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Title: A highly desireable, impressive lens.
Review: I shopped for a while to find a used lens, but the few that I found cost nearly as much as a new one. I did not find any significant cost reduction between various retailers, except for "gray market" lenses. If one purchased a US warranty for these imported lenses, the total cost exceeded that of a new American version. So I opted to buy from Amazon, a trusting vendor and saved on the taxes.The performance of this lens is quite impressive. Just taking simple snapshots, one cannot help but see the extremely sharp imagery. Close ups are very very sharp and because of the VR feature, I was able to take most of my pictures hand held and I suffer from a tremor.On the downside it is large, heavy and pricey, but from what I can tell it is the standard by which all others are compared to. The 200mm Micro (macro) is also quite impressive but unfortunately its cost was a little much.
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