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I have had my A200 for 6 months now and I am enjoying it, bit of a bind that there is no live preview but a small price to pay for a small price
I am now looking to buy a second lens and I am torn between the Sony branded 55-200 and 75-300 lenses. They are both reasonably priced at under £200 and my gut instinct is to get the 75-300 due to the bigger zoom. Is there anything else I need to consider?
Photographic material would be architecture (Bath has some lovely buildings if anyone is ever down that way!) and I would like to get some landscape photographs too, with that in mind are the lenses any good as wide angle lenses?
Thanks for any advice!
My second lens - what to buy?
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Re: My second lens - what to buy?
the 55-200 is a better lens than the old Minolta/Sony 75-300, and smaller and lighter and sharper all the way.markscottuk wrote:I am now looking to buy a second lens and I am torn between the Sony branded 55-200 and 75-300 lenses. They are both reasonably priced at under £200 and my gut instinct is to get the 75-300 due to the bigger zoom. Is there anything else I need to consider?
mmmmmarkscottuk wrote: Photographic material would be architecture (Bath has some lovely buildings if anyone is ever down that way!) and I would like to get some landscape photographs too, with that in mind are the lenses any good as wide angle lenses?
Thanks for any advice!
you better buy a wide angle zoom for architecture photography, don't you think? assuming you have the kit lens (17-70) the 11-18 will be more helpful, but the price is not 200 Pounds...
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Re: My second lens - what to buy?
Problem with the 55-200mm is it "was" a £65 lens, it's now selling for up to £130 and more in some places, and that's the Tamron one, expect to pay more for the Sony badged version.
It's decent, but then so is the 75-300mm in the 75-200mm range, it gets a bit hmmm 250mm onwards, but then so does just about everything in this price range.
Also consider the Tamron 70-300mm which does a decent macro too.
In fact I would go as far as to say, unless you really wanted a smaller lighter lens, you are far better off going for the 70-300mm anyway.
It's decent, but then so is the 75-300mm in the 75-200mm range, it gets a bit hmmm 250mm onwards, but then so does just about everything in this price range.
Also consider the Tamron 70-300mm which does a decent macro too.
In fact I would go as far as to say, unless you really wanted a smaller lighter lens, you are far better off going for the 70-300mm anyway.
Re: My second lens - what to buy?
What do you have already? An 18-70mm?markscottuk wrote:Hi
I have had my A200 for 6 months now and I am enjoying it, bit of a bind that there is no live preview but a small price to pay for a small price
I am now looking to buy a second lens and I am torn between the Sony branded 55-200 and 75-300 lenses. They are both reasonably priced at under £200 and my gut instinct is to get the 75-300 due to the bigger zoom. Is there anything else I need to consider?
Photographic material would be architecture (Bath has some lovely buildings if anyone is ever down that way!) and I would like to get some landscape photographs too, with that in mind are the lenses any good as wide angle lenses?
Thanks for any advice!
What is causing you most issues at the moment?
- You don't have a long enough lens to zoom in on detail (note that you can crop images)
- You can't get far enough away from a buliding or scene to get it all in
Harvey
Re: My second lens - what to buy?
Agreed. Tell us what you have now, and why you think you need another lens? What do you want to shoot?harvey wrote:
What do you have already? An 18-70mm?
What is causing you most issues at the moment?This should help you decide what to do.
- You don't have a long enough lens to zoom in on detail (note that you can crop images)
- You can't get far enough away from a buliding or scene to get it all in
Harvey
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