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i have a D40 as well and i've been looking into investing in a zoom camera.. maybe a 70-300mm (i like a spot of birdwatching) but i noticed a huge difference in price for lens with VR and lens without...

does with VR make a difference?

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I guess it would depend on how serious you are about the quality. I owned the 70-300 for about four days and returned it. It is very soft....and at 300 mm in is extremly soft plus at f5.6 you need alot of light which you do not always have with birding because of trees and shadows.

I traded up for the 70- 200 vr f/2.8 ..great lens. but costly. If your looking for a really good bird lens for somewhat reasonable you might want to look at prime fixed focal glass. You will also save money if you look at tokina or sigma lens...but with that said, I am a huge fan of Nikkor ED glass.

I hope that helped?
Good luck Joe

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yes it did, i was originally considering a 50-200mm... but a friend was complaining that it wasn't enough zoom.. but maybe i should try them out for myself at the shops...

tho i'm wondering what you meant by "soft"... (noob question sorry)

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No problem!!!! Soft meaning "not tack sharp"...a tad bit fuzzy.

Cheers, Joe

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