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I'm a professional photographer. Weddings, portraits, concerts, landscapes, urban exploring. I do it all. I shoot with a Nikon D3 (for weddings and portraits) and D800 (landscapes and fine art shots.) I love prime lenses. I started with the Nikon FX "holy trinity" of zooms (14-24, 24-70 and 70-200). But when I looked at my metadata in LightRoom, I noticed I was pretty consistently shooting at around 105mm for portraits, 14mm for landscapes. So I switched to primes and loved them. Until I had to shoot a wedding without a 2nd shooter. I realized I needed a zoom so I got this one. I was expecting to be disappointed, but was really surprised at the quality of shots! It focuses better than the 24-70mm. Shots are as crisp as any prime lens. Portraits at 200-300mm are exquisite. The main drawback, of course, is having the aperture go to 5.6 when zoomed out. I thought this would be a real problem, but on the D3 I can boost the ISO and never miss a shot. I've used this lens indoors, outdoors, in the sun, in dark churches with no flash, and I have yet to be disappointed.