Those AWFUL 70-200 Nikon Zooms! ;-)

Robert you seem to be a glass half empty person or perhaps a perfectionist?   Just like there is no perfect spouse there is no perfect lens made by anyone.    Name any lens and it can be nit picked.

All three of the lens you mentioned have limitations but have you seen some of the incredible images they produce?   The 2.8VRII in particular is superb optically even on a D800E.   The focus breathing is occasionally annoying but I haven't lost any shots because of it.   At distance it is a 200mm lens.

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Jake