Curt I understand the perceived feel and wanting the FX lens but the 55-300 has a silent wave motor and ED glass as well and not sure why limiting to 70mm on the wide end is a "better" thing. Just curious.Well there were a few factors that came into play; 2. ED feature, 3. silent wave, 4. 70-300mm (instead of 55-300mm 5. image quality.
Plus it was a FX lens (will move to a D700 sometime in the future) So I will not buy anymore DX lens.