Looking for new lens.....

[photopros]

i shoot high school photos also. i have several Tamron lens. i use for football and cheerleaders is a 28-300 or a 70-300 for night football i have a Nikon 80-200 2.8i use Nikons i saw your photos on football you need to shoot closer on the action shoots a lot of your shots are to dark i hate when the kids have black uniforms but we have to live with this.you do not need 10 shots of the same thing.

[BobF]

I should also add that while the 24-105 was my main 'workhorse' lens when I shot Canon, I neve once used the IS. I've never had another lens with vibration reduction in my Canon bag nor now in my Nikon bag. Don't get all hung up on vibration reduction as a 'feature' on a lens. It's a very expensive item, particularly on Canon lenses (about $300 to $400) and of dubious actual value.

[rbsinto]

I should also add that while the 24-105 was my main 'workhorse' lens when I shot Canon, I neve once used the IS. I've never had another lens with vibration reduction in my Canon bag nor now in my Nikon bag. Don't get all hung up on vibration reduction as a 'feature' on a lens. It's a very expensive item, particularly on Canon lenses (about $300 to $400) and of dubious actual value.

I always believed VR and IS to be the solutions to non-existent problems.

[WRon]

Just a contrary note: I like VR lenses, especially on telephoto zooms, but even on normal zooms. I find that VR really helps. Bear in mind, though, that I do a lot of handheld shooting; consequently, VR has been a real help to me. If you're a tripod shooter, or if you're a really steady handholder, then VR is a waste of money. Another factor is that today's lens manufacturers are putting VR in virtually all their new releases, so it's rapidly becoming a nonchoice.