Originally Posted by
D1andonlyDman
And one can get an older 80-200mm f2.8 Nikkor Zoom for under $600 that is optically the equal of the 70-200 f2.8 AF-S VR lens that sells for $1700.
I had the first generation 80-200 /2.8 AF. Nice lens, very sharp, but really slow AF. It generally worked better as a manual focus lens.