16/70 or 24/70

[Trytten]

I'm considering a mid-range telephoto zoom for my new a6300. I've narrowed it down to there two. I also carry a 19mm(28apsc) and a 30mm(46apsc). 

 

Any thoughts on which zoom to add?

 

Thanks.

[Austerror]

Get the 16-70.  The 24-70 will not be very wide on the A6300.

[ethierbach]

That's a harder call than it might seem, given that you also carry the Sigma 19.  The 24-70 is a stop faster, which could be handy, but on the down side, you might find yourself switching between the 19 and 24-70 a good bit if you shoot indoors, landscapes, or closer quarters.

 

If it were me, I'd choose the 16-70 to avoid the extra lens changing, and use a higher ISO to compensate when needed. And you do have the two Sigmas if you really need the extra light.

 

-Ed-

[Gilgenberg]

+1.........16-70

[Golem]

+2
No reason carry all your lenses
simply cuz you own them.

It's tempting to pack it all cuz you
have those cutie-pie little primes.
If you haven't tried it yet, choose
a lens and go out shooting based
one field of view/perspective.

Further, if there's no time pressure
on choosing your new lens, put off
the purchase and do the one-lens
thing for a while, going thru your
current lenses on hand, and very
likely a correct/best choice of next
lens will reveal itself.

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If there is time pressure, abstractly
the choice that looks best to me is
24-70 cuz the primes are compact
and the 24-70 is the faster zoom.
You may find yourself packing just
the 19 and 24-70 when going lite.

Perznally, I never wonder what lens
to buy cuz I never buy any anymore.
I have them all and then some. BUT !

But having complete choice leaves
me making your decision all the time.
"What to pack" is really the same
decision process as "what to buy".
And cuz most of mine are full frame,
weight and bulk direct my decisions.

Typically I start out with the most
versatile and fastest kit, and then
I challenge the advisability of each
lens, for speed, size, angles of view,
and see where I can trim some fat.

Let me again mention the "one-lens"
discipline/practice. That can be your
innoculation against regretting that
you didn't pack some additional lens
in your kit. Scenes/subjects do NOT
*demand* that the most appropriate
optic be applied. That is marketing
mythologism, thus simply bullschidt.

In whatever kit you pack, there will
be *a* most appropriate optic, but
*the* most appropriate is the fodder
of online argument and opinion ....
and you don't want all THAT in your
kit bag, do you ?

[Golem]

Get the 16-70.  The 24-70 will not be very wide on the A6300.

 

So true ... but the OP says "telephoto" zoom.

[Austerror]

So true ... but the OP says "telephoto" zoom.

Good point.  I saw 'mid-range telephoto zoom' and started with the 10-18mm lens as the 'widest' zoom, so the next step up would be the 16-70 zoom. It is in the middle between the 10-18 and the 55-210.  But telephoto is longer.... I don't know what range exactly qualifies as 'tele'... I guess 70mm+?

 

So the 24-70 is the better choice?

 

Does the 24-70 has a significant advantage for the stated purpose?

[Golem]

Good point.  I saw 'mid-range telephoto zoom' and started with the 10-18mm lens as the 'widest' zoom, so the next step up would be the 16-70 zoom. It is in the middle between the 10-18 and the 55-210.  But telephoto is longer.... I don't know what range exactly qualifies as 'tele'... I guess 70mm+?

 

So the 24-70 is the better choice?

 

Does the 24-70 has a significant advantage for the stated purpose?

The advantage goes to the A-mount f:2.8 version

on a LA EA3. I spoze not everyone is comfortable

with a mount converter. I often do overlook that bit

of human nature ... prolly cuz all my non-kit lenses

operate on 3 different mount converters :-\

[Austerror]

Ahh, I had assumed it was the 24-70 FE lens the OP was talking about.

[Golem]

Ahh, I had assumed it was the 24-70 FE lens the OP was talking about.

Maybe so. It's not really specified ... but unless there is some

advantage, such as lens speed, why would someone put a FF

24-70 lens on an APSC if it's only an f:4.0 ? Maybe a geekish

desire to never use the corners of the full lens coverage, so as

to reap maximum IQ from a small sensor ? It seems we're all

doing our honest best to answer a rather half-baked query ! 

 

Frinstintz, there's no discussion of OSS or lack of same when

choosing one lens over another, but the user already seems

satisfied with two Sigma primes that lack OSS ....