55-200mm

I don't go much on wide-angle photography. You need a brass neck to do it in a crowd, and although I have tried that a few times without any personal injury, I think the pictures you get from afar are more engaging and less 'snatched'. The 55-200mm focal range on a crop sensor camera seems to offer many possibilities for my sort of picture-taking.
Some of these pictures were made with a Nikon 55-200mm which had the benefit of vibration reduction, whereas others were made with a Tamron 55-200mm which lacked image stabilisation but had the benefit of being stupendously cheap.
Of course, the best option is probably an 18-200mm lens, but they are in a different price league.

I don't go much on wide-angle photography. You need a brass neck to do it in a crowd, and although I have tried that a few times without any personal injury, I think the pictures you get from afar are more engaging and less 'snatched'. The 55-200mm focal range on a crop sensor camera seems to offer many possibilities for my sort of picture-taking.
Some of these pictures were made with a Nikon 55-2…  (read more)

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