Rodolfo Paiz
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BioBanker wrote:
What would YOU do?
Get the lenses you're going to use. And try to get lenses that you're going to keep. Selling and buying to either upgrade or downgrade gets expensive real quick.
You seem to be yearning for something optically better than the 70-300 VR, and that's the 70-200. You get the low-light capability at f/2.8, fantastic quality still at 280/4 with the TC (and I'll tell you that the 340/4.8 you get with the 1.7x TC is unbelievably good too), and you get the flexibility of the zoom. The 70-200 v1 is ideal for DX, and I've put maybe 50,000 clicks through one... loved every minute of it. Instant AF, great balance, sharpness you can shave with.
You've said you wouldn't use the 300/2.8 much, and it is a prime so either you have a use for it or you don't. That's a lot of money to spend on something that won't get much use. So spend it if you got it, and you want it, and you won't miss the cash that's parked in the lens. It's the only way you're going to get f/2.8 at 300mm, so if you need it, then you need it. But if you don't need it... it's an awful lot of dough.
Resale value should not be a major concern, because you should be buying it to use it, not to sell it. Besides, the lens will hold its value much better than the camera will, way better than your car will, and orders of magnitude better than your computer will.
Seriously: get what you're going to use and keep. In the end, you will know better than anyone else what that is.
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. Ive had my trusty 70-200VRI for 6+years. It just got back from the Nikon Hospital for some minor repairs and cleaning. Man they do good work. During the 6 weeks it was gone man did I feel naked. The D3s looks awesome but I dont need it. I want it but I like glass more 
