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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve in Oz" data-source="post: 656502" data-attributes="member: 41182">A few things I'm keen to hear people's thoughts about.I've read a lot about the 70-300mm AF-P DX f/4.5-6.3G ED VR zoom. Pretty hard to ignore it, it costs $400 (about USD320) in Australia. Reviews are for the most part very good: seriously good value for money.I'm wondering if what we're seeing here the 'new normal' in lens manufacture: modern glass (or whatever substitute Nikon use) that gives image quality, as good as a lens that cost ten times as much, ten years ago?Put another way: am I better off buying this DX 70-300 new at $400 than, say, looking for a second-hand 70-300 that might be several years old and not be up-to-date in terms of manufacturing technology. In so many industries, tech has got better, while costs of manufacture have gone down.The other thing is the VR. This lens as we know does not allow VR to be switched off on the D7200. Every benefit has a cost: what do I lose by have VR permanently engaged?(My day-to-day lens on the D7200 is the 16-80mm f/2.8-4 so I'm spoilt for image quality)</blockquote>