Nikon D40, still good nowadays?

Justin

Justin

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I'm looking for a cheap yet good DSLR camera. I've got a friend of mine whose boss has 2 cameras for sale, both are slightly used. He's selling a D40 for around $280 and a D70 for a little less than $550. Should I get a D40 and just use some money on lenses? I've got around $500 atm to spare on everything.
 
jnskyliner34 said:
I'm looking for a cheap yet good DSLR camera. I've got a friend of mine whose boss has 2 cameras for sale, both are slightly used. He's selling a D40 for around $280 and a D70 for a little less than $550. Should I get a D40 and just use some money on lenses? I've got around $500 atm to spare on everything.
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Go for the D40... lenses cost money and in the end will cost more than the body. A lot more.
 
Ya the D40 is still a decent body. Although being a Canon user I have have to recommend a Rebel XT or XTi which you can find for around $300 with kit lens, check Craigslist.
 
I have a D40, it's a good DSLR for it's price. I have looked on the net on a lot of review and asked a few stores before getting the D40, to know if there was a better DSLR for the same price range (Canon Xt and Rebel XTI as mentioned above) and the majority told me to go for the D40.

Get the 18-55mm lens+D40 kit and buy yourself another lens, depending on what you are willing to do with your camera.
 
Are you getting a lens with that price?

The Nikon that is on the same price range as this one is the D60 (compared to a Canon and an Olympus on the same price range). I wouldn't recommend the Olympus E-410 (compared on the link I gave you).
 
I got a nikon d40 with an 18-55mm and 55-200mm lens at a black friday sale.
I cant compalin it's a great camera so far.
 
Punk said:
Are you getting a lens with that price?
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yup.

Included with the versatile SAL1870 all-purpose lens that's perfect for wide-angle scenes and indoor people-shots.
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i'd like to get a sony since everyone here has a nikon or canon. i like being different. :P

EDIT: is the extra $100 or so worth 4 megapixels more? from 10.2 -> 14.2
both still have the same lens 18-70mm

EDIT EDIT: oh I opted not get the D40 my friend is selling. no warranty O_O
 
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jnskyliner34 said:
Yeah? No improvement on image quality? So it really depends on the lens and how you use it ey.

LOL. There's a 24.2mp Sony Alpha DSLR going for $3,500! Me no monies! :eek:
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Well, it does allow you to blow your shots up more, but your not gonna need shots that big unless you're making billboards... I only have 7 megapixels and I already end up with pictures the size of the state of Connecticut... now if you want pictures the size of Alaska that's up to you I suppose. :P I know that when Ben was looking for a camera a while ago he wanted a minimum of 12 megapixels so he could do a lot of cropping, but I really just don't see how it's necessary.

But yeah, generally lenses are way more important than megapixels.
That's pretty good for 24.2mp (actually, I believe the a900 is 24.6mp), Canon has a 21.1mp camera for around $7000, so that's actually not a bad deal. :P But then again megapixels aren't everything. I'm sure it's a very good quality camera though. :D
 
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