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<blockquote data-quote="fhibbs12" data-source="post: 146937" data-attributes="member: 12196">Well I got money to spend and an addiction to satisfy....BackgroundI don't get paid and don't want to.&nbsp; I would consider myself to be an advanced amature.&nbsp; Taking portaits/jobs for friends/family that can't afford otherwise.&nbsp; I enjoy taking pictures and enjoy helping others so together this is a great hobby of mine.Current Lenses24-85g - walk around50 1.8 and 85 1.8 - Job specific.As you can see I am missing out of the wide and long ends.&nbsp; My budget is roughly $1400 dollars and I have been killing myself in reviews for over a month.&nbsp; My options are as follows.Option 1.Nikon 70-200 f/4.&nbsp; This will pretty much limit me to one lens purchase and still be limiting me in the 200-300 range which I beleive I need for youth sports.&nbsp; Cropped to 300mm I guess would it be just as good as the Tamron 70-300 or the nikon 70-300 in the 200-300 range which I am concerned with.Total Cost $1400Option 2.Nikon 70-300 VR , for youth sports, and a nikon 28 f/1.8g, to shoot low light/indoor wide angle.&nbsp; It also finishes off my G prime set.Total Cost $1300Option 3.Tamron 70-300 VC, I have read over and over this lens is sharper at the +200 range than the Nikon version.&nbsp; I would like to stay nikon but also want the better of the two.&nbsp; Pairing that with the nikon 28 f/1.8 also.Total Cost $1050</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fhibbs12, post: 146937, member: 12196"] Well I got money to spend and an addiction to satisfy.... Background I don't get paid and don't want to. I would consider myself to be an advanced amature. Taking portaits/jobs for friends/family that can't afford otherwise. I enjoy taking pictures and enjoy helping others so together this is a great hobby of mine. Current Lenses 24-85g - walk around 50 1.8 and 85 1.8 - Job specific. As you can see I am missing out of the wide and long ends. My budget is roughly $1400 dollars and I have been killing myself in reviews for over a month. My options are as follows. Option 1. Nikon 70-200 f/4. This will pretty much limit me to one lens purchase and still be limiting me in the 200-300 range which I beleive I need for youth sports. Cropped to 300mm I guess would it be just as good as the Tamron 70-300 or the nikon 70-300 in the 200-300 range which I am concerned with. Total Cost $1400 Option 2. Nikon 70-300 VR , for youth sports, and a nikon 28 f/1.8g, to shoot low light/indoor wide angle. It also finishes off my G prime set. Total Cost $1300 Option 3. Tamron 70-300 VC, I have read over and over this lens is sharper at the +200 range than the Nikon version. I would like to stay nikon but also want the better of the two. Pairing that with the nikon 28 f/1.8 also. Total Cost $1050 [/QUOTE]

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