walk around lens.
Sure it is. I often use it that way when I don't feel like walking around with a 150-600.
But now you've made me self-conscious - I don't want to be caught walking around with the wrong walk around lenses.
Funny thing is that one of the exercises I use with my students is to "walk around" with a prime lens or their zoom lens with the zoom ring taped so they can't move it. That quickly gives them a sense of perspective and composition.
Oct 3, 2019 12:56:58 #
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Oct 3, 2019 13:13:08 #
Maks wrote:
Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and am a amatuer photographer mostly just for pleasure. I'm looking for a lens for my sony A6300 that can be interchangeable with the sony A9 which is on my wish list for the future. I have the G-Master 100-400 and a Zeiss prime Touit 1.8/32. Looking for maybe a 70-200 or similar, I want high end glass. Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Being the term "walk around" is very subjective, I believe the factories have already told us. The standard kit lens or a higher quality version of about the same thing.
Oct 3, 2019 13:42:46 #
camerapapi wrote:
A 70-200 IS NOT a walk around lens.
When I bought my first EOS camera in 1990 the only lens I bought for it was an EF 70-210mm f/4. Walked around with that rig for several years (younger then, so walking with a couple of pounds wasn't much of a challenge).
Oct 3, 2019 14:49:09 #
I shoot a Sony A77 and a Sony A77ii. My walk around lenses are a Tamron 18-270 and a Sony 16-250. Got the Tamron first then the Sony later. Love them both.
Oct 3, 2019 15:52:56 #
camerapapi wrote:
A 70-200 IS NOT a walk around lens.
Correct 70 to 200 @ f2.8 is a specialised glass and heavy too. My walk round is 18 to 200 mark2 with lens lock you need good light or tripod and time it is a wonderful bit of kit but it is a little soft at 200 mm but still passable.
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Oct 3, 2019 17:14:18 #
I use Sony Zeiss 24-70 as a walk around for street photography on an A900’s full frame. Works great for me.
Oct 3, 2019 17:28:40 #
I use Nikons, and my favorite is my 18-200 Nikon lens. This usually is helpful unless I need a longer lens.
Oct 3, 2019 19:20:10 #
Thank you for your reply, and I am wondering how you like your a7iii. how is the speed of focus?
Oct 3, 2019 19:24:38 #
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Oct 3, 2019 19:31:58 #
Everybody has an opinion and everybody's right. The best "walkaround" lens is the one you have on your camera right now, whatever it may be. Every lens is a "zoom" lens if you can walk, so go ahead an shoot. As you do so you'll develop a style and you'll be able to determine if you need new or different equipment. Everybody's opinion here is right - from their perspective. Now develop your own.
Oct 3, 2019 19:32:27 #
Oct 3, 2019 19:34:42 #
Thank you for your reply and I also like to shoot birds, but I was more thinking about just walking around town maybe traveling.
Oct 3, 2019 19:37:10 #
Wow you walk around with a 100-600 isn't that heavy? I was thinking about travel and need something lighter than that. Thanks for your reply.
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