Hope the wife doesn't see this because shes been bugging me for one.

cheaper on ebay

nice lens for your casual photographer....couple it with the 18-55 and you have a great setup.

Can anybody recommend a good Nikon lens adapter to fit it on a T1i?

good all around lens to take places you do not want to take your expensive ones.

Uhh...NOT VR douche...

yep, not VR, same price at b&h too

came with my d60 kit from Costco (thanks Ben). True no VR on this lens. Better deal is the 70 - 300 telephoto lens, also no VR for $148 + free shipping: http://www.buy.com/prod/nikon-70-300mm-f-4-5-6g-af-zoom-nikkor-lens-f-4-to-5-6-nikon-70-300mm/q/loc/111/202894734.html

Does VR make a big difference?

#9, for a telephoto lens, VR makes a HUGE difference.

Yeah, with no VR, this is not such a great lens. At anything above 100mm, VR lets you shoot and faster shutter speeds, capturing faster motions or shooting in lower light. VR is key. I thought that price was too good to be true.

I was told (too late) to get the 18-200 lens (sure, for over 2x's the $$) but then you NEVER switch lenses...

I can sell 18-105 VR for 300$

I bought the 55-200 VR for $150 new from microcenter a bit back...so this is not a great deal.

If you can afford it, get the 18-200 VR lens. DX format is a lens made for the cropped-sensor bodies. DX bodies have an image chip is 2/3 rds the size of a film 35mm negative. The upshot is that you must multiply the stated focal length by 1.5 to get the 35mm film equivalent. So, 18mm on a DX lens is really 18 * 1.5 = 27mm equivalent. Bad if you are a wide-angle freak. Great for most folks, because the 200mm DX becomes an effective 300mm focal length. I love this format, because the DX lenses are smaller, lighter, less expensive (not "cheap") than full-frame counterparts (say, on Canon bodies). NOT that Canon is bad - Canon has great lenses & bodies. But I appreciate Nikon shrinking its lenses to save weight & money, while engineering great platforms. YMMV.

1) Nikon isn't the only one to make crop-sensor bodies. Canon makes them too (Digital Rebels).

2) The convenience of the 18-200 zoom angle is nice, but IMO it's not the best bang for the buck. Price of the 18-200 is about $700, whereas the 55-200 VR is only about $200-220. Since most people probably already have a medium zoom kit lens (like the excellent 18-55) that came with their Nikon, I'd consider buying the 55-200 and using the $500 saved toward one or more fast prime lenses. The newest 50/1.4 AF-S is about $500. Or if you get the older 50/1.4 AF-D or the great bargain that is the 50/1.8 AF-D, you'll still have enough to get the new 35/1.8 AF-S. Or use all of the $500 and get the great 85/1.8 AF-D. Whichever fast prime lens you choose, you will fall in love. Being able to shoot wide open at 1.8 vs. only 3.5 or 5.6 (the widest aperture of the 18-200) sometimes makes all the difference in being able to get the image.