Love the Nikon Nikkor 18 to 200mm f3.5 5.6G ED
My Nikon camera came with two kit lenses, but I really wanted something that would be at both ends of the range of those and something with vibration reduction for those long shots. I'd had a Canon and tried out both Tamron and Sigma lenses of this type, so for my Nikon, I decided to try the Nikkor lens made by Nikon. I wasn't disappointed. The lens is a little large, especially with the lens hood. It's not that heavy though, and works very well as a carry around lens for my camera. It's great outdoors. I enjoy shooting nature pictures and being able to capture those long shots of hummingbirds, close ups of flowers and everything in between. I like to shoot without a flash indoors and it is a little slow for shooting available lighting indoors. You can still use it but very carefully. For everything else, though, it is really terrific. When I sell or pass on my D40x kit, I will certainly keep this lens to use on the new D7000.
indagarden
Henderson, NV