Going on vacation and bringing just camera and ONE lens, which lens would you bring?

9 years 3 months ago #423067 by Photo Junky
I'm so happy for 2015.  We have 2 trips planned this year and I've promised my wife that I would not bring all my gear.  I've decided to bring just my D300 and one lens attached to it.  I'm not sure which I'll bring, and that is what I'm hoping to get figured out.  I'm even thinking that I might pick up a new lens.  

Nikon 18-200mm
Sigma 50-500mm (concerned this might be too big of a lens)
Tamron 18-270mm

What would lens would you bring?  


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9 years 3 months ago #423078 by effron
Tammy 18-270 would be my choice.....;)

Why so serious?
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9 years 3 months ago #423080 by Miss Polly
That Sigma is a big lens, i would go with the 18-270mm Tamron also 


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9 years 3 months ago #423082 by Don Fischer
I'd pick the 18-270 too. 


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9 years 3 months ago #423090 by garyrhook
Um, yeah :agree:

The Nikon or the Tamron.


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9 years 3 months ago #423103 by Happy Snapper
+1  Nikon or Tamron 

Gripped Nikon D810 --- Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 --- Sigma 10-20mm f/4 --- Nikon 50mm f/1.4 --- SB600
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9 years 3 months ago #423117 by KCook
If the destination is a big city with tall buildings I'd take my Sigma 10-20.  But for most trips my choice would be my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8.

Kelly Cook

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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9 years 3 months ago #423130 by Zeberk

KCook wrote: If the destination is a big city with tall buildings I'd take my Sigma 10-20.  But for most trips my choice would be my Tamron 17-50 f/2.8.

Kelly Cook



How do you like that 17-50mm; any caveats about the lens? 


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9 years 3 months ago #423166 by KCook
With my Tamron 17-50 the AF in Liveview is funky, basically unusable.  But the phase detect AF with the viewfinder is fine.  And I rarely use LV, so this is my favorite lens.  IQ is a little soft at f/2.8, plenty sharp by f/4 (which beats my kit lenses).

Kelly

Canon 50D, Olympus PL2
kellycook.zenfolio.com/

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9 years 3 months ago #423205 by garyrhook
$0.02 more:

You do realize that those lenses are essentially the same, right? Granted the Sigma is longer, but still, all long range zooms. And as stated, the Nikon or Tamron are good choices for vacationing.

That said, a 24-70 f/2.8 or even the Nikon 24-120 f/4 might be worth considering. All of your zooms are rather slow.
I also like the idea of the 17-50: something wide angle would be a good complement. Not to mention smaller.


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9 years 3 months ago #423217 by Ian Stone
Well the D300 is a crop sensor so that 17-50mm will essentially be 25.5-75mm.  That would be a nice lens to have for this trip you speak of.  


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9 years 3 months ago #423221 by garyrhook

Ian Stone wrote: Well the D300 is a crop sensor so that 17-50mm will essentially be 25.5-75mm.


Argh....

No, it won't. It doesn't work that way. It is mathematically and geometrically not the same thing. A pox on the stupid marketing people that thought it would help to fob this inaccuracy off onto the unsuspecting (albeit ignorant) public.

If you must make a comparison, then please precisely indicate that the field of view on a crop sensor camera with a scale factor of 1.5 is equivalent to the field of view that would get from a 25.5 - 75 mm lens used on a full-frame sensor. For a sensor with a factor of 1.6, the scale changes again.

How about we just stop making the comparison and think in terms of geometry. The geometry of a lens does not change when moved to cameras with different size sensors. What does change is the imaging area (it's smaller) and the depth of field (because, you know, math).

For these reasons it is impossible to create the exact same shot on two cameras with different sized sensors. Couldn't we just stop trying compare apples to oranges?

One good thing about mirrorless: they don't suffer the persistence of this idiotic falsehood.


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9 years 3 months ago #423222 by Ian Stone
:beerbang:  well that makes sense, thanks for clarifying :goodpost:


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9 years 3 months ago #423261 by Harrison J
+2 for the Tamron 18-270mm 


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9 years 3 months ago #423290 by Jason Oldman
Put me down for the Tamron as well.  Really anything between 15-85mm would be mostly used by me. 


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