Hey Robert, don't worry, you are not the only one who's gonna sit Moab '09 out.

Anyway, if I was you, I would go on Amazon.com and bhphotovideo.com and read the reviews for those lenses. I can tell you right now though, that Nikkor lenses with the VR are the way to go. I bought one Sigma lens for my D80 and I will never stray from the Nikkor lenses again. Basically, just read the reviews and decide which lens would be more usefull to you. Both leneses are probably going to be really nice and produce fine photos, it just depends on what you want to use them for.

We should create a new forum topic strictly for VX photography.

Bart