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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.

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Search completed listing on eBay, you will find that the used one is selling at around $1500. It is rare that you can get an used one for 1K.

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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!

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So sorry about the pricing. I was looking at Nikon 80-400mm. Yeah this price is great deal after all.

BusBoy said: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!

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Great price on a brand new one. I have seen used ones sell for more. Have it and love it, green all the way for the OP. Now if someone could find a Nikon D90 with 10% or more CB at live.com I would be in heaven

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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.

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Had an eye on this one... and this package is considered sale. What do you guys think?

http://www.fotoconnection.com/p68119-nikon-d40x-package-14-18-200mm-f-35.html

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

Who makes this wunder camera that you refer to?

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BusBoy said: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!

Funny that you comment on it being a brute... after borrowing a friend's lens, I decided to keep my old 80-200 f2.8d. I have the version just before they added the tripod mount. While no VR, the reduced weight makes it a bit easier to carry and handhold...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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sputnik13 said:aleck said:The latest cameras already shoot at 3200 ISO virtually without any noise.

Who makes this wunder camera that you refer to?

NIKON!
With their D3 and D700 you can shot @3200 and have virtually no noise. In low light@3200 it still has a VERY small amount of noise in the deep blacks but compared to films graininess or digitals like Nikons D2x or Canons offerings it is virtually noise free. I know this for a fact as I shoot with a D3 daily.
Check out some of the Olympics pics of the sports shooters. Used to be mostly White lenses or Canons. Now it is about 50-50 Canon-Nikon and that is in less than a year.
The original quote is a little miss worded. It should say, "The latest cameras already shoot at 3200 ISO without virtually any noise". It is not 3200 virtually but actually!

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