The kit lens is a bit pants ,I keep a 24mm f2.8 on my A300 and the 50mm F1.7 in my pocket,I have an old minolta beercan series 35-105 for a cheap walkabout.If I need a zoom I have a tokina 70-210 again cheap but fine at F8,there is a beercan 70-210 and a big beercan 75-300,have a look on here...