Nice range on FF. Last year was using 85mm on D90 for a while, find it too tele Wonder how those guys shoot with 135mm on FF for full body portraiture, need stand far away lol.

everytime i use my 17-55, i wish it had extra reach cos sometimes lazy to take that extra 2 steps or so.
then i go to 17mm and realise its more needed, cos sometimes u got no place to step back.

now if only nikon would release a 17-70 f/2.8

Thanks mate, what are the typical brands of lens that goes with a d3100? I've done a lil bit of research and now all I know is Nikkor =.=

no need, thats what a 70-200 is for

actually can someone explain camera body (canon, nikon, sony) motor stuff and lenses (canon, nikon, sony) motor stuff.

what happen if the camera body no motor and lens no motor? can the camera do Auto focus? what happen if motor body with no motor lens? I thought every lens minimum come with the cheapest screw drive motor besides the SAM, SSM, HSM, USM?

relatively silent but some are abit noisy also like the 300mm f/4 af-s i tried before...

there is a reason why those fixed apeture F4 lens have VR whereas the F2.8 lens do not...think bout it.

Then, that would be the time when flashgun to be brought out

Hahaha I like the flash answer.

But if flash nt allow. Then VR will be handy.

There's a lot of if, better than none imo

D3S + pump crazy ISO

Should take care of it i guess  

Given if stage situation, using 17-55 or 24-70 will be relatively lack of reach. I bet these two lenses aren't mean for those. If that's the case, the 70-200 VR will be much more suitable.

This taken early this year, decent i guess

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Only stage light with tokina 50-135mm F2.8, no vr lens

Yet to experience such situation... but... given that kind of situation where you'll hit 1/15 even at f/2.8, I bet you'll have problem focusing too.
Round viewfinder?

umm, doesnt the A100 have in-built image stabilization?

Apologize in advance if I'm wrong, given at f/2.8 ~ f/4, with that kind of lighting should be able to hit at least 1/60 at ISO800 ~ ISO1600, isn't?

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Added on September 5, 2011, 12:47 am

All Sony's DSLR equipped with SSS (Super Steady Shot) if I'm not wrong.

there is a reason why those fixed apeture F4 lens have VR whereas the F2.8 lens do not...think bout it.

sifus,
so what lens suit that? 
or comment at facebook page also can.

There is no One Ultimate All Rounder Lens as you may wished or wanted. Photography is very subjective, preference can be from many views, aspect, likeliness, habit, attitude, etc. What that fits one will not fit all. Some prefer sharpness, some prefer bokehliciousness, some prefer versatile reach, some prefer contrast, some prefer lightweight... and many more.

If your friend know not about Nikon Centre at Berjaya Times Square that has a library of lenses for testing, bring her there and help her to decide which suits best for her. What I mean by help, is explaining the differences between the lenses rather than telling her what to pick base on your judgement. Don't be surprise you'll learn something too in the process.

A friend of mine from HK looked for me last week (via chatting) stating that he's interested to get a DSLR. After almost a week of discussion and explanation, he bought Panasonic Lumix LX5 few days ago and he's damn happy with the purchase for not making the wrong decision. People tends to make wrong decision for insufficient understanding

I thought he meant "dust entering inside the lens"..

My 70200 is weather sealed, but its full of particles lol.

pic spam... too bad no eye contacts