Well, I have taken the plunge and I am now a proud owner of a 300 f2.8 VR. I had a free hour today and visited said supplier and took a good look and feel of the lens equipped with a D2x. I felt at the time handholding was going to be easy but back home fooling around I have my doubts. The lens is as sharp as Nikon's finest (during brief testing) i.e. 70-200 f2.8VR, 28-70 f.8 and 17-35 f2.8. I'll perform a more in depth test in due course.
The best attribute of the lens is size, a physically short lens is easy to pan and handhold therefore much easier to operate. As stated before a smaller lens is more portable and thus more usable.
I look forward to the next airshow when I hope to report 100% handholding success with lots of quality 'keepers' - I also stopped by for some shredded wheat as I think I am going to need three for breakfast until then!...and after
