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See there is rumour that a new 70-300 vrii is on the cards.
Did you check the date of the rumour Iain?
The only VR version of the 70-300 *IS* VR II, even according to Nikon themselves. They claim 2.5 stops benefit but while I am not used to it the effect is dramatic in the viewfinder in middle distance. It converts my serious doddering to slow smooth motion.
Eric will be relieved to know that when the heavens opened I reverted to my 80-200 lens. The loss of pulling power was noticeable immediately and was regretted when there was an eight car collision just after the start line. The 80-200 was way too short to capture the action. Although the rain was particularly heavy and caused the images I did capture to appear hazy, I don't know if the 70-300 would have coped better.
One thing I have noticed is that if I happened to get the active focus point on a featureless part of the scene then it tended to instantly go to closest focus and take 'forever' to return to the original distance. I dealt with that by trying to make sure that the focus point was located on a contrasty object and dabbing the focus activation button immediately before making exposures. The focus limit control of the 80-200 overcomes that issue.
Posted from my iPhone.
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Robert.