A Birthday/New Year Gift to myself!

Over the holidays, I used a point and shoot digital camera that worked very well. Espeially because I could stick it in my pocket, carry my son if needed and go through security @ airports. A few days before we were to leave Singapore, my 5 year old wanted to take pictures of fish in a hotel lobby and dropped the camera. Not surprisingly, the lens got jammed and I was quite upset.
I’ve been wanting to buy a prosumer camera for the longest time but I didn’t want to lug all that weight around.
Came back home and researched.
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Fell in love with the Nikon D40. The replacement for the D50, it keeps the 6.1-megapixel sensor but boasts upgrades to the viewfinder, LCD, metering, processor speed, burst rate, noise suppression, in-camera editing, and user help, in a smaller and lighter package. Now for the really hot feature: The new camera, at $599 with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II AF-S Zoom-Nikkor DX lens, is $100 less than the current D50 with a kit lens.

The D40 will make for a very agile backpacking companion, can’t wait for Spring time.