01-17-2014, 09:58 PM
I'm not a big fan of superzoom. But I became a fan of Sigma. Now they put a new 18-200 into their contemporary line. It has to have some weaknesses, I guess, otherwise other lensmakers wouldn't understand their job. But I believe (and am looking forward to some tests, though), they learnt a lot in their new quality rule "100% controlled". Of course, quality has to be made, not to be done by controlling enough samples to find a good one. But I think, since they test each lens they can react earlier to production problems.
So' I recommend - not the lens because I don't know it, but wait until you can try one and do some test shots with it.
On the other side: Flickstah, you're talking of a zoom range from 10-105 and one prime lens in between. Is it the long end or the wide end you're taking most pictures? If it's the wide, I vote for brightcolours recommendation: Sigma 17-50/2.8
I had that as first lens on my new D7000 4 years ago and it's a great glass!
So' I recommend - not the lens because I don't know it, but wait until you can try one and do some test shots with it.
On the other side: Flickstah, you're talking of a zoom range from 10-105 and one prime lens in between. Is it the long end or the wide end you're taking most pictures? If it's the wide, I vote for brightcolours recommendation: Sigma 17-50/2.8
I had that as first lens on my new D7000 4 years ago and it's a great glass!