18-105mm or 55-200mm vr lens on Nikon d7000?

Ok so basically bestbuy has this bundle that offers the nikon d7000 kit (18-105mm) with a extra 55-200mm vr lens. Is the bundel worth buying or should I just buy the nikon d7000 body and get the 55-200mm vr lens? By the way I'm a amateur photographer that does street photography. I tend to shoot bboys (breakdancers) and graffiti.

I would suggest you see if you can buy the D7000 with a 18-200 mm lens. It is the single lens option that many new photographers use due to its wide zoom range and relatively small size when collapsed to 18 mm focal length.

The 18 mm gives you the ability to shoot landscapes and at 200 mm, sports, action and some wildlife can be covered as well.

I also agree with fhotoace as the 18-200mm lens is able to covers both wide and tele in a single lense.

Switching two lenses from 18-105mm to 55-200mm and vice versa, will be a hassle and exposes your camera to possible damage if not done carefully as there will be many people around you during those breakingdancing outings.

It is also difficult to use the 55-200mm alone as you have to distance yourself from the boys, making your shots almost impossible because of the watching crowd standing between you and them.

Just make sure the lense has VR (Nikon), VC (Tamron), OS (Sigma) to indicate it has the built-in stabilizer.

The 18-105 and 55-200mm lenses are for two different purposes.

I don't think you would be happy with the 55-200 for street photography as it will be too long.

You would be better off just buying the kit with the 18-105 and after getting some experience with the lens, decide if you need additional lenses.

If you want to look at the 18-200mm lens, that is fine, but I own that lens, and I have to tell you, the 18-105mm lens is a bit sharper. The 18-200 is not a bad lens, but it is a super-zoom, and like all super-zooms, it does have some optical issues - not bad, but still there.

I use the 18-200mm for vacation, and if I keep it at f/8, it does well enough, and the issues all but disappear. So rather than spending $800 for the lens, perhaps you may wish to try your 18-105 for awhile before deciding if you need it.

Here are a few web pages covering those lenses.

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

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

http://www.althephoto.com/lenses/con-telephoto.php

http://www.althephoto.com/lenses/super-zooms.php