Which do-it-all zoom lens?

[Markuswelder]

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again - the best image quality in the world doesn’t mean anything if the lens sits in your bag because it’s heavier than you want to schlep around.

For sure. That's why I'm not interested in purchasing the Lumix 24-105. I actually still have the Canon 24-105 L from my Canon days. Thought it was a great idea, but just too big and bulky to bring with me most of the time. Lucky if I took a couple of hundred photos with it. Tried it out on my L to EF mount adaptor to see if I might have changed my opinion, the answer is no

 

[xaviergut]

Lumix 20-60mm weight: 350 grams
Lumix 24-105mm: weight 680 grams

 

[Babylonia]

I find the Lumix 25-105mm f4 and the Sigma 24-70 f2.8 ii the best 2 lenses of that group, but Jan was been more precise: "On a hike or a day out with the family", and on a hike every gram counts... this is the reason I defend the 20-60mm as the best option for this case.

I do understand the question very well. Everyone has a different opinion about it.
Why else would someone want to start a poll about it?
How serious does someone want to be about photography?

For me, the question is whether you would even want to take a system camera with you at all "on a family hike" ?
If every gram counts when practising photography. You better consider buying another system. Or buying a small camera "extra" to take with you.
There are plenty alternatives. Taking pictures with a smartphone, or using a more small compact zoom.
But that was not the question of this topic.

If you take a system camera with you as mentioned here. (Panasonic S1Rii).
That is my starting point in the choice of lenses that you take with you.

 

[RuleOfThirds]

I do understand the question very well. Everyone has a different opinion about it.
Why else would someone want to start a poll about it?
How serious does someone want to be about photography?

For me, the question is whether you would even want to take a system camera with you at all "on a family hike" ?
If every gram counts when practising photography. You better consider buying another system. Or buying a small camera "extra" to take with you.
There are plenty alternatives. Taking pictures with a smartphone, or using a more small compact zoom.
But that was not the question of this topic.

If you take a system camera with you as mentioned here. (Panasonic S1Rii).
That is my starting point in the choice of lenses that you take with you.

That is for me the reason to have a Ricoh GR3. I don’t like the smartphone camera look and photo taking experience. If you want small and light buy a small system.

If you want the best performance for a highres sensor then 28-200 I guess will fail 90mm+?. 20-60 will be good if opened up to 5.6 at wide angle and F8 for 40mm up.

Only 28-70/2.8 is small and has enough resolution for the sensor. 24-70/2.8 and 24-105 as well. Do it all leaves the 24-105 as the best.

I find the 24-105 perfectly fine for a hike or all day. Done that multiple times. But if weight is a deciding factor the 28-70 will be good for the sensor. 24-70 is heavier then the 24-105. Or take a prime. Light and good, but that wasn’t asked.

It was one of the reasons for me to leave Fuji. The 40mp X-T5 would not work that well with the zoom lenses they had up to that point. It will exaggerate the difference between sharpness in the center and corner. That is the drawback of a high resolution sensor. You need good glass or F8 with decent glass. Probably not visible if you resize back to 24mp. But then there is no real reason to upgrade to a high-res sensor anyway. Only burn more megabytes.

 

[xaviergut]

I do understand the question very well. Everyone has a different opinion about it.
Why else would someone want to start a poll about it?
How serious does someone want to be about photography?

For me, the question is whether you would even want to take a system camera with you at all "on a family hike" ?
If every gram counts when practising photography. You better consider buying another system. Or buying a small camera "extra" to take with you.
There are plenty alternatives. Taking pictures with a smartphone, or using a more small compact zoom.
But that was not the question of this topic.

If you take a system camera with you as mentioned here. (Panasonic S1Rii).
That is my starting point in the choice of lenses that you take with you.

Yes, I see your point. I just was remembering a hike that I made two years ago in the Ordesa National Park (Pyrenees, Spain) with the Panasonic S1R (1 kg) and the Leica 24-70 f2.8 (900 gramm) and after some hours walking you don't enjoy and want to finish as soon as possible. One year later I took with me on a similar hike the Lumix S5iix and the Lumix 20-60mm (that combo weights a bit more than 1 kg) and the experience was much more pleasing. And the final Image quality was very similar, I must say...