[inkista]

Gonna be harder to use a hyperfocal distance accurately with the 18-55 VR, though, since the lens doesn't have a distance scale (unless you're really good at judging distances), so you may also just want to try a simplified method of just stopping down to f/16, and focusing a third of the way into the scene.

You may also want to acquaint yourself with the D80's DoF preview button. With modern SLRs, everything we see in the viewfinder is shown with the lens wide open. Even thought you've set an aperture, the lens is only stopped down to that aperture during the "mirror blackout" period as the picture is taken. The upshot of this is that the depth of field you see through the lens is NOT the depth of field you're going to get in the image if you're not shooting wide open. The DoF preview button will stop the lens down to the aperture you've set while you're looking through the viewfinder. The image you then see will be dimmer (smaller hole, less light), but accurate for DoF. That may be simpler than trying to do the hyperfocal thing.

Unfortunately, Nikon doesn't put a DoF preview button on the D40/D60/D5000, but the D80 has one.