I'm in my 70's and I travel light with Sony A6600 fitted with Sigma 16mm 1.4 wide lens and an extra Sony 24 1.8 Zeiss lens in a small Tamrac sling bag. I use prime wides for crisp and tack sharp photos for printing.

Thank you for your continued support to all APS-C camera owners/users. I own the Sigma 18-50 and Sigma 56mm, this video helped me decide to go for the Sony 11mm f1.8 than the 15mm f1.4; but will definitely try the 15mm f1.4 in the future. These small lightweight lenses from Sony and Sigma are answered prayers to APS-C owners!

I take the opposite philosophy with my APSC travel kit and lean in heavily on primes. The portability advantage of the 6000 series as well as how small APSC lenses are allow you pack a surprising number of primes. I usually take a 9mm Laowa, 16mm Sigma, 35mm Sony and the 18-105 Sony to fill any gaps and have a long zoom option if and when needed. They all fit neatly into the Hadley Small - with enough room left for a tablet/small laptop, battery pack, a full cleaning kit, a few spare batteries and even a rx100 for backup (or another small lens like the OG 16-50 kit lens).

ZV-E10 + 11mm 1.8 is my walkaround video camera. I put it on a Zhiyun Crane M2S for stability and take it off the gimbal when not needed. At least I have Catalyst Browse as a backup to stabilize the footage. I have the A7IV with Tamron 35-150mm 2-2.8 for everything else: photos, timelapse, slowmo, long distance shots. and of course, a gopro and a drone.

I have the Sony 18-135mm lens almost permanently attached to my A6700. Useful for Street, Lancascape, etc. No other needed unless I was shooting wildlife.

Today i would swap the Sony 11 F1.8 for the Sigma 10-18 F2.8 and the Sigma 18-50 F2.8 for the Tamron 17-70 F2.8. Yes, the sony 11 is sharper and has faster aperture than the Sigma 10-18, but you are covering more wide angle range wich is extremely versatile. Only having 11 mm is a bit restricting. And yes, the Tamron 17-70 is bigger, heavier and little bit more expensive than the Sigma 18-50, but it has more zoom-range on both ends, fills the gap between 50-70mm and has image stabilisation, wich is a big deal, especially on all the Sony APSC cameras without IBIS. Also i feel the Tamron is a bit sharper than the Sigma but that might be only my subjective feeling (tested both). Nothing wrong with 70-350 though, best Tele-Lens on APSC.

I just bought an a6600 with the Sigma 18-50 as my first camera and wow is it an incredible combo. The Sigma really is amazingly versatile and so much more compact than the Tamron 17-70 I was weighing against it in my decision process. The next one I’ll get is the Sony 11mm and then save up for the 70-350. Thanks!

Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 and Sony 70-350mm OSS for me. Gives 25mm ish to 525mm in 2 lenses. Never needed anything too wide when travelling

I often travel with a small group of people and no one wants to wait for me to change lenses. I have a great travel a6700, bought a tamron 17-70/2.8, peak design capture backpack mount and that solved absolutely everything.

I would change out the signa 16-50mm for the tamron 17-70mm because of the longer reach but also because of the built in stabilization 👍 also... I would trade out the wide prime for a wide zoom. Mostly for the Sony 10-18mm f4 OSS.... This way i would have covered 10mm all the way up to 350mm with stabilization. And no gapes in the range 👍🙂

My travel kit is a Sony ZV E10 with the Sony 10-18mm and the Sony 18-200. Job Done. I also have a Sony ZV1 ii as a EDC, I don't leave the house without it.

Great fun watching your videos. My travel kit (stills only 🤠) is the Sony a6600 paired with the hefty Tamron 17-70 and the Sony 70-350. I have a tenba slim backpack insert that it all fits in, so I can be fairly light and compact for motorcycle, hiking or international travel shooting. I also usually carry the larger of manfrotto’s mini tripods. It’s so awesome that more lightweight and fast lenses are coming out for a6xxx series cameras. Yay!

… my travel kit is „Sony only“: 10-20 F4, 15 F1.4, 16-55 F2.8 and 70-350 F4.5-6.3 and of cause the a6600. 😊

I have an a6500 with the SEL70350. Great lens except for one issue. When I go birding it tends to back focus above 250mm. Unfortunately, you can't just DMF and make the minor correction, even with MF Assist zoom the EVF doesn't have enough resolution to tell if it is back focused and the focus peaking has to large a range with f4.8 to tell if it actually hit focus or not. Maybe with a very bright high res external monitor you could tell... but Sony could just firmware update to include animal eye auto focus, cause this doesn't seem to be an issue for a6600 users. Of course they intend we just buy an a6600. Love the camera and lens otherwise and I have a beanbag to use for really long shots. Thanks Jason, good review, I use a 7artisan manual 25mm f1.8 when I want the wide aperture near 50mm equivalent for the reasons you mentioned!

