Why the US$ 599 Nikon D40 Digital SLR will be my next camera purchase.

Nikon themselves are targeting compact digital camera users for the D40
DSLR. They would like these compact camera users to move up to the
Nikon D40 DSLR so that for one, they can take better pictures in
situations that the compact cameras do not handle so well. And they
would also like to introduce the compact camera users to the world of
interchangeable lenses and off-camera flash units.

Although I believe that Nikon has targeted this group correctly and
will make a killing with the new low end price point of US$ 599. for a
DSLR body and lens, I myself do not really fit this demographic.

Article continues here ...... http://dpmac.com/nikon-d40/index.html

 

I'm quite pleased with my new refurb Kodak P850 - 5mp 12x does raw, tiff
and jpeg, image stabilization, etc. $250 from the online kodak store -
$300 with a printer dock.

 

Well outside of the changeable lenses and the real view finder the 40 has
very little over most P&S's in the same price range as far as features go.
In fact the 40 is a little wimpy and no not the hamburger eating wimpy.

LJC