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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 471899" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p>the 35-70 is a fantastic lens. heavier? than a hobbyist lens? well sure. if the 35-70 is considered heavy to you, then dont go for a 70/80-200 2.8. 35-70 is featherweight. the push pull will be your only hurdle with that lens. takes a bit of getting used to because its counterintuitive.  you think that extending the lens may be zooming in or getting closer and pulling it back would make it be wider but its the opposite. killer lens and easily a better decision over the variable aperture lens. no VR though. no comparison with sharpness. brighter VF and 2.8 as well. build is like when nikon made things because they cared. like a tank. today its cheap garbage plastic.</p></blockquote><p></p>