Finally going through the shots I took at my daughter's performance. The Zf exceeded my expectations in every way. I got to the event with the camera not setup at all. I had enough time to setup RAW+JPG to the proper cards and got the camera into full manual mode. I felt like I was shooting film again. SOOC with the Exceed 7 processor set to Standard is more than enough for what I need for the slideshow and video. The 300/2.8 was awesome. The real standout is the 80-200/4.5 with the square baffle...wow! I was rushing at one point and accidentally put the camera into monochrome mode...It really is just a quick mode to get into monochrome, but the output is very nice. My not so little one in a candid moment between scenes.