Tokina AT-X 80-400mm f4.5-5.6

     This lens needed some TLC and thankfully it was accessible and cleanable.

     My copy has a Nikkor AF-D mount.  It does not have vibration reduction, but it is the 2nd version with the tripod collar.  Shooting without the collar at 400mm would be quite difficult.  The collar does interfere a little with the zoom ring.  It is an AT-X model so it is built like a tank and it is noy any longer than a 70-300mm lens.  I can say that it peforms very well from 80 to 300mm.  300 to 400mm is a different story. It's as if there are two different lenses with two different sets of characteristics existing in one lens body.   If you use it as an 80-300 you will be quite pleased with it.  Beyond 300mm you must stop down to f8 or f11 to correct for abberations.   Overall it is a very good lens for an amateur who wants to step up from the average 70-300 lens.   On the used market it is very atttractive.