No, I had it's predecessor i.e. tamron 28-200mm. The 28-200mm maintained it's aperture rather well, it was f4 till 85mm and f4.5 till 110mm
Oh yeah I’d forgotten about the 35-100!
Do you struggle with 6.3 @ 200mm?
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Very rarely
Have you got some examples I can see please?
I am tempted by the Sigma 20-200 after looking at some reviews, gives me wide angle and decent zoom plus I can go into S35 if I need more reach.
Bless her, still missed 
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Googling tells me it's under £700 grey.
I've hung on to MFT but I hardly use it these days, the main uses being for the 45-150 and 100-400mm lenses which I hardly use. Something like this could maybe replace my MFT kit, half the reach but with better IQ and I could crop.
Anyone know anything about this lens?
In terms of the effective focal length yes it will give the field of view of a 75mm. It will still give you the light gathering of an f1.8 lens, but depth of field will be the equivalent of f2.5 on full frame.
I use 35mm and 50mm as it’s very rare I can use longer than this at the shows I go to due to space and ‘ignorant’ peopleWelcome
If the space is available I much prefer automotive stuff at those 'longer' focal lengths - I'm not really a fan of ultrawide or even wider than 35mm tbh unless the car is part of a scene. I will normally go 85mm and 35mm if it's busy or tightly packed and I might want more documentary/interior shots.
As Lee and I have just mentioned location might dictate which focal length you might use. A longer focal length means that you get more background compression as you’re further away from the subject, a wider angle lens pushes the background further away as you’re shooting closer to the subject.
Thank you. Heard great things about Sigma lenses too, but they are more expensive and I ideally don’t want to spend that much just yet. Not until I’m better versed in this world.At one time, Sigma was the go-to for APSC primes I think with some big aperture options. These days, there are a lot more options with Viltrox appearing to be pretty good value for money (I think) - 25mm (ish) would be a nice option next to the 50mm you already have.
For track action/racing, is the Sony G lens still the one to go for guys? The 70-350mm or something? I know it used to get great reviews again for size, weight, cost vs performance.
**I have always shot Sony full frame, so everything I say is through what I've read/heard rather than actual experience
Here's a list of all the lenses for Sony e-mount, there's always the option of buying used or grey market if you want to save money.
I always found that as well in my car show days go pretty wide so you are close to the car and people aren't walking in front of you all the time.I use 35mm and 50mm as it’s very rare I can use longer than this at the shows I go to due to space and ‘ignorant’ people
I can always use crop mode and get 75mm f1.8 eq. I do sometimes wonder why I keep my 85mm, it gets used once in a blue moon.
I'm off to the Chatsworth Car Show tomorrow, I'll see if I can take any at 75mm eq
Done that one many times. Gold Cup at Oulton park was always my favourite used to do the full weekend camping there, many great memories.I'm off to the Chatsworth Car Show tomorrow, I'll see if I can take any at 75mm eq
