Tag Archives: Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

An email from somebody that works for BestBuy: “I work at a BestBuy in the digital camera department and I did a little research on the Nikon 70-200mm being phased out. Sure enough it is on its way out. Our warehouse is out of them and I cannot special order one for a customer if [...]

The Japanese kakaku board (here is a bad English translation by Google) is chatting about the new Nikon AF-S 70-200/2.8G II lens. The basic specs are expected to be: VR II Nano coating New Auto focus priority and manual focus priority Weight 1540g (+70g than Gen. I) Length 209mm, slightly shorter than Gen. I Closest [...]

The Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 light gray version is listed as discontinued on the Japanese site mapcamera.com with the word “生産終了” which means “end of production”:

From dpreview: “My dealer says they cannot buy the 70-200mm 2.8 VR from Nikon anymore.” The Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G lens is probably the most speculated lens in the whole Nikon product line. Can someone confirm this report?