Nikon D3000?

[aursulaj]

I'm not sure if your friend is looking for a new or used camera, but I have an Olympus Evolt 500 for sale. I recently purchased a NIKON, and am looking to sell my old camera. It is a digital SLR, comes with two lenses, rechargable battery/ac adapter, owners manual, and a 1GB memory card. it is a very nice camera, which can be used for basic point and shoot or more advanced photography. I have had the camera for approximately 3 years. It is a very nice camera. I am asking $450 obo.

[czygvtwkr]

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the little squares in the bottom left corner are what Point and shoots have.[/QUOTE]

Not all the Canon G11, S90 and the Panasonic LX-3 have the larger 1/1.7" sensors, the smaller sensor has more noise and higher iso but allows for those long zoom lenses that are not HUGE like they would be on an SLR.

[jbr13 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by czygvtwkr

Not all the Canon G11, S90 and the Panasonic LX-3 have the larger 1/1.7" sensors, the smaller sensor has more noise and higher iso but allows for those long zoom lenses that are not HUGE like they would be on an SLR.

If you look the 1/1.7 is one of the small squares in the lower left corner.

[czygvtwkr]

Originally Posted by jbr13

If you look the 1/1.7 is one of the small squares in the lower left corner.

Yes, but still its one of the largest sensors you will find in a point and shoot.

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by LusbyMom

I have a friend who wants to buy his wife a camera for Christmas. She loves my Nikon D40 and he asked me to look around for one for her. I am not finding much on the D40 anymore it looks like their is alot of new stuff.

So I came across this camera Nikon D3000 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with Extra VR Lens

What do you think?

D40 was upgraded to the D60, then the D80, and currently the D90..

I don't know the differences between the series, but I THINK the D3000 is more user friendly with a lot less capability.

[jbr13 (Premo)]

Not really correct, The D40 was not upgraded to the D60, D80 then D90.

With Canon and Nikon, there number system does not work that way. In fact the D80 was out before the D40, D60, and D90.

The D60 came out to be an upgrade to the D40, the D90 is the camera to replace and upgrade the D80.

The D3000 is a series pretty much in between the D40/D60 and the D90.

[czygvtwkr]

Originally Posted by jbr13

Not really correct, The D40 was not upgraded to the D60, D80 then D90.

With Canon and Nikon, there number system does not work that way. In fact the D80 was out before the D40, D60, and D90.

The D60 came out to be an upgrade to the D40, the D90 is the camera to replace and upgrade the D80.

The D3000 is a series pretty much in between the D40/D60 and the D90.

Nikon sold D40 D60, D90 all at the same time with different price points. Sort of like Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac.