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<blockquote data-quote="dramtastic" data-source="post: 200838" data-attributes="member: 16805">x 1But I'd add best within your budget as well. The law of diminishing return applies. A lens that costs 6k doesn't ever give you 6 times the IQ of one that costs 1k whether it's prime v zoom, prime v prime or zoom v zoom. Not to my eye at least. IQ is only part of the story, there are tons of sharp picture with great contrast etc but they aren't particularly interesting. A picture that is not perfect that captures a moment in time that really puts you in that place or tells a wonderful story beats an uninspiring technically perfect image every time in my book.Also agree with the poster who wrote, learn to use whatever equipment you buy to the best of it's abilities. My semi-pro mate once took a Kodak point and shoot of mine and shot photo's I could only have dreamed it was capable of. In other words, the camera had a lot more ability than I had bothered to learn about and put into practice.As an aside my Sigma AF 100-300mm EX IF HSM APO arrived today and it only weighs as much as the Nikon 300mm F4 Prime. Originally I was going to get the Nikon Prime but after reading a heap of reviews and viewing many images from the Sigma I decided the versatility of the Zoom better suited my needs. Oh and it was only $750 in virtually perfect order.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dramtastic, post: 200838, member: 16805"] x 1 But I'd add best within your budget as well. The law of diminishing return applies. A lens that costs 6k doesn't ever give you 6 times the IQ of one that costs 1k whether it's prime v zoom, prime v prime or zoom v zoom. Not to my eye at least. IQ is only part of the story, there are tons of sharp picture with great contrast etc but they aren't particularly interesting. A picture that is not perfect that captures a moment in time that really puts you in that place or tells a wonderful story beats an uninspiring technically perfect image every time in my book. Also agree with the poster who wrote, learn to use whatever equipment you buy to the best of it's abilities. My semi-pro mate once took a Kodak point and shoot of mine and shot photo's I could only have dreamed it was capable of. In other words, the camera had a lot more ability than I had bothered to learn about and put into practice. As an aside my Sigma AF 100-300mm EX IF HSM APO arrived today and it only weighs as much as the Nikon 300mm F4 Prime. Originally I was going to get the Nikon Prime but after reading a heap of reviews and viewing many images from the Sigma I decided the versatility of the Zoom better suited my needs. Oh and it was only $750 in virtually perfect order. [/QUOTE]

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