"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 17:58:17 GMT, Chas Wade
wrote:

Thanks Charlie, that's my work horse, Nikkor 28-200 zoom.

I've been looking at that lens, as well as the Tamron 28-300 XR. I've
seen some shots taken with it that are really nice too. I want to get
something with a little more 'reach' than my 24-85mm Nikkor for when I
go out west this summer.
--
Charlie...

Keep the 24-85 and add a Nikkor AF 80-200 f2.8D ED to your collection.
A classic lens and among the sharpest there is.
The problem with lenses like 28-200 and/or 28-300 is that they often enough
aren't all that light sensitive and equally often have distortion problems
in the wide angle range.
In a purely photo-technical point of view you may get much better
performance using two lenses. Then there is the issue about carrying more
than one lens on your fishing trip, in which case the two earlier mentioned
lenses would be preffered.

/Roger