I thought the 300mm f/4.5 would be a much bigger lens. I was wrong. Compared to the 80-200, the 300mm is slimmer and lighter. Most obviously, the 80-200 takes a 77mm filter, meanwhile the oldie takes a 72mm. The 300mm is a manual focus lens with a huge and smooth focusing ring. For the 300mm, focusing in of itself is not an issue. It's only an issue when you need to focus something that's moving. The 80-200 does a better job, at least relatively speaking, in acquiring in-focus action shots using the various AF modes of the D7000. As in the case of digital, I can always counter my own deficiency in focusing fast moving objects by shooting like crazy (or use anticipation and preparation to increase the yield). In terms of optical performance, I think it's on par with my 80-200mm. The 300mm comes with a nice removable oversize tripod mount but some folks lost it, too bad so sad. The 80-200 has a smaller focusing ring and non-removable tripod mount so it won't be lost by anybody unless you lose the entire lens.
You can definitely hand hold this lens to shoot provided you have the good stance, good steady hands, a reasonably high shutter speed and don't shoot with your elbows out like an amateur should definitely help too.
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