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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 492686" data-attributes="member: 14443">yes the price should drop a bit. dont think by much. youre in europe and they dont really have good sales like in the US. the lens is good. ive seen 3 of 4 lenses suffer from the noted zoom stiffness from various wedding photogs. its the reason I never upgraded from my 28-70 AFS. landscape ,newborn, and portraiture has no need for VR. if you say weddings..then I may say..eh, maybe. but for video, yes. it would be a feature to have, but if youre shooting video then the tamron would suit you just fine since video is less demanding and itll be 50% of the nikon VR coming in october. if youre focusing on portraiture, nothing beats the look of an 85mm. I have a 50mm in my bag and never use it. for full body shots of adults it will fit the bill. its not aesthetically pleasing for anything tight above the chest line. the 24-70G will be a good all arounder lens for now. its not a specialty lens. its a lens for flexibility and convenience. you can use it at 70mm for portraits but 1-better to have more compression and 2-youll be quite close to the subject which might make them feel uncomfortable, and 3-you may not have space to work if youre doing tight face shot since youll be so close and the light modifiers might be behind you. and almost always the umbrellas/softbox are in front of me when I shoot.  a 70-200 f/2.8 would be much more suited for portraiture/newborn.  dont forget flashes/umbrellas/light stands/softbox/reflectors</blockquote>

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