I have an A6000 and the kit lens 16-50mm. Is this 18-105mm lens going to be a big upgrade over my kit lens? As far as image quality etc?
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Absolutely, it goes to 105 so you are going to have more zoom (and a little less wide angle), it's a very good lens, I use it with my a6000 and work very good for every day use and casual photography, fast enough (f4), good quality (G badged), much more versatile than the kit lens, better bokeh. If you want faster and crispier lens have to go prime..!Cons: Block down left angle of included flash light(in a6000 camera), no problem with pro flash, and little heavy and big. Good enough to recommend it, go for it.
763550
Hi, actaually I have this lens and had the 16-50. I got the nex 6 last year and sold the 16-50 lens because I felt the pics came out better in the 18-55. The focus was better and pics seems crisp to me in 18-55. Yes it's much heavier and the smaller to travel with. 16-50 made it really nice to go our the city with.... But I just couldn't take a good pic with the 16-50. I got the 18-55 for about $100 used. So I'm happy.
135752
Well, there are a few cons...the a6000 autofocus is insanely fast, this lens won't be able to keep up with it as you'd want too. You will also lose half to a full stop of light due to the translucent mirror from the adapter. The mirror is used to keep the autofocusing system working.Other than that, it's a pretty awesome combo. Looks awkward however.
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I have an a6000 with the same kit lens. The SELP1650 max apperture @ 16mm F3.5 is sharper than the SEL16F28 @ F3.5. I think the kit lens OSS is helping give sharper results while the the SEL16F28 is just horrible at F2.8 to F5.0. I'm dissappointed with this lens. Stick with the kit lens otherwise maybe the Sony 20mm F2.8 is better.
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The kit lens which comes with this camera 18-55 would be far more satisfactory for landscapes. I have a sigma pro model 24-70mm and i still find myself using the 18-55 for landscapes/walk around lens. For prints/well composed shots less than 12 by 8 inches or internet you can't distinguish photo quality.
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The 22mm lens is amazing! It feels and has better build quality than the plastic primes of Canon's. Image quality is just too good. 1. Its a prime lens 2. Its F2.0 hence way better than the kit lens.
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The a6000 is very close in size to my NEX-6, which fits fine with the smaller lenses I have: 16-50mm kit lens, Sony 50mm lens, Sigma 30mm or 19mm. It won't come close to fitting with the 55-210 mm lens, and doesn't have room to carry a spare lens. But you can still get spare batteries and SD cards in the pockets.
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Thanks Michael for sharing your experience. I myself ended up buying a 60d with 18-135 lens kit about a week ago from amazon and I am very happy both with the body as well as the Lens. I had a T2i with 18-55mm before this purchase, and I am not a pro but so far i haven't seen any degradation on the image quality between the two lenses. I like the 18-135 for its decent quality and a very practical zoom range. Not to mention that 60D is a far better body than T2i.
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I did NOT buy the kit lens...bought camera with the 18-200mm lens instead....love this lens....a bit heavy but just great....no need for multiple lenses.
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I have both of these lenses and the 16-50mm f/2.8 is wide enough to take indoor real estate photography. I had the 11-18 first but I have not used it since I bought the 16-50mm and there is not much difference on the wide angle shots. I used the 16-50mm about 95 % time and my 11-18 and 70-300 telephoto about 5% of the time on my A77 Sony Camera. I am thinking of selling my 11-18mm because it is just sitting in my camera bag.
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The kit zoom lens is f 3.5-5.6 depending on the focal length it is set at. It's a good snapshot lens. No kit lens is as good as prime lenses in my opinion.
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I'm glad someone posted this question! It really has helped me decide to buy this lense too. I have the double kit with the other 2 lenses mentioned. I haven't used the 55 200 yet!! The weather is terrible and I'm afraid to take out the new camera. I do a LOT of indoor shooting of my kids and this lense sounds like it will work very nicely. I'm still blown away by the D5000. The pictures in just Auto mode with the 18 55 kit lense are night and day above my other cameras. I'm in heaven!
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The main reason to get the 17 Mm lens over the kit lens is the 2.8 aperture which is much better for lowlight or blurred background it is also more compact which is great for indoors when I bought my OMD I chose not to purchase the kit lens instead I bought the 17 mm 2.8 and the 14 to 150 zero lens. I have been very happy with this combination for most situations.
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It's a nice kit lens and it is IIr which I got it with EP3, with OMD EM5 I got 12-50mm!,it is very sharp and has a macro too!
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i have a d5100 and a d600. i had a very hard time getting focus with the d5100 and this lens for portraits. i actually used liveview to make it work. however, once i got the d600, it became soooo much better. the improved af and field of view on the d600 makes it much more reliable to shoot at f2.8 - f/4. shooting head and shoulders shots with the d600 at f/4 is amazing!
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I have both lenses. I never use and in fact just sold the 18-55. The 18-105 is amazing, I highly recommend it. Here's the first picture I took with it the first day I got the 18-105. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=557817730963053&set;=a.321466137931548.70815.321449031266592&type;=3&theater;
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Must be a emount to fit. Is the a6000 a e mount camera? If it is you should have no issues with this lens. Great lens to have in your camera arsenal.