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now if you want to talk about upgrading to f2.8 glass, that is a subject for a whole lot of money. 2.8 or fast glass is sharp and really nice, but keeping great quality slow glass or zoom can be just as rewarding.

this is a lesson i learned with my bigma (50-500) it is f4 at 50mm. boy can it capture sky a slow lens on a tripod/monopod is not that bad. even hand held the color rendition can be startling.