Originally Posted by stickyfingerz

Im shooting for a magazine here in Nashville, and I shot primarily stage photos where lighting highly fluctuates, I need someone with more than an 18-55 zoom also, that will work well in lower light condition, and can be used sans flash at time. Currently using a Nikon d60 for most stuff I am shooting. Would like an 18-200 I think. Want it to be VR still and have auto focus built in for quick candid stuff where I don't have time to fuck with manual focus. 500.00 or less is what I had in mind but would go 700.00 to 1000.00. Looking to get something in the next month or so. Shooting ton of stuff right now as its Cma fest week. I really enjoy doing it. So what do you recommend for those conditions?