My niece and nephew started baseball this year so I figured it was time for a decent telephoto zoom. I love my nikkor 85mm f/1.8 (best lens ever) but I'm tired of missing some shots and having to crop some photos. So, I bought a grey market tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6 VC new for the same price nikkors go for used. I've never been a big fan of third party lenses but I hopefully i wont regret this one. Biggest issue is it underexposes photos and VC is noisy and a little jerky