It is. I'll keep my other lenses just for multicamera purposes, but for someone switching and starting out fresh with Sony, just get the 35-150 and you have a lot covered from the jump. Being honest tho, I hardly use it wide open at F2.Tried that 35-150 f2-2.8 from tamron and it's probably the most versatile lense I've used. I'll probably get rid of the 70-200 and my 28-75
and go with that.