2:24 - almost prophetic about the A6700!

I've gone for the Sigma 18-50 and Sony 70-350 with A6700. The third lens is a Tamron 11-20 2.8 but have just bought the Sony 20mm to try out. Love the 10L Peak Design Sling too.

The 6L Sling bag will also fit all 3 lenses plus a small battery bank/mic and small tripod. Plus batteries. I don't have the 11mm, but I have the Sigma 56mm

I use Tamron 11-20F2.8 + Sony 16-55G + Sony 70-350G lens to cover an extremely wide focal length for my a6600 travel kit. I'll bring the 70-350 only when I know I need that long focal length for the day. I then bring along primes according to the situation, such as the Sony 15F1.4G lens, Sony Zeiss 24mmF1.8 and the Sigma 56F1.4.

Super fun and hilarious rundown on your favorite lenses, thanks Jason! Now it's time to go shopping. Hello KEH...

That’s the exact lineup I’m working towards. I got into Sony recently (leaving Canon ef-m, and Canon in general since their recent RF lens announcement) specifically for these lenses. I have started with the 70-350 lens since I didn’t have a telephoto yet. I also got the 18-105 f4 on a pretty cheap deal to cover my mid-range needs temporarily and to experiment. If my budget had allowed it, I’d have gotten the sigma 18-50 f2.8 instead. I’ll get it next for sure, and then definitely that lovely 11 f1.8. I might still keep the 18-105. I actually quite like filming with the smooth power-zoom, and it’s a very useful wide focal range; but one thing I have noticed annoys me more than anticipated, is its long minimum focusing distance… In any case I’m excited by the wide choice of quality glass at affordable prices in the E-mount system.

With the FX30 out, APSC is now in our sights. This video will help us consider making the change from FF.

Hi Jason, excellent video! I think that, in the case of apsc, portability is the name of the game. Recently I've been traveling with the sony 18-135 for general purpose (lens very sharp and a very wide zoom range); Tamron 11-20 for wide shots and the Sigma 30mm or 56mm f1.4 for low light. All 3 lenses are very small and sharp.

Why not the Tamron 18-300mm? Stabilized, even has some macro features. Yes it's big but for it's reach and image quality it's perfect. Love comparing different setups/recommendations, so all good. Cheers and great video.

Tamron 70-300mm is a good budget telephoto option. It's a full frame lens, but costs a lot less than the Sony 70-350, but also lacks OSS, but a great budget option.

Yes, quite good recommendation! I am using on the A6600 the old Sigma 8-16 via MC-11 Adapter, the Tamron 20-40/2.8 and the 70-350/G. Means, a range from 12-525mm for photography for the night I habe the Sigma 56/1.4.

Zeiss 16-70 f4 OSS is my universal travel lense for any situation. Thanks to OSS, it's possible to get stills at 1/10, so in low light it much better than f2. 8 zoom without OSS.

My travel kit: 14mm f1.8 gm, 16-35mm f2.8 gm, tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8, and a7iii(waiting for a7rv)

My kit soon will be the Sony 11, the Sigma 18-50, and the good old Sony 55-210. I'm replacing the manual Samyang 12 with the Sony 11, and the Sony 70-350 with the 55-210, cost-neutral fortunately. Why will I do this, especially with the tele zooms: the 70-350 is a really big piece that I use very rarely. So I prefer having the compactness of the 55-210 over the image quality plus of the 70-350...

I think for travel the full frame 70-300 from Tamron (at a lot less weight and half the cost of the Sony) makes the most sense for most (APS-C or full-frame shooters). I sold my 70-300 G for the Tamron, and see little if any difference in image quality. I sold it for the weight difference. Of course for those who want stabilization, that's different. I'm using the Tamron now with an FX30 BTW.

Your energy is contagious! Thanks for these tips and keep up the awesome videos. Subscribed ✅

My man already came in and updated the title for the a6700. We like to see it. KZfaqr level: Grand Master. I want to see you compare the 11mm to the Rokinon/Samyang 12mm :)

I am still using my trusty old SLT and tend to take the Sony 18-135 (f3.5/5.6), which stays on most of the time, but with a Sigma 10-20 f3.5 and a Sony 55-300 f4.5/5.6 to give me a complete range. I may pop in the 35mm f1.8 at times if I need it though.

