On 5 Mar 1999 01:55:43 GMT, doa9@aol.com (DOA9) wrote:

>Thanks for a great web site....Very useful. If you have enough time, maybe you
>can answer a lens question. I just bought the new Nikor 28-70 2.f S zoom. I
>liked the speed so much, I now want he new 80-200 AFS model. Do you consider
>this new (not yet available) zoom worth the cost and are the optics the same or
>better than the 80-200 2.8 I now own. Thanks for your input which I respect.
>Dave A. from PA.

Thanks for the comments.
I have not tried either of the new "S" lenses, but from the
look of things (and maybe the prices...;-), Nikon tried
"extra-hard" to make these good (the older 80-200 f2.8
lenses are really excellent, and Nikon added a couple
more ED elements to the new one (5 in all, as I recall...).
Lately, for me, the price of an item has to have some
commercial justification - but if you do not have that
restraint, you will probably like the images from the
new lens at least as much as from the old...;-)