Mike, I've seem some good reviews on the new Tamron 70-300 I think DiII. That would be my first choice but it doesn't have VC. Thats the weakest part of the Nex. I guess it's not a weakness if you use Emount lenses with the OSS built in. I guess Sony kept the IBIS out to keep the size of the Nex down? I could add an A body, but I could NEVER give up the Nex. At home, my Nex sits with a Minolta 50 f1.4 mounted at all times. I don't think I could own another camera without Focus Peaking unless it's a second body. FP is soooo nice, even Pentax is putting it in their new bodies (K01 & K30).