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