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Sony Wide Angle Lens
So I am in the market to get my wife a wide angle lens for her sony DSLR. She currently shoots a a200 and I am looking to put up a a550, a550 or a700 here in the next two weeks.
Her current lens include 50mm/2.8, 55-200/3.5-5.6. I have no idea what to get her. Her lenses are sony, but I am open to others (tameron, sigma, etc). She wants a wide angle lens that has zoom. I have been looking at the 16-105 and 18-250 from sigma and sony. What are you'lls take and are there others that I am missing.
I have been told that the 16-105 is a wide ange while the 18-250 is a wide zoom. Is there a difference between the two terms. What are some good wide angle lenses that have zoom?
Her current lens include 50mm/2.8, 55-200/3.5-5.6. I have no idea what to get her. Her lenses are sony, but I am open to others (tameron, sigma, etc). She wants a wide angle lens that has zoom. I have been looking at the 16-105 and 18-250 from sigma and sony. What are you'lls take and are there others that I am missing.
I have been told that the 16-105 is a wide ange while the 18-250 is a wide zoom. Is there a difference between the two terms. What are some good wide angle lenses that have zoom?
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If it were me, I would go intermediate......10-20, 17-70 (both SIGMA)........You get much better quality staying away from the do it all lenses (18-200/250) and going with intermediate step zooms: 17-70 / 70-200 ......I have always liked Sigma for quality and price......I have never had a bad lens from Sigma.....have literally wore some out and destroyed one (fell a couple hundred feet over a cliff....the fall did not hurt it but that sudden stop on that slab of sandstone was KILLER.....).................
I've had really good results from my Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 for my A350. I have this lens in both the Sony and Canon mounts, that's how much I like it.
Given what you have said, I think that I would be looking at the Sony 16-105 or the CZ16-80. I am going to assume the CZ16-35 is not a current option. The 16-105 is the best bang for the buck for wide APS (DT) at the monent in my opinion.:D
Dave
Alpha 99 & VG, 900x2 & VG; 50mm1.4, CZ135 1.8; CZ16-35 2.8, CZ24-70 2.8, G70-200 2.8, G70-400, Sony TC 1.4, F20, F58, F60.
Art is right: you give up a tremendous amount of quality with something like the 18-250. I'm not a huge fan of the 16-105 either, but it's not as bad. The CZ 16-80 is excellent but pricey. A Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 is an outstanding value (great price, incredible image quality). It far outshines the 16-105 in image quality, but you give up a ton of range.
My current line-up for my A700 is:
Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 (for wide outdoor use and low-light indoor use)
Minolta 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 (walk around lens)
Minolta 100-300 APO (zoom)
Minolta 50mm f/1.7 (indoor, really low light portraits)
Next on my list is the new Tamron 10-24 but that's a few months off.
"Most time its not the gear that makes the shot"
I had one that wasn't sharp at all. I know other folks who have ones that are sharp like yours.
Tamron is coming out with a Sony version of their 10-24mm sometime in the not-to-distant future - I've got my eye on that.
I agree i have that same lens on the a300 and found myself using it more on the 550 and put the Tamron 70-200 on the a300. both ways they work great. but just recently I put the 70-200 on the 550 and it almost always stay's on it's a bit heavy for a walk around lens but it has truly come to be my favorite lens weather macro, or portrait, in fact i had a client shoot last Sunday and I shoot 434 pictures and of those 410 were with the 550 and 70-200 lens.
I should be getting a new 200-500 lens from B&H tomorrow and it's a Tamron as well.
I don't think you will be dissatisfied with the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens
JMO
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"Most time its not the gear that makes the shot"