Camera help....

[TinkerBell]

Well I am looking to be able to get a new camera after christmas, but I need to do some research into camera's and what not, as well as advice from some clever camera peeps

I have been looking at a few camera's, mainly Nikon (sorry Betty ), but I am willing to look at others.

The two main one's I have been looking at are the Nikon D40 and the Nikon D60. I am more likely to get the D60, as it is the overall better and more advanced camera, it will also give me more to practice and learn with. I have used the D40 many times before and loved it, hopefully it will be the same with the D60. I do need to either go to the shop and have a play or have a look at someone who owns one.

Another thing that I am interested in is getting an additional lense to the one supplied with the camera, as I want to have the option of taking close up shots at race events as I do currently with my camera at the moment.

I am pretty sure to do that I will need a lense such as the one here:-
http://www.jessops.com/Store/s26776/...y=False&comp=n


But I am not 100% sure, also I am not 100% sure what f/4-5.6 means, I assume it means the amount of exposure you can get with the lense, with regards to shutter speed and aperture.

I assume that would fit onto the body of the D60 but not the body of the D40.

Could someone also tell me what the difference is between the above lense as well as the lense below other than the price and that it will fit onto a D40 :-

http://www.jessops.com/Store/s73535/...y=False&comp=y

I was also wondering if anyone has used the lenses produced by Tamson, and if they were any good? They seem to be a fair bit cheaper but I have not heard of them or used them before.

I would really appreciate any help with this. Thanks