I am a nature photographer and my main themes are small animals (birds and squirrels) and landscapes. So, I need telephoto and wide-angle lenses. Superzoom cameras give me what I need and, because their small size, are very good for aerial trips, but their tiny sensors have some limitations.
To overcome these limitations, I tried to merge two camera worlds: superzoom and DSLR (I bought a superzoom lens for my Nikon D5300 DSLR camera).
I looked at the options on the market (Nikon, Sigma and Tamron) and chose Nikon. Nikon offers two lens options:
# 1- a Nikkor 18-300mm f / 3.5-5.6;
# 2- a Nikkor 18-300mm f / 3.5-6.3.
I chose option # 2 because this lens performs better (*), is smaller, lighter and has a lower cost.
(*) Three reviews indicated to me that the Nikkor 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 was the best choice between the two lenses: DXOMARK, Photographyblog and Ken Rockwell.
https://www.dxomark.com/Lenses/Nikon...kon-D500__1061
https://www.photographyblog.com/revi...iew/conclusion
https://kenrockwell.com/nikon/18-300mm-vr.htm
This way, I have a relatively compact photographic equipment that fits in a small pouch (and, with a cord, I hung the lens cap on the body of the camera, as in a superzoom camera).
I am aware that superzoom lenses have lower performance than ordinary zoom lenses and that these are inferior to premium zoom lenses and that prime lenses tend to be the best.
I made some tests with the set "camera set D5300 + lens 18-300 f/3.5-6.3", which I can post here, if there is any interest.
Cheers,
Antonio.
#1- The pouches of the two cameras
#2- The cameras inside their respective pouches
#3- Lens caps tied to camera body