What lens to get with a Sony a77 body

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The Sony a77 comes with a 16-50mm f2.8 kit lens which seems to be very good but I was thinking of just getting the body and a better lens. The only ones I can find with equivilant zoom are either the Sony 16-35mm f2.8 ZA Vario-Sonnar T* lens or Sony 24-70mm f2.8 Vario-Sonnar T* Zoom Lens.

Do their quality greatly outweigh the kit lens?
 
fozzybear said:
There will be some aspects of the Zeiss lenses that are better than the Sony 16-50 f2.8. I don't think it's worth paying the extra premium for though.

I'd much rather get the 'kit' lens and something like the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 OS HSM for around £900 (or £1500 for the Sony if you can stretch that far). That'll be a great setup.
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That's true. With regards to a prime lens would the Sony 35mm f1.4 G or Sony 50mm f1.4 lens be more suitable for portrait, group and wide angle landscape shots?
 
Thanks. Regarding a telephot lens I have a Tamron 70-200 5.6 atm so will want an upgrade. Two choices are the Sigma 70-200 f2.8 or the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8. According to DPReview:

the Sigma's not as sharp, according to our tests, and the Tamron doesn't have ultrasonic focusing.
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I'm not too concered about ultrasonic focusing so the Tamron seems to give it a slight edge.
 
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