Choices for lens and where to get one cheap...

[PatrickHMS]

I agree with Ken about the Nikon 18-200mm VR lens.

I had one, gave it an honest tryout, but was never pleased with it. Seemed to do the lens creep it wasn't supposed to do, the VR was irritatingly noisy (you could hear clicking) anytime the lens felt movement, and the IQ wasn't any better, if even as good, as the 55-200mm VR kit lens I already had.

I believe I would be much more interested in the Sigma 18-250mm or the Tamron 18-270mm lenses than I ever would be in the Nikon 18-200mm VR.

And I L-O-V-E my Sigma 18-50mm constant f/2.8 HSM Macro lens.

 

[SushiWarrior]

I noticed the Tamron 28-200 and that seems like quite the deal for $200-220. I don't mind making compromises in image quality as I like to rate my images by composition and such rather than worrying about distortion (which can be corrected) and having the absolute sharpest lens. I think I'll save up for something similar to that.