Can I use FX Format Lenses in My SLR camera Nikon D3000?

I own a Nikon D3000 SLR camera, with a AF-S DX 18-55mm VR f/3.5-5.6G Lens. I want to enhance on the zooming part and would like to get a new lens for me. Please suggest a good lens and also let me know if I can use an FX format lens on my camera…

N a Nikon D3000 SLR camera, with a AF-S DX 18-55mm VR f/3.5-5.6G Lens. I want to enhance on the zooming part and would like to get a new lens for me. Please suggest a good lens and also let me know if I can use an FX format lens on my camera…

FX and DX format lenses will work on any crop-sensor Nikon camera. This includes the D3000, D5000, D3100, D40, D60, D80, D90, D300, D300s, and D7000. There are probably a couple more that I missed as well.

FX format lenses will work perfectly on any full-frame sensor Nikon camera. This includes really high-end cameras like the D700, D3X, etc.

DX format lenses will attach to a full-frame camera, but they are not designed to cast light on a 24x36mm sensor, so you will experience heavy light falloff around the edges.

So in a word, yes.

Nikon has 70-300mm range which has three models to suit every budget. All are FX. The AF model won't auto focus on your camera. For auto -focus look for AF-S and AF-I lens.
You can also look at 55-300mm and 28-300mm which are DX lens.

FX lenses will work fine and they are a wise purchase if you even remotely think you may get an FX camera some day.

The 70-300 VR lens is a good choice and not terribly expensive. This has been a real staple in my "arsenal" of lenses. It is a good compliment to your 18-55. Here are some samples:

Nikon just came out with a 28-300 VR FX lens and it is an excellent choice. Some days, it's the only lens you need. It's fairly new, so I don't have tons of samples on line, but look and see how versatile it is:

The "walk around" lens made for DX cameras is the well-known 18-200 VR DX

Yes, you can use an FX format lens on a DX format body with no problems.

If you use a DX format lens on an FX format DSLR body you simply set the FX body to "crop" and the image from the DX format lens will be the same size on the FX format sensor as it was on the DX cropped sensor. If you used a DX format lens on a traditional 35mm film camera then you'd have severe vignetting since the image circle of the DX format lens is too small to cover a 35mm film frame.