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I'm a beginner and I was wondering if the Nikon D3000 is a good start. Any other recomendations? Under $700.

[quote name='mrcowdude20' timestamp='1317608797' post='12030']

I'm a beginner and I was wondering if the Nikon D3000 is a good start. Any other recomendations? Under $700.

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D3000 is a sweet little camera, however the old generation CCD sensor is a let down - noise looks ugly already at ISO800. I'd suggest looking into the D3100 instead <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

No, the D3000 was a rather lame DSLR. A warmed up D60 with a few more AF points, basically.

There are better budget DSLRs from Pentax, Canon and Nikon (D3100). And Sony.

[quote name='Lomskij' timestamp='1317635955' post='12032']I'd suggest looking into the D3100 instead[/quote]



Sometimes the D5000 is offered at pretty good prices too. Hard to find a DSLR, which is actually NOT better than the D3000 <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

BUY A D90 ! YOU CAN FIND IT FOR THAT PRICE AND IT IS A GREAT CAMERA;