I'm getting a Sony DT 75-300m like that soon too. Well maybe not that soon, might have to wait till around Christmas. XD

I would say no, the zoom is fine but the aperture is was bothers me. Unless it is really bright out you may have some issues getting high speed shots in. If you mainly shooting below 1/500 I'd say its probably fine.

Ohh, nevermind this lens, just read a review on this and it doesn't even auto-focus on the d-60, d40 and d40x. -.-

probly gonna buy Nikon AF-S Nikkor 55-200mm instead. around 200$.

By soon i mean 1 month top

Yea, I kinda went broke buying my camera so I won't be getting mine for a while.

Whats the F stop on the 55-200mm? That will be a nicer addition in my opinion, you'll only skip 5mm of zoom from your kit lens.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/55-200mm-vr.htm#spex

Dunno whats f-stop, maybe help me with that ?

If you know anyone that works at a store that sells Nikon products, you can get the 55-200mm for like $110 with Nikon Employee accommodations.

you dont always have to buy new things.

you could try used camera stores, and the companies always have refurbished deals.

That is the size of the aperture, usually represented by an F then usually a range of numbers. Like on your first lens, f/4 - 5.6. The lower the number, the bigger the aperture, the more light gets into the lens, the easier it is to take pictures in darker settings and at higher shutter speeds, etc.. Your camera might be different from mine, but on mine an aperture of about 5.6 is great for outdoors, but when its cloudy out it has some issues, i usually have to take the shutter speed down to the 1/20 - 1/160 range depending on what I'm taking a photo of. Your Kit lens might actually be the same aperture as that first one, so you could test it out and see what different lighting will do for your images.

This is one of the reasons that you might see a 55 - 200mm that is $200 and another one that appears the same but is more like $2000. The lower that number the more it will cost, usually, and fixed apertures are also expensive on a zoom lens.

But that might not all be correct, it's just what I think I know.

This post was edited by kratos on Jul 2 2009 05:36am