Yes, good choices . I have and using for travel (ZV-e10): Sony 15mm F 1,4 -- 90%: Sigma 56mm F1,4 -- 10%. Always curry Sony 70 - 350mm but using when needed because it were special and need 100% Tripod (at least monopod).

One main reason im squeezing my kit into a Sony main combo... I have that peak design sling and like to fit 2 bodies in it for travel and the Z9 or Canon lenses are much bigger for the best combinations. The new Sony lenses are light and smaller.

Laowa 9mm ultra wide, Sony 16-55 G, Sony 70-350 is the BEST TRAVEL TRIO!!! Change my mind!!

2:37-2:40 That's an Oscar right there.

11:26 So satisfying to hear Zhiyun pronounced correctly! Heard too many "zhaiyoon", "Zion" and so on!

I just got back from Megaplex 2022 in orlando and I actually got the 11mm f1.8 the day before the con. I used that lens sooo much during the con from quick shots of fursuiters to using it in the parade as a fursuiter to filming a panel with my camera being up front so more people could fit in the room. I rock a 16-50mm pz oss kit lens with 55-210mm oss telephoto and the 11m f1.8 with my white ZV-E10. I know I will get more use out of the 11m when halloween starts up in the themeparks cause it will be great for using in the haunted houses. Finally keep up the great work for providing us aspc users with this helpful info.

I've two out of the three. The 70-350 and 15-50. For wide, I've the Tamron 11-20, which is more versatile.

Subscribed! Since some of the shots in this video was done at Arab St, Singapore. Awesome and thanks Jason.

I would take the Sony 15mm 1.4 G, Sony Zeiss Sonnar 55mm 1.8 and the Zeiss Batis APO-Sonnar 135mm 2.8

Fun, that is exactly my kit :) very happy with it.

As an alternate for the Peak design clip, I've been using the Belay from Polarpro for a couple weeks now and it's VERY solid. I might have to frankenstein it onto the Peak strap, though, because theirs is so much nicer than the Polarpro one :x

Please what lens do you recommend, for this camera. The goal is to create content and photograph the family.

Pgytech Beetle works well with the Mantispod. It is as secure as PD capture clip.

My travel kit is 18-135mm and sigma 30mm f1.4

I have the SAL70300G (4.5 - 5.6), that I use on my NEX7 with a E to A mount adapter. It works great for outdoor shots. It does not have OSS, but you will not be using something like that for video, so with a good tripod, you'll be fine. But the SEL70350G, which is a newer lens with OSS, is a better option for sure. Then again, I bought my camera setup like 10 years ago, so for the time, the SAL70300G, was a really good lens.

Been waiting for a video like this! I have the 6400 and just got the Sigma 18-50 f2.8 lens.

The tamron 11-20 f2.8 is also another good one to have

Fantastic video! Tons of useful info.

Thanks for making vids for the APSC users 🙏. You give us hope

10-18(10-20), 18-105, FE 70-200. A keen eye would notice that the last is a full frame lens which makes it be 105-300mm equivalent. All constant F4, in lens stabilization, enough range to do anything. If I was to wish anything extra is wider apertures but, these lens are pretty good! Some are even G lens.

Was that "crazy reach" at 8:55 ? Yes, yes it was

Would you swap out the Sony 11mm for the sigma 10-18 f2.8? How bout the sigma 70-200 f2.8 for telephoto?

I use the 20mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8 and 55-210 on my A6000.

Jason - I find all I need is a APS 24-400 mm lens.

The alternative and for still photographers often better choice, for the 70-350, is the Tamron 18-300mm.

I'm predicting the Sigma 10-18 F2.8 replaces the Sony 11.

Thanks Jason, this video was very helpful!

Thank you for another great video. Love your content. I have been using Pgytech Beetle for months. Works good for me. Holds my a6600 and Sigma 16mm + Videomic NTG even when I ride a motorbike.

The transitions are so slick

My kit that goes with my Sony a6300 is the Sigma trinity of f1.4 primes (16, 30, and 56mm).

How about the Tamron 18-300 f3.5/6.3 with vibration compensation? In my opinion that's the best travel lens for sony apsc right now, $700, 27-450 FF equivalent, paired with a 35f1.8 oss, 2 lenses, there you go ;)

Great video!

