OddJobber wrote:
As for the lens, I have constantly read and seen that as the more the zoom factor (e.g., 18-300mm = almost 17X zoom) increases, there are (of necessity) more compromises made in the construction of the lens.
More practically, I would highly recommend the Nikon 18-200mm 1:35-5.6 G ED DX (11.1X zoom). Much sharper.
What Id been told over the years was that the greater the zoom ratio, the worse the sharpness was at both extremes of the zoom range.