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<blockquote data-quote="robbins.photo" data-source="post: 597783" data-attributes="member: 27043"><p>No need for conflict. My recommendation, get yourself a good used copy of a Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8 VR I.</p><p></p><p>Then find yourself a good TC-20 EII or III. This will give you a great lens to use for indoor events, etc.. and when needed the added flexibility to go to 400mm at 5.6.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of folks get pretty down on shooting a zoom lens with a TC - but really the trick is just shoot a touch wide, then crop out the corners. As it is at least in my experience your pretty hard pressed with a quality zoom and quality TC to see the differences, you really have to pixel peep to find them. </p><p></p><p>But as an example:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NqoiXG" target="_blank"><img src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5774/30468360114_1a0891af32.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/NqoiXG" target="_blank">20161126_4706</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/101097886@N03/" target="_blank">Todd Robbins</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>That was shot with a Nikon D600 with a Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 and 2x TC wide open at F/5.6. I've always found the image quality more than good enough for my needs.</p><p></p><p>At some stage yes, I want to get a 150-600mm, but for now the Nikkor with the TC is doing the job quite nicely. So this might be an option for you to consider as well, since your already in the market for a 70-200mm 2.8 anyway.</p><p></p><p>Thing I like is that I can carry one lens, and with a couple of light TC's it becomes incredibly versatile. I have a 98-280mm F4, or a 140-400mm 5.6 depending on what I need with just the one lens and a couple of very portable TC's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robbins.photo, post: 597783, member: 27043"] No need for conflict. My recommendation, get yourself a good used copy of a Nikkor 70-200mm F2.8 VR I. Then find yourself a good TC-20 EII or III. This will give you a great lens to use for indoor events, etc.. and when needed the added flexibility to go to 400mm at 5.6. I know a lot of folks get pretty down on shooting a zoom lens with a TC - but really the trick is just shoot a touch wide, then crop out the corners. As it is at least in my experience your pretty hard pressed with a quality zoom and quality TC to see the differences, you really have to pixel peep to find them. But as an example: [URL="https://flic.kr/p/NqoiXG"][IMG]https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5774/30468360114_1a0891af32.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL="https://flic.kr/p/NqoiXG"]20161126_4706[/URL] by [URL="https://www.flickr.com/photos/101097886@N03/"]Todd Robbins[/URL], on Flickr That was shot with a Nikon D600 with a Nikkor 70-200mm 2.8 and 2x TC wide open at F/5.6. I've always found the image quality more than good enough for my needs. At some stage yes, I want to get a 150-600mm, but for now the Nikkor with the TC is doing the job quite nicely. So this might be an option for you to consider as well, since your already in the market for a 70-200mm 2.8 anyway. Thing I like is that I can carry one lens, and with a couple of light TC's it becomes incredibly versatile. I have a 98-280mm F4, or a 140-400mm 5.6 depending on what I need with just the one lens and a couple of very portable TC's. [/QUOTE]
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