Quote Originally Posted by neuroanatomist
Let me throw one more thought at you - 100-400mm, 135mm f/2L, and perhaps the 1.4x. That combo gives you something you can't get from a zoom, a full stop faster f/2 aperture at 135mm, which is great for indoor action or outdoor portraits (a little long indoors on a crop body). You can add the TC to the prime and get 189mm f/2.8 with good IQ.

That is a good suggestion. I'm not sure though. I've already got the 85mm f/1.8, so I've got a fast portrait lens. I think the 135mm is too close to the 85mm, it's not really changing what I can shoot.The 200mm would be a different enough focal length that I could justify using a different lens rather than walking, and I'd get full speed AF at that further distance.


Again, the lottery is the solution. I'd get both the 135mm, the 200mm, as well as both the 70-300 and 100-400, as well as a series of very long primes, and a crew to carry them for me.