Hey guys, I bought the wife a D5000 for her graduation present last fall and we have two lenses right now. One is the 18-55mm that comes with it and the other one is the 55-200mm. We are getting ready to go on vacation to fish in Canada at Lake of the Woods (don't ask me how I talked her into this one), and I want to possibly rent a really good lens from someplace like Adorama. I considered the 80-400 to help her get some good bird shots but after reading the reviews I'm not so sure on this. Should I just stick with what we have? What would be the best lens for bird shots and other nature stuff? This will definitely be the only time I get her up there and I'm sure the picture opps will be crazy. I would love to have her be able to use a very high end lens without having to shell out a bunch of money to buy one.
We're still new to this but learning every day!