Nikon Lens The travel or walkaround lens has become more of a subject lately in my photography circle of friends. I usually have at least four lenses with me at all times to cover all the focal ranges I may need. How many times do you frame a scene and then realize you need your 24 to 85mm and you have on your 16-35mm lens. It can be a challenge to change a lens in the field, especially if you are a landscape or outdoor shooter. It may be sitting in your bag and the location is not real convenient or the light is rapidly changing. You expose your camera sensor and other interior parts to all kinds of dust and environmental elements with the lens off outdoors. So wouldn't a all in one lens ( 28-300mm ) be a real convenient option?
Usually in photography when you go for a all in one solution your image quality (IQ) will suffer. The lenses I have are all well researched and the IQ is tack sharp if the operator (me) does his job correctly. Do I want to give up a bit of IQ for convenience? Well in some instances I'm beginning to think maybe so.
Being a Nikon shooter, the Nikon 28-300mm FX lens with VR seems to be a great lens and the IQ is quite good. Tamron also makes a similar lens with image stabilization for about half the price, but also seems to have decent IQ. The abundant reviews of these two lenses show many positives to consider. I have seen tons of images shot with these lenses and unless you are going to make a very large print, I'm not sure the difference will be noticeable to most viewers of your photographs.
So this is my recent thinking to possibily reduce the hassle and add the convenience of not changing lenses in certain situations. I don't think I will ever give up my current lineup, but add it to the arsenal. I can envision many times where this all in one lens will do the job nicely. It's also fun to buy a new lens. Any thoughts? Until next time...
Usually in photography when you go for a all in one solution your image quality (IQ) will suffer. The lenses I have are all well researched and the IQ is tack sharp if the operator (me) does his job correctly. Do I want to give up a bit of IQ for convenience? Well in some instances I'm beginning to think maybe so.
Being a Nikon shooter, the Nikon 28-300mm FX lens with VR seems to be a great lens and the IQ is quite good. Tamron also makes a similar lens with image stabilization for about half the price, but also seems to have decent IQ. The abundant reviews of these two lenses show many positives to consider. I have seen tons of images shot with these lenses and unless you are going to make a very large print, I'm not sure the difference will be noticeable to most viewers of your photographs.
So this is my recent thinking to possibily reduce the hassle and add the convenience of not changing lenses in certain situations. I don't think I will ever give up my current lineup, but add it to the arsenal. I can envision many times where this all in one lens will do the job nicely. It's also fun to buy a new lens. Any thoughts? Until next time...
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