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When I first moved to Fuji I bought a range of their prime lenses from 16mm to 90mm. I found I missed the Pentax 55-300 so later bought the Fuji 55-200. A nice lens but bulkier and heavier than the Pentax and lacking that extra 100mm of reach. I'll be interested to try the new Fuji 70-300 to see how it compares.
It's soft at 300mm but fine for portraits if that's your thing. Between 70 and 200mm it's really sharp and has pretty smooth bokeh, if that's your thing - obviously it's not a fast lens, but at 200mm you can stop down to f8 for a tight portrait and everything is out of focus so it doesn't terribly matter.
The vibration compensation is great too, and auto focus is reasonable - I think more limited by the camera than lens (the original Canon 6D is not for sports!).
However, when I was on nikon I had a nikon 70-300mm with vibration reduction and it was horrible. Smaller than the Tamron I think, but while the AF was very much instant (on D7200, which had an excellent AF system) the lens was soft from about 150mm.
I'm happy with my affordable Tamron as a walkaround lens for walks through woodland, and carry the 28mm 1.8 in my bag for a 2 lens lightweight set up.
All that said - I'm looking at switching systems again! I was hoping to go Canon mirror less with the Canon eos rp but they hold value too well. I also find myself not enjoying the size of full frame lenses - I had much more fun on aps-c and micro 4/3, and I don't shoot in darkness, and almost always hate extreme bokeh shots (a portrait shot at 85mm 1.2, for example, makes everyone look bad to me unless it's a carefully composed studio shot that wants to be dreamy - one eye in focus and one eye out always looks bad, where at f/2 it would look much better to me).
So maybe m43 is on my horizon. If fuji finally start getting more affordable lenses (sigma and Tamron?!) I'll definitely go back that way and get an xt-2 again, or maybe a xt30.
Yes for clarity mine was a crop version. I've seen good pictures from both, again, sharpness, bokeh etc have very little with whether a photo is good or not.
Vintage leica lenses are not amazingly sharp but have been used for some incredible images.
I have a cheap £20 one and it’s rubbish, just wondering what brands and budget for something that’s a bit more robust.
2nd option as a stop gap and travel tripod is one of those small ones you can put anywhere with bendy legs.
I can't help much with general-use tripods Mennamestom, I just use retired birding tripods on a hand-me-down basis: they are a bit heavier than needed but effectively zero cost, well-built, and very stable. While I can't recommend any particular models, I do strongly advise not skimping. A good tripod is a joy, cheap and nasty ones are a constant pain.
Brandwise I like Manfrotto stuff, they’re a good combination of being well designed and made but not too pricey. I bought my carbon one s/h for around £70.
1 - Price
2 - Weight
3 - Size (compacted)
If you want 2 & 3 then it will be expensive, like the Peak Design Carbon or Gitzo Carbon traveller.
Over the years I ended up with 3 tripods. I bought the big Manfrotto aluminium one first. It’s heavy, but sturdy. I’ve had it for 20 years and it’s practically vintage. It works just the same as day 1. Cost me £150 back then. It’s the 055pro with a pan and tilt head. I take this with me on jobs. It’s pretty bullet proof. It can extends pass my head.
Then I went the opposite with a CF travelling tripod that folds down to 30cm, it’s light too. I put it inside my messenger bag, it fits into pretty much any messenger bag (length the size of a piece of paper/magazine), and you don’t notice it. Like a bottle of water really. The only downside is it doesn’t extend very high, 1.2m at max and it won’t stand against strong winds. This was £200. I take this on holiday and travelling.
The top one below is the Gitzo, the bottom one is the travelling one which is 30cm.
My most recent tripod is my Gitzo traveller CF, it’s a touch bigger than the one above but extends much higher and much sturdier. But it is also like £700. I take this on foreign jobs. It fits in my suitcase.
I also have this TINY table tripod. I use it to put a off camera flash on, take it travelling to shoot exposure on random surfaces. etc
But now I'm talking heavy-duty tripods for bird photography. With any sensible size lens, these are overkill.
I must admit I'm not at all a "tripod guy" so only want one for the occasional nighttime photography or whatever
I have a vanguard - one of these. Can be found used cheap, fold up tiny and comfortable with a DSLR and medium size lens.
https://www.wexphotovideo.com/vanguard-veo-2-235ab-tripod-black-1633256/?sv_campaign_id=259955&sv_tax1=affiliate&sv_tax3=Staircase+51+Ltd+(Genie+Shopping)&sv_tax4=0&sv_affiliate_id=259955&awc=2298_1621168572_f6d97d8b6bf6c055e47789bab0d4a6bf&utm_source=aw
Not worth getting one that doesn't fold small for me, because I never use it!