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FylingValle wrote:Hello!
I use the D7100 along with the 80-400AFS VR, this is an excellent combination.
The D7100 has the full 51pt focus system, with the added benefit that the AF array covers a much larger portion of the image than on a full frame camera. The only limiting feature may be the small buffer, but there are things you can do to maximise this - use the fastest cards (I use the 95MB/s Sandisk Extreme Pro cards, they do make a difference), reduce file size (maybe even JPG if that suits), or there is a useful 1.3 crop option which increases frame rate and effective buffer.
The 80-400 is excellent, about the only limiting feature is that it's only f/5.6 on the long end. Other than that image quality is great, as good on the long end as the short end, good zoom range, easily handhold able.
Within the Nikon stable you'd have to pay a lot more money to get anything better.
Fiend wrote:How about this lens?
https://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-vr-zoom-nikkor-70-300mm-f%252f4.5-5.6g-if-ed.html
I acquired one for use with my D7000