Recommended lenses for the Nikon d3200?

I'm going to purchase the nikon d3200 and I'm wondering if there's specific benefits to getting the 55-200mm lens instead of the 18-55mm lens. I will be using the camera for both stills and short video clips. Any other recommended lenses?

55-200 mm zoom lens - this is good if you need to take shots away from your subject most of the time as it will be closer or if you like more close up as it will be bigger.
the 18-55mm for me this is the most practical if you are starting out as it is more of a walk-around lens.

Have fun with your camera.

You can shoot subjects far away. If you are going to do most of your shooting and video outdoors. Then this is a good lens. Take it indoors and you will notice how limited space you have because the subjects will be too close.

I think you can learn photography best with a prime lens like the Nikon f1.8 35mm dx lens. It will give that nice creamy bokeh on stills and video. Also excellent in low light.

They are two completely different lenses for different purposes. Most people will find they will use the 18-55mm more, but eventually they discover they need both.

Here is a website where you can compare the various focal lengths.

http://www.althephoto.com/concepts/lenses.php

The 55-200mm is a good supplement to the 18-55mm for the situations in which more telephoto is helpful. It is not necessarily the best, but very good for the money. But INSTEAD of? Fortunately Nikon will try to protect you from yourself, as they normally bundle an 18-55mm with the beginner DSLR's like the D3200. They know that people who buy a D3200 are very unlikely to already have lenses. Those who have lenses or the experience to select fancier lenses are likely to spring for higher grade camera bodies like the D5300 or D7100, just as you may be shopping for a D5600 or D7400 after you cut your teeth with a D3200.

Those mm are called focal length and are related to angle of view. The lower the number, the wider the angle of view, the more you can see, the smaller the subject appears in the picture. The higher the number, the narrower the angle of view, the less you see, the larger the subject appears in the shot.

The 18-55mm is an all-purpose lens that shoots wide angle to normal/standard (same as the angle of view of human eyes) to short telephoto. It can be used for almost all shooting scenarios any photographer would encounter. What it can't do is make far objects seem near. That's where the 55-200mm is good at (starting at around 150mm). The 18-55mm can't also make small objects seem large. You will need a macro lens for that.

You can use any lens for both photos and videos. It doesn't matter as long as you know exactly what to do with the lens.

http://keerok-photography.blogspot.com/2011/05/lenses-so-many-of-them-there-is-no-best.html