Quote Originally Posted by Alan92RTTT View Post
Its a birthday gift $159 from amazon is well worth it. Given my D5000 is DX format its basically 450mm on the long end.
Sooo.... I was thinking you said 70-300 VR. But then I saw $159. What brand did you end up getting? I know I looked at a couple of the Quantaray and other 70-300's. Some did seem to have a usefull "close focus" capability. I never shot with them beyond mounting to my camera in the store, though. Ended up with the Nikon branded one for a pretty ok deal.

EricB