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Snow in Tombstone, and a warm Victorian home

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RBIV Senior Member • Posts: 1,295
Re: Snow in Tombstone, and a warm Victorian home
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alex_virt wrote:

flektogon wrote:

alex_virt wrote:

Very nice photos! Great use of the 18-270!

Yes Alex, I agree with you that those are nice pictures. However I less agree with your second statement . If you check the focal length of Jon's pictures (these here and many shown previously), he predominantly uses the range between 18 and 70. Very rarely he goes for a higher zoom setting. So, I would personally go for a different lens with less zooming. But which one might be a huge dilemma. The DA 18-135 is pretty week, the DA 16-85 is heavy. Maybe DA 17-70 (with working SMD ) might be optimal...

I think Tamron 17-50mm F2.8 would be better. Technically, it's more like an F3.5 lens but is sharp even wide open and very good for indoor shooting. Another good option is Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.

While I agree with you and Flektogon that a smaller, faster zoom would be better in this series,  I think it misses what I perceive is Jon's point...   1 body, 1 lens, all day, no need for "luggage," as long as it's good enough for newsprint use.

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