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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 304917" data-attributes="member: 9240">If I'm not looking to sell it, does it really matter?I couldn't find the thread from a year or two back, but there's a famous photographer (don't think it was Joe McNally) that was selling his well worn 70-200mm f/2.8 on eBay.  His reasons?  (IIRC) He didn't want to lug around the sheer weight of the lens in his bag any more, and the IQ of the f/4 combined with the low light performance of modern Nikons made it no longer necessary to do so.  So you guys can argue over all the potential "what if" stuff all you want - I'll go with the opinion of a guy whose made his living using them.  I've had mine for a year now and will be happy to recycle it in 10 years for what's new if that's what's required.  I'm sure there'll be something by then that will have you all mocking the current f/2.8 in favor of it.</blockquote>