What Would Be A Decently Priced Lens For Nikon D7000 To Take Action Photographs?

Can someone give me some advice on lenses for the Nikon D7000 to capture a sharp subject in motion whilst the background is blurry. Looking for something reasonably priced (Entry Level) but please also list the more expensive kind.

When a photographer shoots action, they are more concerned with having their shots in focus and with no blur caused by camera or subject movement

That means you need to be shooting at 1/500th second or faster and at 200 mm to 300 mm.

There's a AF-S 70-300 mm VR lens ($590) but unless you are shooting in daylight, you will be hard pressed to achieve shutter speeds of 1/500th second. That lens is great for shooting air shows and motor sports during the day too.

I use a Nikkor 300 mm f/2.8 to shoot night sports ($6, 000).

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EDIT: There's a new Nikkor 300 mm f/4 that costs about $1, 500

It's more about hte technique than the lens you use. There are two kinds of background blur. I suspect that you mean like this: If so, look at the settings shown to the right of the photo. These are typical for a "pan" shot of a subject in motion. You have to learn how to follow the subject with your camera, matching speed as you take the picture(s). I have found that around 1/60 is a workable speed that gives decent background blur. Change your aperture and ISO to allow that speed.

The other way to capture the subject sharp with the background blurry is to use a high shutter speed and a large aperture (small number). Flickr is hanging up right now, so I can't show you an example, but you get the idea. I think you want to show motion as described above anyway.

You can do this with the lens you own, I'm sure.

You didn't mention what your subject is or what yours shooting distance is, so I can't recommend a lens anyway. Your basic kit lens will work well, especially if you got the 18-135. If you want more reach, buy the 55-300 (for cheap) or 55-200 (for cheaper). The 18-200 is a very nice general purpose lens for the D7000 and it costs under $1, 000.