12-18-2017, 08:23 AM
Thanks to both of you 
Regarding the 70-300 VR: with the current retail price, I find it way overprized for sure. The predecessor can be bought used for around 250 EUR in Germany, and I don't think the new lens is so much better that it justifies investing more than 3 times the money.
However, it does have some advantages over the older lens: AF is noiseless and amazingly fast, VR has been improved, too. Gone is the distance scale, though.
@JoJu: the first generation 70-200 VR sells used in the range of 800-1000 EUR, depending on condition. However, it's definitely bigger and heavier, true.
@Dave: I have the AF-P 18-55 VR for quite a while already and like it a lot. Hoever, I can't review it on the D7200, since I can not switch off VR on that camera. Reviewing the lens will require to get a different DX review camera just for AF-P DX lenses.
Regarding the 70-300 VR: with the current retail price, I find it way overprized for sure. The predecessor can be bought used for around 250 EUR in Germany, and I don't think the new lens is so much better that it justifies investing more than 3 times the money.
However, it does have some advantages over the older lens: AF is noiseless and amazingly fast, VR has been improved, too. Gone is the distance scale, though.
@JoJu: the first generation 70-200 VR sells used in the range of 800-1000 EUR, depending on condition. However, it's definitely bigger and heavier, true.
@Dave: I have the AF-P 18-55 VR for quite a while already and like it a lot. Hoever, I can't review it on the D7200, since I can not switch off VR on that camera. Reviewing the lens will require to get a different DX review camera just for AF-P DX lenses.
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