Yeah my Tamron 75-300mm is one of their lower end lenses also and wanted a 300mm lens without killing my wallet lol. I had the Sony 55-200mm but wanted something with a little more reach specifically for using at AK on Kilimanjaro or situations like that.
I ended up with getting a Sony DSLR pretty much because thats all I ever used with Point and Shoot cameras, so I pretty much jumped in head first without much knowledge of anything. I did read reviews on the A390 before I bought it and seemed like it was the perfect camera to learn on and at the perfect price. After a few months of owning that one I knew I wanted something better so I sold it on Ebay and bought the A55. For the money the A55,57 and 65 are great cameras and are loaded with cool features and take some impressive photos. If I could have any camera and money wasn't an object it most likely would be the Canon 5d mark III, ive seen some unbelievable photos taken with that camera. In the meantime though im invested with Sony and so far pretty happy so ill be sticking with them. IMO though I feel Sony is a little behind the big players but is starting to creep its way up with camers like the NEX 7. Also hearing rumors of a full frames NEX camera (NEX 9 maybe) and a new full body full frame (A99 maybe). Those intrigue me and would love to see some test shots when they finally do get released since I eventually would like to work my way up to a FF camera.
Def pick up the Sony f/1.8 either 50mm or 35mm. You can find both under $199 and are are great for low light, dark ride and even portraits if thats your thing lol. I bought both and then sold the 50mm since I found it was always to close for me. I also got ri of the Sony kit lens and got a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 which sorta of covers the 50mm I sold and the kits lens. I love that lens and use it 80% of the time.
I ended up with getting a Sony DSLR pretty much because thats all I ever used with Point and Shoot cameras, so I pretty much jumped in head first without much knowledge of anything. I did read reviews on the A390 before I bought it and seemed like it was the perfect camera to learn on and at the perfect price. After a few months of owning that one I knew I wanted something better so I sold it on Ebay and bought the A55. For the money the A55,57 and 65 are great cameras and are loaded with cool features and take some impressive photos. If I could have any camera and money wasn't an object it most likely would be the Canon 5d mark III, ive seen some unbelievable photos taken with that camera. In the meantime though im invested with Sony and so far pretty happy so ill be sticking with them. IMO though I feel Sony is a little behind the big players but is starting to creep its way up with camers like the NEX 7. Also hearing rumors of a full frames NEX camera (NEX 9 maybe) and a new full body full frame (A99 maybe). Those intrigue me and would love to see some test shots when they finally do get released since I eventually would like to work my way up to a FF camera.
Def pick up the Sony f/1.8 either 50mm or 35mm. You can find both under $199 and are are great for low light, dark ride and even portraits if thats your thing lol. I bought both and then sold the 50mm since I found it was always to close for me. I also got ri of the Sony kit lens and got a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 which sorta of covers the 50mm I sold and the kits lens. I love that lens and use it 80% of the time.
I have a Canon Rebel XSI and it is far more capable of doing the shots I can handle as of now. When the time comes though I will stick with Canon and would love to upgrade to something like this.
