Ha! I love that shot! As for the D40, barebones is what they were trying for. That's how they can sell that sucker for $479 w/lens.
The next one up, the D80, which can use all nikon lenses, is about double that price.....sadly, I had to find that out with my own pocketbook :( On 12/27/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just checked the basic Nikon D40 kit at Costco.com is $479 > > Amazes me that digital SLRs can be bought for such a price now. They sure > have come down in price, at least the lower end models, although I still > would like to see the rest of the lines come down more too, seems like each > camera I buy costs almost exactly the same as the previous one. The D40 is a > bit too bare bones for me, too restricted on what lenses it works with, etc. > but fine for the average consumer. I'm kind of invested in the Canon line at > this point with some of their better lenses anyway, so I treated myself to a > new Canon 40D a few weeks back and that is one *sweet* camera. I had a lot of > fun taking shots at Christmas with it. In fact, here's a link to one of my > favorites: > > http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=231225 > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
