Mar 26, 2017, 12:47
Hello Mick.
From your list in post #5 it seems that you do not have a standard zoom, so perhaps you would appreciate the Sigma 17-50mm as your next purchase.
My choice is rather unusual, as the zoom most often attached to my APS-C camera is now a full-frame Pentax 28-105mm. I just find that most of the things I photograph fall very nicely into that range (full-frame equivalent = 42-158mm). The APS-C sensor is using the best part of that full-frame lens image, so the image quality is very good. For wide-angle shots, I either take along a small 21mm prime or a Tamron 10-24mm zoom. If I don't have those with me, and cannot get far enough back to fill the frame with the subject, I get wider angles by shooting several overlapping shots, and stitching them together later on the computer, using the Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) free software.
Here is one of those stitched images from yesterday, because I wanted the tree shadow in the foreground - 3 shots (bottom, middle, top) taken at 28mm with the 28-105 zoom.
Cheers.
Philip
From your list in post #5 it seems that you do not have a standard zoom, so perhaps you would appreciate the Sigma 17-50mm as your next purchase.
My choice is rather unusual, as the zoom most often attached to my APS-C camera is now a full-frame Pentax 28-105mm. I just find that most of the things I photograph fall very nicely into that range (full-frame equivalent = 42-158mm). The APS-C sensor is using the best part of that full-frame lens image, so the image quality is very good. For wide-angle shots, I either take along a small 21mm prime or a Tamron 10-24mm zoom. If I don't have those with me, and cannot get far enough back to fill the frame with the subject, I get wider angles by shooting several overlapping shots, and stitching them together later on the computer, using the Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) free software.
Here is one of those stitched images from yesterday, because I wanted the tree shadow in the foreground - 3 shots (bottom, middle, top) taken at 28mm with the 28-105 zoom.
Cheers.
Philip