Travel lens for Sony A6000 - any advances on Sigma 18-50?

[Participant]

Hi all

I'm going on a trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas in October with my ageing parents and brother.

This is likely to be the last time we ever do this together so I'm keen to capture some decent photos.

I was just going to upgrade my smartphone but then thought this would be a point of regret, so have instead decided to upgrade the kit lens that came with my Sony A6000 and take that instead.

From some research, my main options for a single does it all lens appear to be between the Sigma 18-50 and Tamron 17-70.

The Tamron is larger, more expensive, and not discernibly better for photos as far as I can tell, so I'm leaning towards the Sigma.

Does this sound sensible please? Any other options I should be considering?

The photos will be landscapes, people, and perhaps some night stuff in Vegas.

Thanks.

 

[Donnie Fisher]

The best lens/camera is the one you have with you at the time that captures the moments. I'd chose the smaller sized lens personally as it'll be easier to carry around, and as a result, you'll be more likely to use it.

I think from my experience, unless its an OMG are inspiring landscape picture, the photos that bring back the memories later aren't landscapes, shots of buildings or locations, but the photos with the people, their faces, their smiles, their relationships in them etc etc. My grandparents used to go on euro-trips over the winter, and took tons of photos in books. The landscapes/places got ditched when sorting through their stuff. The ones with people in were the keepers.

We are doing a Euro Disney trip later this year, and I want to bring the Canon camera, but I think I'm going to limit myself to a single prime lens which would suit near-ish photos with people in them. I just want the camera to be something I can pick up, take a quick shot and not be obtrusive.