Just to say I spoke to Neil today - very nice chap - genuine reason for sale and the 300mm f2.8 lens is the non-VR AFS II - which I can highly recommend, with or without a 2x converter. He's keen to sell as a job lot but will let Dennis know next week if he decides to split. Hope this helps, Peter

This is a list of items all for sale by a friend, anyone interested can please contact him directly, i dont want to be a middle man, i said i would put up this list as a favour to seek a good home for these much loved pieces, anyone interested in anything here can contact Neil on 07772442224 this is a rough list of what I have for sale and prices I would like Nikon D300 camera body £700.00 Nikon D300 MB10 battery pack with 4 en4 power batteries £200.00 Nikon D200 camera body with en3 battery £400.00 Nikon MB D200 battery pack with 3 spare batteries £100.00 Nikon 300mm f2.8 AFS MK2 complete with lens cover kit and Nikon padded case £2000.00 Sigma 17-35 landscape lens £130.00 Tamron 100 - 300 (new model ) £100.00 Manfrotto tripod with tripod cover kit £65.00 Manfrotto 393 head with lens mount plate £100.00 Tamrac expedition 9 backpack used twice as new £130.00 loads of sandisk memory cards including 1 32GB 90mbs cost me £398.00 remote leads various other wildlife photographers pieces this lot cost me nearly £6000.00 I would rather sell as job lot for £3500.00