See this post from 2015. If there is a rumor about a new one, it would have been posted on this wegsite.
D800, 14-24mm f/2.8, 50mm f/1.4G, 85mm f/1.4G, 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, TC17E II, D300, DX 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G. Coolpix E5400, some AI lenses from my father.
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).
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).
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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.
The current 300/2.8 is of course excellent btw.