Bryan I took another look at your site. And now I'm really not sure what to say... I think we have different standards. The pictures I think are boring might make you the most of money [:P] I take quality over quantity, but that's also the reason I don't ask money for my pictures, because I can't guarantee that everyone is on a picture. I throw away pictures I find not sharp enough, boring and cut off limbs and helmets and stuff like that. But I know people in general don't think those things matter, so they will buy them whatsoever. I never get it, but that's probably me [:P]


So in that case the 70-200 2.8 might be a good option, but yes you will loose the IS and panning mode which makes the lens really handhold-able(which you choose to be usefull or not). You make money out of it, so you have to start thinking what is more important to you. How you get the most money out of your pictures or how you make the most eye-catching pictures.


Also think about how you focus. If you don't focus on the head with 200mm at f2.8 you might get disappointed by the number of out of focus pictures. I even had that with f4. I was tracking people with centerpoint focus and tried to fill the entire frame, so I focused on the chest of people and even then sometimes the face was slightly out of focus.





The same thing counts for a prime. Yes 1.4 or 1.8 is a nice number, but at a fixed focal length you might miss some shots, which could cost you some money....





Good luck with your choice![]