When you buy a camera, consider that youre buying in to a lens system. Your cameras lens mount determines what lenses you can use, and that camera brands lenses will be dependent on whether or not the camera brand changes its lens mount. Nikon has not changed its lens mount since 1959 and it is well known in the industry for great lenses with very good glass formulas. You wont have problems finding lenses in the future. Get the instructions manual; there are many more features that I do not have the time or space to include here. CD made by the lab that processes your film. Youll the have the film for future use, and not have to worry about archival issues, still not unsettled in the digital technology.

It does not have interchangeable lens but it has many good features considering its price range. Nikon D50; or, the Nikon D70S with the kit lens; this camera is still going strong and people are still raving over its many good qualities. For now, buy good but used cameras in good shape and buy only from reputable places where youll have a certain degree of security.

530 for a Nikon D50 with the kit lens. Dont fall into this trap as so many others have; get into good habits from the start. The Nikon D40 is a great little camera, very easy to use and quite reasonably priced. It will get you in the Nikon family which is a great place to be. If you buy accessories and lenses, you will be able to use everything on any Nikon that you might upgrade to later on.

200 D40s in Georgetown, SC. Here are a few reviews, in case you have not read them yet. Be sure to note that they are several pages long and some of the reviews also have some sample images that you can look at. Nikon lenses not autofocusing on the D40, but if you do not own a bag full of older lenses, it is not going to be a problem. It is barely a problem anyhow. In addition, although these lens will not autofocus, most of them will still give focus confirmation.

The D40 only has 3 autofocus zones arranged horizontally at the center, 9 oclock and 3 oclock positions. Nikon chose to use the rear LCD for this information. This is actually a nice move, as the display is bigger than the top display and you arent using the read LCD for anything BEFORE you take the picture anyway. This is not a step backwards and it actually makes sense to me. This is a decent lens and it is very versatile. You will find it suitable for pretty much anything you want to do, other than really long telephoto shots. It will let you explore the range of focal lengths to decide where to start filling in your lens collection.