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Look a 70-200mm f/2.8 from ANYONE (Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Canon, Pentax, Sony, Nikon, etc.) always costs the same (or more in my case, over $2K for Nikon VRII Geesh!!!)
I have been looking at the Sigma or Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8 and I can say they run about $800 ($1200 cheaper than the Nikkor version). Now the Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 is only $1000. I recently used a friends 80-200 f/2.8 and have personal mixed results, but that may also because I really didn't have a chance to put it through its paces and am quite critical of my own work.