Best lens for travel

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Hi there

I'm after a all in one travel lens. I have a nikon d5300 and want one to accompany my 35mm prime and soon to own 85mm portrait lens. I want it as my everyday lens.

I've narrowed it down to:

Nikon 18-300 vr
Nikon 18-200 vr II

Both the same weight I believe so included for the 300mm

What's best?

Cheers
 
You have to decide. Do you want an all in one lens, or do you want the best. With all in one, wide range lenses you sacrifice speed, and image quality. If you are fine with that then go for it.

If you want the best you buy the lenses in the ranges you need. They will usually have better image quality and if you are willing to pay the money be faster, i.e. f2.8 across the range on a zoom or even lower for a prime.
 
You have to decide. Do you want an all in one lens, or do you want the best. With all in one, wide range lenses you sacrifice speed, and image quality. If you are fine with that then go for it.

If you want the best you buy the lenses in the ranges you need. They will usually have better image quality and if you are willing to pay the money be faster, i.e. f2.8 across the range on a zoom or even lower for a prime.

That's my problem. Great up close shots with a 17-55 f2.8 or a more versatile although I not as good telephoto...

More research required
 
70-200 f4 or f2.8. More reach, much better image quality. Carry both lenses.
 
Yeah I'm in this boat as well honestly. I also never liked AIO lenses and that's what I've been using with the 24-120 f/4 and so I'm in the process of going back to primes.

When I was shooting DX, I traveled around a lot with the 12-24 f/4 and nothing else. Okay...maybe a 50mm too.
 
I thoroughly love the 28-300. I just wish it was 24-250 instead.

Just keep in mind that the more a lens tries to do, the less it can do each thing well. You'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice and what's non-negotiable.
 
As said, you'll have to decide whether the trade-off in image quality is worth the convenience of a single lens, but for me personally I'd sure hate to part with my Sigma 18-300.
 

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