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Lens advice please for new convert coming from DSLR

Started Mar 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
MrFlash Contributing Member • Posts: 781
Re: Lens advice please for new convert coming from DSLR
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Acrill wrote:

Keep it simple!

I would go with the 18-55mm and 55-200mm as your basic combo to replace your 17-50 and 70-200 2.8 combo.

Just be willing to push the ISO a stop higher and you should be fine. The 55-200mm is heavy for an x series lens, but much lighter than your Sigma 70-200.

For a prime lens, try the 35mm 2.0. This makes a nice light setup shooting family and grandkids.

Adding the 100-400mm should obviously be your next step after that for your bird photography.

I'm not a fan of the 18-135mm's image quality but your needs may vary. The XC zooms (16-50mm and 50-230mm) are good optically, but very poor in terms of build quality and feel.

I've shot them side-by-side. I could not see significant difference in the IQ between the 18-55 and the 18-135. Both are easily better than the 16-50. The 55-200 is a little better at 135, but it should be.

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