E-Mount Zooms

[SRV1981]

Anyone have experience with mid-level zooms with good range?  Curious what a good EDC zoom would be for video/photo on ASP-C bodies for Sony.

On BH I'm seeing: 18-105 (f4), 18-135 (3.5-5.6)

[MurtlandPhoto]

I had the 18-135mm for a bit. It's a very compact and lightweight lens. Good range. Great AF. The weakness is obviously the f/5.6 aperture on the long end. It's fine for outdoors stuff, but I found myself really wishing I had an extra stop of light pretty consistently indoors. On my full frame cams, the 24-105mm f/4 is my workhorse. It strikes the right balance of range, aperture, and performance. I'd imagine the 18-105mm would be a similar experience on APS-C.

[Phil A]

I just bought the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 for my Fujifilm, but it's also available in E-Mount.
I'd rather sacrifice some range and have a smaller lens.

Else there is also the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8

[MrSMW]

38 minutes ago, Phil A said:

the Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8

Would easily be my first choice for APSC with a real world 28-105mm focal length and constant f2.8 aperture.

[SRV1981]

3 hours ago, MurtlandPhoto said:

It's fine for outdoors stuff, but I found myself really wishing I had an extra stop of light pretty consistently indoors.

This makes sense - I was seeing the wide-ranging zoom as an all-purpose outdoor lens for travel, sports, etc. I'd worry the 17-70 may not have the reach for sports, general outdoor video.

But I will check the Tamron for sports. 

3 hours ago, Phil A said:

I'd rather sacrifice some range and have a smaller lens.

Fair point as well

 

2 hours ago, MrSMW said:

constant f2.8 aperture.

That is good

 

I was thinking you could have the 18-_____ for all-purpose video and then use a 20-24 fast prime for low light and indoor shots?

[MrSMW]

Another thought and that is have you considered a full frame lens?

I wasn’t going to, but testing the photo side of my kit on 2x portrait shoots, I decided I did have a hole in my lineup...so bought another Tamron E Mount lens, the current version of the 28-75mm f2.8

Now I suspect in FF flavour you are going to call that too short, but on your APSC camera, it’s going to be a 42-112/3 equivalent.

Still too short, IDK, only you can answer that, but it weighs basically the same as the APSC 17-70, so thought it was worth mentioning?