Originally Posted by
rpcrowe
IMO - when considering equipment to lighten a load, lenses have always been the bump in the road. What use is there to carry a small and lightweight body if you attach a large and heavy lens.
I think that Sigma understands this problem and therefore introduced the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN Contemporary Lens for Sony E, Fuji and Leica mirrorless cameras. Unfortunately Canon and Nikon users are left out.
When I shot Canon, I carried a pair of 7D or 7D2 crop sensor DSLR cameras with the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS and 70-200mm f/4L IS lenses. I shot with these two lenses all over the world and never needed any other lenses (except for macro and wildlife photography). However neither the 7D cameras nor these two lenses could be considered light. But, I was younger and in better health - so the extra weight was not as much of a problem as it is now!
My Sony A6600 has a very small footprint when the Sigma 18-50mm lens is mounted. I wish that someone wound introduce a small footprint 70-200mm f/4 E-mount lens for APSC cameras. I have three telephoto lenses for my Sony cameras: Sony 85mm f/1.8, Sony 70-350mm f/4.5-5.6, and Sony 70-200mm f/4 OSS. With the exception of the 85mm f/1.8 lens, these are not as lightweight as I would like and the 70-350mm has too small an aperture to be used as an efficient portrait lens.
Hopefully, Sigma will introduce some other small footprint, contemporary lenses for APSC format cameras.