300mm f 2.8 is back ordered at BH and NIKONUSA, any new model is coming???

niconatal

Does anybody knows if a new 300mm f2.8 is coming?? is back ordered at BH and NIKONUSA

HockeyMan

I asked the same question 3 years ago. The Nikon Buying Guide on this website says "wait". I should have just bought it when I had the chance.

https://forum.nikonrumors.com/discussion/4484/why-does-the-buying-guide-say-wait-for-the-300mm-f-2-8-vrii

See this post from 2015. If there is a rumor about a new one, it would have been posted on this wegsite.

PB_PM

Rule of thumb for buying lenses, if you need it now buy it. If you don't, maybe wait a while.

snakebunk

There should be a new model coming, but you never know these days because of the rumored new mirrorless mount.

The current 300/2.8 is of course excellent btw.

MrFotoFool

It has been more than two years since the last post. Yet I just looked at Adorama and it says backordered. Is this lens no longer made? (Obviously a new E version has not come out).

PB_PM

It’s likely being shipped on a by order basis. Meaning you’ll not get it without placing an order.

mhedges

I'd be pretty surprised to see an update it this point.

MrFotoFool

A friend of mine rented the 300 f/2.8 G vr ii last week and I took a couple shots with it. WOWWW! I couldn't believe the detail with my D850 when enlarged to actual pixels. My shots of the same subject with my 70-200 f/2.8 E looked blurry in comparison. Roger Cicala of Lens Rentals (whose opinion I trust more than anyone else on the internet) says it is probably the sharpest telephoto prime ever made by anyone. New ones are so pricey (and Nikon refurbished only a few hundred bucks less) but I may get a used one (which is still not "cheap" by most of our standards).