Jeep_Joseph

Great. hope you leave a review on it soon

Here is a fairly cheap one from Japan ...

Yeah, avoid the d series as it's just a flat out dog. The micro contrast, bokeh, spatial linear transmission (sharpness), and chromatic aberration are all improved on the 80-400 g from what I ...

I have to say, you did an amazing job of cleaning that.  Looks brand new.  Do you work on lenses proffesionally?

Depends on the scratch or dust really, especially if the element is miniscus

Thanks, what's a slalom?  I know nothing about sports, just to follow the ball

I am friends with the manager of a large camera store that is also the former Makita race team photographer. He says the 200-500 is a solid lens that punches above it's price class, but the ...

Thanks, yeah I agree with that last line. I had the choice of the 200-400 vr1 or a 300 2.8 vr2 for 1700. I half regret not buying the 300, just due to seeing what they go for. But I didn't ...

I am suprised, have you tried ebay?  An auction could help, the only thing is if you are new to selling you can't go above 500 bucks

I love my 200-400, cant believe I only paid 1300 bucks on it. Great lens, fast af, solid VR, great output.  Many people online complain about it, and I see it being a problem with the learning ...

I hate to argue, but i wouldn't get a 100-400 for sports. Even my old 80-400 g sucked for sports, and it runs laps around the Tamron and Sigma

Thanks, sorry for some reason I read it as em5mk1

There is a huge jump between the 12-45, 17-70, and the 18-105.  The 12-45 is going to be the best lens out of the three, by far. If you keep the D7000, get the 17-70.  I would also try to get an ...

Woah, yeah not the R5 for a beginner. I would look more in the direction of rp, maybe r. If she shoots action and if money is no object then i would look in the direction of r6

200-500 by far, not even a comparison. Since you mentioned hiking, have you considered the 80-400 afs or the 300 pf?  The 80-400 is better than all three of the lenses you listed, and may be in ...

300 f4d afs if you can live with a prime. If possible, 300 2.8d afs. There is also the 70-200 vr1 with a tc14elll

For 800 bucks, body only i would be looking in the direction of D800/800E

I miss micro four thirds for travel. And it isn't terribly expensive. I would start with the 12-100 and em1mk2 at least. If your on a very tight budget, em1mk1 with the 12-50 and 100-300 isll

The only third party brand I would worry about is Zeiss, so i think I could live without third party support. Plus, hopefully I could adapt

So I am about to finally buy a long fast lens. I have been eyeing the 200-400 vr1 as they are dirt cheap, but how bad is the t stop?  Do the af motors always fail?  And how bad is it on the long end?