My old Nikkor afs 80-200-d f/2.8 died after a portrait shoot . Best shoot ever by the way until the autofocus motor slowly quit working.
I was told by two camera shops they could get my 80-200 fixed and Nikon had new motors for it. So I sent it in to get fixed and a month later was told it can't be fixed Nikon doesn't have the parts. ( maybe it's more than the motor) .
I'm going to replace the lens and I'm really considering the New 70-200 E Fl VR . I really used the 80-200 at f/2.8 almost exclusively. And this lens was one of my mainstay lenses. Probably 40% of my pictures come from this lens over all. And when doing portraits depending on the shoot it was much higher.
I shoot bands/concerts in very low light , events ,action sports and portraits mainly as my paying gigs. I'm just also getting into doing video for bands . I'll be doing live concerts and music videos. Videos that tell a story.
Here are the bodies I have : the d810 , d500 and d7000. And here is the dilemma I'm torn between getting the new Nikkor 70-200 E or (2) Sigma lenses. The new 85mm f/1.4 art and the 50-100mm f1.8 dc art.
I'm throwing this out there to get opinions from the folks who have used the Sigmas. I've experienced autofocus inaccuracies on the Sigma lenses. I've been reading a lot about both of these lenses and heard the 50-100 still has these problems and the new 85 art doesn't.
What does my hogger friends think?

My old Nikkor afs 80-200-d f/2.8 died after a portrait shoot . Best shoot ever by the way until the autofocus motor slowly quit working.
I was told by two camera shops they could get my 80-200 fixed and Nikon had new motors for it. So I sent it in to get fixed and a month later was told it can't be fixed Nikon doesn't have the parts. ( maybe it's more than the motor) .
I'm going to replace the lens and I'm really considering the New 70-200 E Fl VR . I really used the 80-200 at f/2.8 almost exclusively. And this lens was one of my mainstay lenses. Probably 40% of my pictures come from this lens over all. And when doing portraits depending on the shoot it was much higher.
I shoot bands/concerts in very low light , events ,action sports and portraits mainly as my paying gigs. I'm just also getting into doing video for bands . I'll be doing live concerts and music videos. Videos that tell a story.
Here are the bodies I have : the d810 , d500 and d7000. And here is the dilemma I'm torn between getting the new Nikkor 70-200 E or (2) Sigma lenses. The new 85mm f/1.4 art and the 50-100mm f1.8 dc art.
I'm throwing this out there to get opinions from the folks who have used the Sigmas. I've experienced autofocus inaccuracies on the Sigma lenses. I've been reading a lot about both of these lenses and heard the 50-100 still has these problems and the new 85 art doesn't.
What does my hogger friends think?

I have the pre-afs version of this lens & it is still made by Nikon as one of the few AFS lenses still available.. It will work in AF with any of the bodies you own except that the AF will be done by the motor in the body, not the lens. Do you really need the AFS ? I don't for what I shoot. No knowledge abot the lenses you mention other than what I have read & it is the same as what you have. That said, the Newest tech is not always the most cost effective, thus your choice is going to be feature set vs cost. Which is more important to you ?