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nikon d40
im looking for into buying a new camera, and i really like the nikon d40 ([Link](Mouse over link to see full location))
if anybody has it, can you tell me what you think of it? is it worth the money (i do take a lot of pictures)? what are any speacial "features" about it, and are they really hard to figure out?
anything, really. thanks a ton!
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Haha you asked this three years ago but I'll answer this anyway, since I legitimately owned this camera for a bit less than a year.
I sold my D40 on Amazon for around 350 bucks with the kit lens. Let me be clear: in my opinion this camera is not worth that much money. I didn't rip anyone off -- it was priced pretty comparably to other cameras -- but if I was going to buy that camera again, I would pay no more than 250 bucks for it. It's a legitimate SLR that will probably accomplish what an entry level person needs it to do, but nothing more than that. Its megapixel count is shit and pales in comparison even to iPhones.
A brief note: Nikon lenses generally are slightly less expensive than Canon lenses. But not so inexpensive that it should influence which camera you end up choosing. Honestly your best bet today (because I switched to Canon for practical reasons, unrelated to camera quality) is to go with a Canon T1i or T2i, and buy it used.
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I've been looking for a new camera too and had considered that one. But what really put me off was that there's no auto focus driver in the camera body. So you can only AF with certain lenses that's built into the lens.
And a lot of their lenses are a bit pricey.
So you can only focus manually with most third party lenses, but there's some exceptions.
These might help you decide:
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And of course, the manual for those features:
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If you're interested in any Canon cameras, I could probably be more of help. :P
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I dont know that much about cameras myself, but a really great resource for technology reviews is www.cnet.com
They often have video reviews (usually), written review, pros&cons, user reviews/ratings, etc...
Good luck.
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