80-200mm 2.8 nikkor AF D?

Looking for a fast tele lens with affordable price, so I did conclude my selection between 80-200mm 2.8 D nikkor, 70-200mm 2.8 Tamaron VC and Sigma OS 70-200mm 2.8.

I'm more keen for the 80-200mm nikkor as its cheaper and has good performance.

any suggestion or more lenses that I should check.

I think a nikon 70-200 f4 is the answer

Before buying, go to a camera specialist and actually try the lenses. Those f2.8 monsters are big and heavy. Be sure that you really do want to lug that around. It's only 1 stop faster than an f4 lens, but it's much bigger and heavier.

Of those three I would go for the Nikkor. It's a cracking lens. For the money it's hard to beat, but it's not cheap and at 1.3Kg it's not light!

That "cheaper" nikkor lens is still a thousand bucks (in USD anyway).

I highly recommend getting your hands on the nikkor and the sigma and playing with them. Find someone that owns one and visit with it. Or rent them, or even just play in a camera shop for a while.

See how they feel, how easy they are to use as well as the image quality.

When comparing images, make sure you look at the character of out of focus highlights as well (the "bokeh") and see if these are clean and round and smooth when the lens is wide open.

Also, if you are going to be doing any handheld shots with it, definitely test how well the image stabilization works with your camera body -- not by looking, but by taking a lot of test shots at different focal lengths and slow shutter speeds, like 1/30th.

The last bit that people forget to check is the focus speed. On your camera body, how quickly does the lens find and then get to the correct focus? Does it tend to overshoot and waggle in and out?

Different factors will have different levels of importance depending on what sort of shooting you are planning to do with it. You can shoot portraits with it, or sports, or even video, so you usage will be a big factor. (For example, shooting video you will want the ability to manually focus easily and for shooting sports you may really need for the autofocus to not slow you down).

That Nikon guy on you tube does a pretty sweet comparison between these lenses. Check him out here.

A huge question I have is which Nikon camera you have. If it's an entry level Nikon DSLR like the D3100 or D5100/D5200, then the Nikon 80-200mm AF-D won't autofocus for you. If you have a D90, D7000, or above, then all three will work for you.

The new Tamron VC and the Sigma HSM lenses offer very good optical results, but with a generic design and build. Truth be told, I use a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 HSM lens (older model) as my regular low-light/fast action lens of choice.

My understandng is that the Sigma HSM built-in autofocus motor is faster than the Tamron one, and definitely beats the screw connection used by the Nikon 80-200mm AF-D.