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<blockquote data-quote="john*thomas" data-source="post: 502646" data-attributes="member: 16937">Generally speaking for soccer you are correct. You mentioned low light and IMO that is where the VC helps. &nbsp;&nbsp;For the money the T[FONT=OpenSans, arial, sans-sarif]amron 70-200 f2.8 Di lD If is a great lens. I have one....being on a budget I was able to find an official refurbished [/FONT]with a warranty for $599 (U.S.) The cheapest Tamron 70-200 Di VC I could find was grey market with no warranty for $1000 (U.S.). &nbsp;&nbsp;I read and read and read and asked here and while anything you read is only someone else's opinion, everyone had the same opinion. The Nikon 70-200 is a great lens.....it's a lot of money. The 80-200 lags behind them all. The Newer 70-200 VC is as good and many say better than the Nikon 70-200 and it's half the money. The older 70-200 Di Id Lf has limitations the VC has addressed but if you can live with that you can get one much cheaper.&nbsp;&nbsp;I also find that when you have the equipment that does other things well you end up expanding your range of taking pictures. From my researching the Tamron 70-200 Di ID Lf refurbished wasn't much more expensive than the 80-200 used and by all accounts was still a much better lens.&nbsp;&nbsp;None of it probably matters if you are taking pics in good light....The lens you have will do a great job now. Either of the Tamron's will do a better job in low light with the VC doing a superb job by all accounts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="john*thomas, post: 502646, member: 16937"] Generally speaking for soccer you are correct. You mentioned low light and IMO that is where the VC helps. For the money the [B]T[/B][FONT=OpenSans, arial, sans-sarif][COLOR=#464646]amron 70-200 f2.8 Di lD If is a great lens. I have one....being on a budget I was able to find an official refurbished [/COLOR][/FONT]with a warranty for $599 (U.S.) The cheapest Tamron 70-200 Di VC I could find was grey market with no warranty for $1000 (U.S.). I read and read and read and asked here and while anything you read is only someone else's opinion, everyone had the same opinion. The Nikon 70-200 is a great lens.....it's a lot of money. The 80-200 lags behind them all. The Newer 70-200 VC is as good and many say better than the Nikon 70-200 and it's half the money. The older 70-200 Di Id Lf has limitations the VC has addressed but if you can live with that you can get one much cheaper. I also find that when you have the equipment that does other things well you end up expanding your range of taking pictures. From my researching the Tamron 70-200 Di ID Lf refurbished wasn't much more expensive than the 80-200 used and by all accounts was still a much better lens. None of it probably matters if you are taking pics in good light....The lens you have will do a great job now. Either of the Tamron's will do a better job in low light with the VC doing a superb job by all accounts. [/QUOTE]

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