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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 257997" data-attributes="member: 14443">WOW what a lens that 80-200 AFS! just a brilliant lens. I had it before my 70-200 VR1.&nbsp; I think quality wise, nikon has gone downhill. charging more and giving less. its not what it used to be. they can want, all they want. im not upgrading to any new lenses. id buy the tamron before I bought the nikon. im waiting to see what sigmas 24-70 f2 OS offers. but from personal experience who had the 28-70 EX and 24-70 DF they are absolutely horrible wide open and even at f/4 they arent anything to brag about. very soft. my tamron 28-75 is doing a stellar job as of now and im not really missing my 28-70 AFS on my cameras. its just working wonderfully. but I should get the lens repaired so the tamron can go back to being a backup. and whats the deal with nikon and rubber? never have I seen rubber on lenses or cameras fall apart faster than with nikon. after years and years of products, couldnt they make a lens with proper quality rubbers?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 257997, member: 14443"] WOW what a lens that 80-200 AFS! just a brilliant lens. I had it before my 70-200 VR1. I think quality wise, nikon has gone downhill. charging more and giving less. its not what it used to be. they can want, all they want. im not upgrading to any new lenses. id buy the tamron before I bought the nikon. im waiting to see what sigmas 24-70 f2 OS offers. but from personal experience who had the 28-70 EX and 24-70 DF they are absolutely horrible wide open and even at f/4 they arent anything to brag about. very soft. my tamron 28-75 is doing a stellar job as of now and im not really missing my 28-70 AFS on my cameras. its just working wonderfully. but I should get the lens repaired so the tamron can go back to being a backup. and whats the deal with nikon and rubber? never have I seen rubber on lenses or cameras fall apart faster than with nikon. after years and years of products, couldnt they make a lens with proper quality rubbers? [/QUOTE]

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