Nikon zoom lens

[cohare]

My wonderful husband has told me to go out and buy myself a zoom lens for my Nikon D90.
I am planning to keep the price to under 500.

I am having a hard time figuring out what the difference is between thse two lens.
Nikon Nikkor AF-S Telephoto zoom lens - 55 mm - 300 mm - F/4.5-5.6 - Nikon F
and the
Nikon Zoom-Nikkor Telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm - F/4.5-5.6 - Nikon F

Is it just the zoom range that is diiferent? why would the 70mm be more expensive?

Or can anyone suggest another lens?

[Terry D]

Good site to compare lenses:

http://www.dpreview.com/products/compare/lenses

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm

Hope it helps! :)

[Bob G]

I've got this one
Nikon Zoom-Nikkor Telephoto zoom lens - 70 mm - 300 mm - F/4.5-5.6 - Nikon F

But it's the ED IF VR version. It's Great!!

[cohare]

@bobg Do you know the difference between the two versions? The one you got appears to be about 100 dollars more?

[Thom Mitchell]

Nothing constructive to contribute, but just observe that apparently there's no sign at your house: “Please don’t feed the monster.”
No such sign at this house, either! ;)

[Eric]

@cohare The Nikon 70-300mm is for Full Frame Sensor like D3, D700. Its also somewhat semi-Pro lens. While the Nikon 55-300mm is a DX lens for APS-C Sensor like d90, d300, D7000,etc for consumer lens. Full Frame lenses are more expensive than DX lenses but you can use both lenses on your D90 but the Nikon 70-300mm will be equivalent to 105-450mm on your D90. I also think Nikon 70-300mm focuses faster and has less distortions.

[cohare]

@ericmabalot wow! thanks! this helps a lot.