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 p.23 #14 · In stock: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 E-mount ($799) | |
jaychan2016 wrote:
Hey guys, just pre-ordered the A7III and this Tamron 28-75.
Need some advice, Beginner photographer with a new baby, do you guys think this lens is enough or do I need some primes. Here are the three primes that I am considering. I plan on buying them used.
Either get the 35mm and 85mm or the 55 mm
1) Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8
2) Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8
3) Sony FE 85mm f/1.8 Lens
thanks!
As others have said, you'd probably be better off just using the 28-75 for a while, and only then try to decide what else to buy.
At 2.8, it will be pretty good for evening stuff if you're out and about, so it's not like you're struggling with a kit lens or an F4 zoom.
If you end up using Lightroom (or maybe there's another program that can do this?), you can look at the info of all the pictures you took, ever, or filter by camera/lens/date/focal length, and see your statistics and usage patterns.
That way you can see what % of your pictures you took at what focal length. Granted, with a zoom, you will likely take the majority of your pictures at the widest and the longest ends, and then will decide that you want something wider or longer, or both.
But you could also then see if in between, you tend to gravitate towards say the 30-40mm range, or the 50-60mm range, or something else, and then you could decide to go with a prime in one of those ranges.
Or you could look at the pictures that you like the most, and see what focal length you took them at, and see if there's a pattern to you liking a specific focal length that way.
If you don't happen to have a way of looking at your statistics, you could always just use some painter's tape or other non-damaging way, and secure your zoom lens at a specific focal length, and just take pictures at that length for a while, a few days even. Then you could decided if you want to buy a 28mm, a 35mm, a 55mm or something else.
Lastly, if you haven't planned on it already, I would suggest that you buy yourself a flash that works with the camera. Something like either a full sized Flashpoint/Godox flash, or even one of their Mini Zoom flashes.
For indoor pictures, a flash that you can rotate and bounce off of walls and ceilings will get you a lot further than a faster prime would, especially with the crappy lighting that most houses have.
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