Yip Nikon D40 is a good camera, but it does have issues around what lense is compatible with it..there are some great deals on it too, but it has been superceeded by some great others, the D80 which will take all lenses for example, and then the massive jump to the D200, one hell of a camera. Another camera range that isnt too well publised, but which produce some excellent results is the Fuji S range, I have an old S2 pro, I think they are up to the S5 pro now, 12 million mega pixels,,I keep this camera as a standby, as my Nikon lenses interchange with the Fuji body, and I have had some good