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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 23572" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Hi Lorie and welcome to the Nikonites Community. This is a great place to get help and advice. A 55-200mm for under $200? It's a close call but you should find a Nikkor 55-200mm VR for around $215. It's not a very fast lens, f/4-5.6. But it is a AF-S which is what you need for the D3000. With the D3000 you have to have a lens that has the focus drive built in the lens. The D3000 body does not have a lens focus drive built in it so you have to use lenses that do. If you are looking at other lens manufactures, be sure they have a built in focus drive that is compatible with D3000 or you will windup having to manual focus. My best advice is to go with the Nikkor 55-200mm, f/4-5.6G. You may pay a little more but you know it will auto focus with your camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>