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Nikon AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

lens · Nikon F · released 2009-07-30
Lowest now
$384
Steep discount -84% vs MSRP
Pricing by source ↓
MSRP at launch
$2,400
Jul 2009
Inventory
52
across 1 source

Lowest price we've ever observed

How we compute this

Lowest price we've ever observed. This at $384 matches the lowest we've ever recorded for this body. That's 16% of the $2,400 MSRP. Prices have been steady this month.

Based on only 1 observed day in the last 90; the trend confidence is low until our history fills in.

Lowest now
$384
MSRP
$2,400
vs MSRP
-84%
90-day low
$384
All-time low
$384 (Aug 19, 2026)
30-day trend
+0.0%
Observed across 1 source · 1 day of history in last 90 · Methodology

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Specs

Brand
Nikon
Family
Nikon
Category
lens
Body type
Mount
Nikon F
Sensor
Megapixels
Lens type
zoom
Focal length
70–200mm
Aperture
f/2.8
Weight
1540 g
Filter thread
77mm
Length
Diameter
Construction
Released
2009-07-30
Status
discontinued

Notes

Used-market staple; known focus breathing at close range.

Latest pricing by source

Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How this works.
Source Condition Price Listings Observed Link
mpb
good
→ good
$384 30 Observed 4h ago view listing
mpb
excellent
→ excellent
$774 22 Observed 4h ago view listing

Price history

One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.

See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.

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Methods

How we compute each section

References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.

1. Price history

#1.1 · Grade buckets
Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set: mint, excellent, good, fair, poor, and unknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping.
#1.2 · Missing days
A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means we didn't see a listing at that grade that day.
#1.3 · Color encoding
Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.