The 80~200 β±2.8 arrived earlier than expected. The ad read: "EX+++ MINT!"
With a grain of salt, the package was opened. Packaged expertly, and the lens is in fact a thing of beauty. In spite of the fact it's a D-Series, shaft-drive focusing optic, it reacts fine for my purposes and the "nutgrinder" sound is perfectly acceptable.
First shot with it (naturally a cat), full frame:
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Cropped in on her face:
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This was a hand-held shot, no post other than to scale it down, rest of the info with Darktable:
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