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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stmv" data-source="post: 120490" data-attributes="member: 10038">let's talk about your photo op situation of low light,, first the Nikkor does  have VR,, so,, you should be able to shoot at F4,, and bump the ISO up to say 1600,  and still on a D7000 get decent noise, and very sharp images..Now let's say you use one of the 2.8s instead. it also has optical stablizer, but the dof is narrower, so locking in the primary subject at 2.8, will be hard, but if the sharpness is less at 2.8 then by time you add sharpening, are you to the same point in noise? and have less dof of field to play with. Hard to say... I use a 80-200 Nikkor 2.8 tank for those shots, another sharp lens no VR,, but personally,, in those situations, I would work out a tripod, and well,, VR has to be turned off on tripods, so,, the old tank does just fine. (and cost less! ).</blockquote>