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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 261997" data-attributes="member: 14443">Dude, its a killer lens. and at 2.8 its pretty sharp, but very sharp at f4 or even 4.5. you can find a used 80-200 AFD for around $500 used in excellent condition down the line. that 70-200 VR1 VR2 will cost 1200 used and $1700 used or $2400 new for the VR2 quite a heavy hit to the pocket. and the tamron 28-75/80-200 are excellent lenses. funny how people forget older lenses like theyre garbage now that the 70-200 versions were out. the 70-200VR1 came out, all of sudden the 80-200 AFS was just crap and horrible and thatnk god the 70-200 VR1 came out because we were just suffering too much! same with the 24-70. I wouldnt buy that lens if it was free. Id take it and sell it and get another 28-70 AFS because really the only difference youll see is when youre zoomed in to 100% and comparing one on one. and most likely the photographers skill was the reason the images came out bad. all the lenses I mentioned are tack sharp and if you arent using a lens on a tripod, you arent using its full ability anyway. we hand hold and expect tack sharp. how ironic. put it on a tripod and youll be amazed how sharp the lens really is. get the tamron and dont look back. hands down its the best logical decision here. the sigma is too soft, the nikkors are too expensive and tokina are stupid they dont offer any 24-70/70-200 as of now. but their 16-28 will spank almost all WA zooms including the 16-35 AFS and the 17-35mm without any effort.btw, I had the 35-70 AFD I bought from a good friend/mentor for almost nothing. the push pull is hard to adjust too and the push pull is counter intuitive because its backwards and confusing at times.</blockquote>

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