I bought the Sony a6000 camera and the 35mm 1.8 lens. Very happy with both. Now I would like to get a mid range zoom for a walk around lens but non that I have reviewed do well. I almost settled on the 18-55 oss lens but it seems the better reviews for that lens depended on a lower mega pixel camera than the a6000.
Any recommendations appreciated.
Posts: 8,004
Threads: 1,851
Joined: Apr 2010
Reputation:
49
I think you hit the problem of the systems ... :-)
You have 4-6 options depending on how you look at it.
From my perspective the Sony 16-50 and Zeiss 16-70 are sub-standard and shouldn't be considered seriously .
The 18-55mm OS isn't terrible but it certainly requires that all auto-corrections are active.
We haven't tested the 18-105 G yet but it seems to be better than the 16-70 at least. Auto-corrections are also strictly required here (massive distortions at 105mm).
And then you got the three 18-200mm lenses. They aren't so bad in the lower range I'd say.
I would probably prefer the Tamron 18-200mm VC based on what I have seen out there. The corners seem to be soft at 200mm but otherwise it's quite good it seems.