Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens: Customer Reviews & Product Details

This is a nice simple little starter camera. Decent controls. For about $400 with the lens, I think it's a great deal. 6MP is more than sufficient. Biggest drawback is the limited number of Nikon lens it can use. But love the fact that it can sync flash at even 1/1000s!

I bought the D40 kit a little more than one year ago. In a nutshell, I couldn't ask for anything more in a DSLR for newbs. It's got everything I need to learn the ins and outs of photography, it's very well built (and yes, even the kit lens), it's portable and dangit, it's extremely affordable to boot! It's been 100% reliable since day one, and it has become indisputable proof that the only difference between a great picture and a crap picture, is the photographer - not the equipment.

If I ever decide to upgrade to something higher up the food chain, chances are it'll be a Nikon.

I purchased this camera a year and a half ago and have had to send it back twice so far. IT seems to go out right before a special occasion so I have no pictures. I thought I was buying a good quality camera to record all the moments of my child growing up. The first time I had to send it to Nikon, the flash would not deploy, now it will not focus the majority of the time. I took over 30 pictures maybe 1 or 2 were in focus ( I thought automatic meant it would handle everything if I didn't want to be bothered). I am waiting to see how much Nikon will charge me to fix it this time but I am done with Nikon. I did a lot of research and thought I was purchasing a quality product but that is not the case, stay away from this if you want to catch those special moments because that is when it mostly likely will go out on you. i am starting the search again to see which one I will buy now. Hope I don't miss my son's birthday again.

This is my first DSLR (I'm 17 years old) and it works great. I was on a budget and everything about this camera is great. I'm going to slowly invest in accessories and lenses and eventually, as a gain more experience I'll move on up to a bigger and better body, but for now this was a great investment. =)

This was my first DSLR and I bought it 6 months before first child was born. I cannot take a bad picture with this thing. Pair with the cheap SB-400 flash and you'll be taking professional pictures in any light with little effort. The fact that people still drop several hundred dollars on the virtually "disposable" "cute colored" point and shoots when a camera like this is just a couple hundred more is beyond me. Buy it, buy it now.