I just want to add something that nobody has yet mentioned: it won't make any difference on your D7000, but I experienced some vignetting with 80-200 lens on a Full Frame body (mine was D700). It wasn't so obvious but the corners are often darken in pictures. The 70-200 is however fully optimized for Digital Full Frame cameras so it will be a good investment if you think to upgrade your body in future. VRII will be the best of all but you can save money if the previous version without VRII is good enough for you.