Re: Nikon Lens suggestions

I am kinda old school on this stuff cause I generally don't take much with the still cameras anymore, although I started out doing 50-50 with moving images and stills back in the day. Even own a Pentax 6x7. Nowadays my outings are fewer, and I generally have my hands full with video. Sunday I shot some WW2 stuff including a flight of a P-51 and 7 flights of the B-25. On one of the B-25 flights they made a real low pass over the airstrip and I was thinking it would have been cool for someone to have a still of that with no gear down. I think I understand all the different scenarios, and one thing I had not considered was not only the hassles of changing lenses but the dust aspect of things, not to mention possible damage when changing. Thus the 18-300 makes a lot more sense since you have everything in one lens that you will ever need, especially on the wide end. If you rule out the 70-300 because its an FX, then you are left with the choice of the 55-300 or the 18-300. This makes the difference in price much greater though at $300.00 more for the 18-300. Not sure we can justify it as we don't do a lot of shooting. However, it might make us want to travel a bit more, which would be a good thing! Hey, with the money I am saving from flanger trips I should buy one for my wife and daughter!!!
Thanks for the help guys
Greg