Hi Jason! How about the Tamron 18-300 instead of the Sony 70-350?

i have an a6400 and i only use the zeiss 24mm f1.8, it's an incredible lens

Yes matched the camera I use and country that I live in ✅

Thank you. Picked up an A6700 to augment my full frame Sony bodies so wanted to watch this but went slightly differently with new updates. Have the Sigma 18-50/2.8 and just got a Sony 70-350/4.5-6.3 both in mint used condition. Also did get a Sony 15/1.5 G because 11/1.8 is too wide for me as a prime and will use this more. Also pre-ordered the new Sigma 10-18/2.8 to pair with its mid focal range brother. Did pick up some of the other Sigma DC DN Contemporary primes for special usage but probably won’t travel with them. Great supplement to my full frame kit.

@jason - Falcam is coming out in August with a new plate for the M3 that is Arca Swiss compatible. Look for part 2858! I'm getting it!

04:25 Ohhhh there is the mention of my trusted @Tamron LOL

It was great bumping into you at Yodobashi yesterday! Going to add the Sony 11mm to my collection 👍

Hey Jason, nice to see another good video as always but hey, i just noticed a big change (in good!) of the video editing and i had so much fun from beginning to the end! Something is different in your videos tho and i like it! I've been entertained for the full time of the video. I did actually watch it three times in a row lol. Hands down for the content. Thank you mister Jason!

Just get the tamron 18-300 and leave the others. Well, maybe an ultrawide for those 3 shots in ultra wide you are gonna take....or..90° turn on the 18-300 and panorama.

I'm still watching, but boy I do hope you're gonna do a FF version of this. I want to go to Japan well prepared to capture anything and everything

Hi Jason. Do you think the Tamron 18-300 would be good in a kit instead of the Sony 70-350?

Travel kit.... A6700 Sigma 10-18mm f2.8 Tamron 17-70mm f2.8 Sony 70-350mm

Great video. Planning to buy the ZV-E10 as a 2nd camera and as my travel camera (lugging around the A7siii for travel with 2 kids is not fun 😂). Thinking about which lenses to but. Right now I have budget for 1 lens only. Would probably go with the Sigma 18-50 first. Thanks for these recommendations.

now that the sigma 10-18 f2.8 is coming would you still recommend the 11mm f1.8?

Almost my setup! I just use the 10-20 f/4.

I was gonna get the sigma 18-50 because of your recommendation but I eventually got the Sony 16-55 for about 500 dollar, it’s a steal

You spoke the FX30 into existence 😮‍💨

and give us a flippy screen on an aps-c! Not that up and down only one either!

Even though I usually don’t want to spend too much on apsc lenses. I got to say that 11mm is so interesting to me for gimbal work

I just bought Sony A6400 with the Tamron 17-70 yesterday, it's my first camera and can't wait take it out and have my fun with it! Your video of the Tamron lens sealed my decision to buy it. Thanks!! 🤘🤘

Great Sony APS-C round up! 👏🏼

Thanks man, just got a ZV-e10.

Which Gimpal Recommed you best use in sony a6700?

I hope you could make a full frame version of this video!

Excellent topic and video. I agree with your pics. The middle zoom is tricky, though. I’ve had a 16-70 Zeiss for years, so I’d probably keep that. But, because I find I use the 50-70 range so much I’d probably get the Tamron 17-70 if I were buying today.

My 16-55 is glued to my a6600 but it is pretty big. Still the sharpest APS-C zoom that ive used on my Sony.

A6600 body paired with a Samyang 12mm F2, Sony 16-55 f2.8 and the Sony 70-350 Looking to upgrade the Samyang to the new 11mm lens

You make gear review so much fun! You are a funny guy!

Will getting the Tamron 70-300mm be a bad idea for A6400? neither the camera nor lens have stabilization. I’m only using for travel photography and occasional portraits. Thanks in advance!

thank so much for very informative video. My 18-50 kit lens just broken and now it's time to get the new faster lens :)

I sold the 70-350 so that I can get the fx30. I don't regret my decision but I do really miss that lens. Yeah it's big but it's not that big for what kind of zoom range. It's only $1,000 and I find it even sharper than the 16-55 Sony lens. Even though it's not the most desirable lens for everyone, that's probably the best deal for any zoom I've ever seen.

@Jason Vong Make a video on only OSS / optical stabilizer lenses for Sony E-Mount APSC please 🙏

Yeah to these 3 lens choices but my additional lens could well as the Sony E 50mm f1.8 as my solitary indoor studio lens

Tbh i completely agree with this line XD

which would be the only one best lens for a6700, has sharper image and best quality in low light for both photo and video, autofocus among all Sony, Sigma even new release this year?. Any recommendation...

Nice editing Jason