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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 151070" data-attributes="member: 13556">stevebob,I don't think that you'll ever be unhappy buying the best equipment available.  I know I never have.  I do know that I've regretted buying something that is a step down, or more, from what I really wanted.  For example, I really wanted the 70-200 2.8 AF-S VR that you're looking into, but "settled" for the 80-200 2.8D instead.  Well after using a friends 70-200 2.8 VR, I'm now planning to purchase that one later.  I could've saved the cost of the 80-200 by going with what I wanted in the first place. Was the 80-200 a mistake?  Photographly, no.  Financially, yes.  At least for me.In the end, however, I am the weak link in my photographs, and I can't blame a bad shot on my equipment.</blockquote>