Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR AF-S $1426 Shipped

This lens is the king in its class. Most places sell this at $1799 and is often on back order. The used lens is selling much higher on eBay. You can get a brand new one for $1426 after MSN live CashBack.

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Nikon 70-200MM

The math:

1629-203=1426

Etronics is an authorized Nikon reseller, and has a rating of 9 out of 10 at Resellerrating.com in the past 90 days.

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I often see the used on at eBay for around 1k.

This is a must for the Nikon / Fuji pro cameras.

charly said: I often see the used on at eBay for around 1k.

This is a must for the Nikon / Fuji pro cameras.

Then if I were you id be buying them and making 500 buck profits off them. Where ever you saw this lens SELL for 1k that means the seller needed the cash in a hurry or it was stolen.

I have this lens and its a brute on long shooting days with the batt grip also. Buy it if you have the money!

This is a really nice lens. I have owned it for about 2 months now and love it!

I can't justify the price for my needs

Treat it as free leasing. Used it for a few years. You can re-sell it about the same money or at most $200 less.

aleck said: MaxMojo said: I can't justify the price for my needs. But I also wonder if buying VR lenses is the way to go. My guess is that eventually Nikon is going to move the VR mechanism into the camera body like Pentax et al. It seems to have the same benefits, should be less expensive, and the complex machinery is in just one item instead on many.
If Nikon wanted to do it, they would have done it already. But apparently they and Canon have customer base loyal enough to continue selling VR lenses like hotcakes and making good $$$ on them.

If I were betting on future technologies, I'd say that VR in still photography will become unnecessary in a few years. The latest cameras already shoot at 3200 ISO virtually without any noise. Long shutter speeds will be soon a thing of the past along with the need for vibration compensation technology.

3200 without noise?

On my list of lenses to get. Not gonna pull the trigger at this time, though.

Nikon Mall used to have these lenses factory refurbed for $1300 IIRC. Don't see them now; don't know if they'll come back.

aleck said: The latest cameras already shoot at 3200 ISO virtually without any noise.

Who makes this wunder camera that you refer to?

aleck said: MaxMojo said: I can't justify the price for my needs. But I also wonder if buying VR lenses is the way to go. My guess is that eventually Nikon is going to move the VR mechanism into the camera body like Pentax et al. It seems to have the same benefits, should be less expensive, and the complex machinery is in just one item instead on many.
If Nikon wanted to do it, they would have done it already. But apparently they and Canon have customer base loyal enough to continue selling VR lenses like hotcakes and making good $$$ on them.

If I were betting on future technologies, I'd say that VR in still photography will become unnecessary in a few years. The latest cameras already shoot at 3200 ISO virtually without any noise. Long shutter speeds will be soon a thing of the past along with the need for vibration compensation technology.3200 without noise? Which do you upgrade more often - body or lens? In the body you can't see the stabilized image through the optical viewfinder.

Thisismatt said: body or lens? In the body you can't see the stabilized image through the optical viewfinder.
You're right in theory but it doesn't matter in practice since light travels fast enough and your eyes are way better at handling shake than the sensor.

I've read several reviews saying that in-body VR doesn't do as good a job because of the location of the parts that are moving. +1 recommendation for the lens, it's an amazing and versatile lens.

f2000sa said: I can't justify the price for my needs

Treat it as free leasing. Used it for a few years. You can re-sell it about the same money or at most $200 less.

I have collected $3000 worth of lenses based on this theory and I have never sold any.

Be careful with CashBack from Etronics. I purchased a Sony product last month and the CashBack showed up in my account within a couple of days but Etronics notified MSN Live that the product was returned or refunded and they (prior to my receiving the initial shipment) removed the CashBack award from my account. I emailed MSN with the UPS tracking number plus my initial purchase order and convinced them that Etronics was misrepresenting the facts and they reinstated the CashBack award but upon investigating with Etronics they were told that they paid another CashBack service so I never received the initial CashBack to my account and decided that Etronics could not be trusted to deal with.

AzianFleeMarket said: Dang... i might just want to buy it. I might have to sell my 80-200 f/2.8 NIkon, 80-200f/2.8 Tokina ATX-pro and the 18-200 VR ... to fund this baby.
If you're going to shoot FX format, I wouldn't sell the 80-200 Nikkor because the 70-200 one is much softer on edges in FX and 35 mm. VR is very useful feature for this kind of zooms, though, so I would keep both.

Anyone get a MS notice email for CashBack on an order placed from Etronics? How long did it take? I placed an order Friday and have not received an email yet. I placed an order with OfficeMax this morning via live CashBack link and have already received a notice from MS to finish my CashBack transaction...

I don't see that lens on etonics as of now.

This is my all time favorite piece of glass! I have used it for everything from covering pro basketball to weddings and chasing my little niece.

Back in June I spoke with a longtime Nikon rep and he mentioned that it takes about 18 months to create the lens including cooling time. The reason it was tough to find for awhile is that they were not prepared for such demand. Many pro Canon sports shooters switched from their gear to Nikon before the Olympics. I am not a Canon shooter so I am not familiar with a specific problem that their top of the line camera body was having, but heard about it at recent workshop I attended.

Great lens. If you need it, you'll know already. If you'll just want it, well, it's a different story.

For DX shooting (due to soft edges on FX mentioned before), it is the unqualified king in its category. For most people though, the 18-200dx will suffice. Coming from an addict; you really need both...

Nikon is coming with a VR II version of this lens... so wait if are buying this...

I have this lens, and its SPECTACULAR!! one of the best lenses I've ever used. The BOKEH is to kill for.

redindian said: Nikon is coming with a VR II version of this lens... so wait if are buying this...

I have this lens, and its SPECTACULAR!! one of the best lenses I've ever used. The BOKEH is to kill for.

did you read this somewhere? almost jump to buying a used one.

flash0777 said: king0fSpades said: f2000sa said: I can't justify the price for my needs

Treat it as free leasing. Used it for a few years. You can re-sell it about the same money or at most $200 less.

I have collected $3000 worth of lenses based on this theory and I have never sold any.

Is it because you like all those lenses or just procrastinating? I am not trying to judge you. Just trying to understand the reason behind not selling unused stuff.

I have 17-40 F4/L, then I got 24-105 F4/L IS, I thought I will sell 17-40, but kept as I like it very much.

I have 70-200F4/L, 17-40 F4/L, 24-105F4/L, 50 F/1.4 and 100mm macro. I don't want to sell any of these as the copies that I have are very sharp.