The D80 was the body I had pretty much decided on to buy myself for Christmas, and was wondering if MAYBE the price on the D200 would fall fast enough to satisfy the need to get my own Nikon so my wife wont kill me for learning her D40x ("Hey Honey, wheres the camera, I want to check out something?')

As for old glass, my Minolta glass goes back beyond the AF world. I shot manual Tokina glass on my Minolta, so I think that staying in the Nikon world will work with both the wife and I having it. LUCKLY, she wont know the difference between the 'good' glass I get her and the stuff I want to carry. I have pretty well settled the first piece will be a the 18-200 VR to get to know the body, but I have seen some decent reviews on the Tokina glass, but nothing really breathtaking yet.

Trav