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<p>24-120 f4.</p>

<p>Don't loan it to your daughter, you may not get it back!</p>

<p>70-200 2.8</p>

<p>I say get a D7000 to replace the D300. Then you can have the extra reach of the cropped sensor. I currently have a D3 and a D7000, though I like the D3 much better, the 7000 is great when I need to make my 400 act like a 600.</p>

<p>VERY IMPORTANT:<br>

Make sure that you meter once on the subject and leave your camera in manual. Because, everytime you or the dancers move, you could be metering on a shadow. Also, if you want to stop the action, you ar egoing to need at least a 250th of a second shutter speed. You should therefore push the ISO as far as you can stand, relative to noise (insert D3s at ISO 6400). But short of the D3, if you can get a reasonable ISO of about 1000 or so, you could be okay--you see, the spot light is usually pretty bright--you will loose the shadows, however.<br>

Enjoy!</p>

<p>I paid about $1500 for mine, with a 1.4x and a nice case. It works well, but I don't really use it much--it's pretty heavy.</p>