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Definitely going with my a Tamron 35-150mm f/2.8. Super sharp, great AF.
I would fight god for this lens to come to the RF mount. I shoot weddings, music and pro wrestling and this lens covers 99.9% of my needs.
Lol, fight canon. It's their fault
The 24-105mm f/2.8 is coming for RF though. That thing is going to be a beast.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Same here, lives on my camera, amazing lens!
How does it feel in daily use? I checked it in a store and it felt extremely heavy and bulky.
It's just as heavy as the 70-200 GMii. I've done long walks with it and hours long events with it, no problems. The bonus being that for an event I can completely leave a second body at home. 35mm is wide enough for 95% of everything I do. If I was going to shoot a wedding I'd just slap a 16mm prime on the second body if I wanted wider.
Heh. I didn't buy the sony 70-200 because of its weight too, I opted for tamron 70-180 instead.
I was very excited when they announced the 35-150 hoping I could carry only one lens, but then I saw its weight. Its almost like the tamron 70-180 f2.8 + sony 16-35 f2.8 combined.
I also own the 70-180mm. It's a fantastic lens, I definitely love how light it is, but for what i do, the trade off would be having to use a second body or swapping lenses and at that point i'd rather just stick with one package. It's also f2.0 from 35-40, f2.2 from 40-60, f2.5 from 60-80.