mkryzan

i also shoot show jumping events ... my gear is a D5K plus Nikon 16-85 and Sigma 50-150 f2.8 (non VR, the older one which is much smaller than the new one) ... I have owned the Nikon 70-200 f2.8...

in practical real-life terms real-life terms the 18-105, 18-200, 18-55 and 16-85 are lenses that are distinguished primarily by their aperture which is f3.5 and smaller ... Nikon has done a great...

I own one precisely because it is fast, small, and inexpensive which is practically unheard of in zooms of that range... a stabilized version that has been announced but it may be bigger and more...