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Originally Posted by JakeR
I was playing around with some DSLRs the other day, and the guy at the store was telling me that the Nikon d60 was a decent camera for a newbie
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The D40/40x/60 is more than just decent for a noob. It is good for even a serious hobby. Go take a look at the D40/60 Flickr groups and tell me that is all noob work.
I would take a closer look at the D40 along with the D60 though. They are very similar. The VR on the D60's kit lens supposedly doesn't mean much at such short focal lengths. Then there is the extra MP, but the difference in resolution between 6 and 10 actually isn't that big.
You'll also want to eventually add an SB-400 or SB-600 so that you can do bounce flashes to avoid inaccurate colors associated with any camera's built in flash directly hitting the subject. The SB-400 only moves up and down, but it is a lot smaller than the SB-600. Some people have both.
And if you need a zoom there is a very clear winner... Nikon 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED IF AF-S DX VR
The only drawback to the D40/40x/60 is that they don't have an auto focus drive motor in the camera body. They require special lenses with the motor built in. So if you want to use older Nikkor lenses that you can buy on the cheap, you'll be doing so in manual focus. I believe all new Nikkor lenses have this motor. Sigma and Tamron also have some lesser priced lenses with the motor built in, but no lens is going to top Nikkor quality.