>>4171580its been a couple of weeks and im still going insane about moving off my kit lens
I've once again reached a couple of lenses that are much better choices than the ones I was looking at
The Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD and the Sony E PZ 18-105mm f/4 G OSS
Both are great lenses with the flaws of either of them not being significant enough to get cold feet on purchasing them, plus both are solidly built to know that they'll last a very long time
I'm considering just grabbing the tamron which is 200$ more, but as a lens for travel do I really need that extra 195m? its pretty insane but it seems that you can use it handheld at such insane telephoto without much difficulty, but the sony one is better optically
I'm just worried I'll come into a situation where the reach of the sony one won't be enough and I'll regret not getting the tamron
