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New Rumoured 100-500

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  • Started 3 years ago by ted2001
  • Latest reply from kanuck
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  1. studio460

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    Godless said:
    If the AF is snappy enough, I´ll get myself one. If not, I´ll get the 200-400 instead.

    It's decent if you're already in-range. Slow, if not. Try to find a refurb (I got mine for only $1,050). It's a great piece of glass for the money. Isn't the 200-400mm like a bazillion dollars?

    kanuck said:
    . . . yes I'm sure it will be F 3.5-5.6 so it would never be a 2,000 grand lens. Shivaswrath seems bang on with the $1499 guess.

    I doubt it'll be that cheap. Add AF-S and VR II, and the price could creep way beyond that. I would say, at least $200-$300 more than MSRP (if not much more) than the Nikon USA price for the current 80-400mm. Maybe $1,799-$1,899?

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  2. JorPet

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    One thing about hacking up a dead thread like this all the time, is that it shows how excited everyone was a year or more ago about the imminent release of a product that then never happens. Let's let this die again and then hack it back up next January...

    Posted 2 years ago #
  3. kanuck

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    On a side note this would be a wonderful wildlife lens especially on a DX body (I'm thinking D7000 here) even without a teleconverter. The 80-400mm VR in my mind is the single Nikkor in need of a refresh over anything else in the Nikon line body or lens. I know AdamZ loves his 80-400mm VR but I believe this was one of Nikon's first VR lenses come on make a refresh its been over 10 years I think!

    Posted 2 years ago #

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