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Postby photograham on Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:11 pm

I suffer from lens lust and NAS, (NAS= Nikon Acquisition Syndrome) so Gary gave me special access to Bargains last week. It worked!!!! On Wednesday I ordered and paid for a Nikon 70 - 200 F2.8 VR, and this afternoon it arrived.
What great service. Gary, thank you very much for your assistance, and please also pass my thanks onto Poon.
Only trouble is that this lens will be for my birthday, so I have to wait until the middle of next month to get it into my hands.
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Postby Pa on Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:25 pm

take her out to dinner,a nice bottle of wine or two.who knows she might let you have it early.
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Postby Oz_Beachside on Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:35 pm

Graham, you will love it!!! They look great, feel great in hand, and most importantly, get great results.

I love the fact I can hand hold 200mm at 1/25th!!!!

Enjoy, and happy birthday :D
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Postby Oscar on Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:45 pm

You should be able to use the 3 week birthday trial period for this one!! :lol:

Hmmm....my birthday is in September.....

Cheers, Mick :) :) :)
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Postby bwhinnen on Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:59 pm

Great stuff Graham! I am awaiting my new purchase as well, except I can't purchase unitl the middle of next month :(

They are a great lens, I had a play with one quickly at a camera shop on the weekend! Hand held at 1/40th @ 200mm with ease! I'm sure as Oz said lower would be as easy.
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Postby photograham on Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:49 pm

Thanks everyone. Have had a little play. Yum! Yum!
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Postby robw25 on Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:47 pm

photograham wrote:Thanks everyone. Have had a little play. Yum! Yum!


what's next graham.... the 200-400 vr ??? the 70-200 vr is one of the sharpest lenses i own

cheers rob
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Postby photograham on Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:03 am

No Rob, the 200 - 400 VR is out of budget. Though I might later on look at selling the 80-400VR and getting the Sigma 170-500 or maybe the Tamron 200-500 for their extra reach. But then there is also the 1.7 converter, and then there is..............
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Postby mark on Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:01 pm

Oz_Beachside wrote:Graham, you will love it!!! They look great, feel great in hand, and most importantly, get great results.

I love the fact I can hand hold 200mm at 1/25th!!!!

Enjoy, and happy birthday :D


Ditto - It's a great big of gear. Enjoy. :D
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Postby robw25 on Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:50 pm

photograham wrote: and then there is..............


that's the problem ... and then i'll get ......and then i'll get

looking to take that one shot !!!! ... still looking

cheers rob
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Postby gstark on Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:06 pm

photograham wrote:No Rob, the 200 - 400 VR is out of budget. Though I might later on look at selling the 80-400VR and getting the Sigma 170-500 or maybe the Tamron 200-500 for their extra reach.


No .... that is not what you want to do.

Trust me on this.

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Postby Mal on Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:16 pm

So good to hear your new toy (lens) arrived. I ordered mine on the Thursday, so here's hoping in the next couple of days...........
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