Today I picked up a nikkor 55-200 mm lens for my D40. This is a zoom lens or “telephoto” which both basically mean the same thing.
D-SLR’s use measure zoom differently to regular point and shoot and is called “focal length” which is measured in mm as you would measure zoom on a point and shoot (3x zoom, 10x zoom, etc.).
This lens starts at 55 mm which is the maximum focal length of my original 18-55mm kit lens which came with the camera body and goes up to 200 mm which I think is alright since I can’t see myself shooting anything beyond that, if not a crop tool always comes in handy. Its given me some experience in purchasing lens’s as you have to think practically of what your going to shoot. I’ll most commonly use this lens for the moon or nature in the garden so that I can step back while I shoot.
There are downsides to this as you may find you need to swap lens’s quite regular which can be quite a tedious thing trying not to expose your sensor to much. An alternative to it would to purchase something like a 18-200 which was £500 in store, I don’t think so...
I was saving for one though my parents were confused with the lens name and length so we went out today and purchased it. I hope they don’t ask me to wrap it up..


All in all I think this is a good budget telephoto lens for someone who is beginning photography like me.
If your after this lens. The exact model is:

AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4~5.6G ED

Thanks for reading. Merry Christmas!