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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 496781" data-attributes="member: 14443">id also recommend the tamron 70-200 VC 2.8. my friend ditched 2 nikon 70-200 VR2 2.8 for the tamron. no joke. ill go to his house and do a video. I have the VR1. nice lens. I didnt upgrade to the VR2 only because of the heavy focus breathing it has. you cant compose as tight as the VR1. the reason one goes with 2.8 over 4 is not only because of more light/brighter VW, which btw, saved my ass many times when I had to shoot at 2.8 and my D3s was maxing out at iso 8000. the other reason is the creamier blur. just like someone goes for the 85 1.4 vs the 1.8 which is only 2/3 stops but shows in images. [ATTACH]181522[/ATTACH]the one whos leaning over is my friend who went to compete and he was watching some of the contests and was getting nervous. so basically no 2.8 I would been screwed. not the best quality image but acceptable and I got the shot. not with f/4 as youd have to underexpose and bump it in PP. and this was shot straight jpeg.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 496781, member: 14443"] id also recommend the tamron 70-200 VC 2.8. my friend ditched 2 nikon 70-200 VR2 2.8 for the tamron. no joke. ill go to his house and do a video. I have the VR1. nice lens. I didnt upgrade to the VR2 only because of the heavy focus breathing it has. you cant compose as tight as the VR1. the reason one goes with 2.8 over 4 is not only because of more light/brighter VW, which btw, saved my ass many times when I had to shoot at 2.8 and my D3s was maxing out at iso 8000. the other reason is the creamier blur. just like someone goes for the 85 1.4 vs the 1.8 which is only 2/3 stops but shows in images. [ATTACH=CONFIG]181522._xfImport[/ATTACH] the one whos leaning over is my friend who went to compete and he was watching some of the contests and was getting nervous. so basically no 2.8 I would been screwed. not the best quality image but acceptable and I got the shot. not with f/4 as youd have to underexpose and bump it in PP. and this was shot straight jpeg. [/QUOTE]

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