Graduation ... Almost

Graduation

I am at the point where I think a better ISO performance can help.

I am shooting at ISO 640 or lower. Anything higher would be too grainy for my taste. With my 80-200 I am set at f2.8 and I can barely hold the lens still. I am inclined to believe the D300s would probably satisfy my needs.

After shooting indoors where lighting is poor once every year or so, I really come to appreciate fast zoom lens and a low noise sensor.  Fast prime with f-stop bigger that 2.8 can be useful in addition to being a bokeh machine.  And since for the most part I can't move around in that kind of setting so a flexible zoom helps and a VR should be a big plus but hey if you don't have it what are you gonna do?  I always shoot whatever I have and just try to maximize their utilities for as long as I could.  I wish my 80-200 has VR but it would almost double its price so forget it.  Maybe I can just get a body with better frame rate so I can shoot a series and pick the sharpest or I can get a newer body with better noise performance at ISO800 and beyond.

post graduation blue, just a bit