Hi. I have the Nikon D70 which I think is very similiar. It's a great camera. What I like about it is that I shoot my boys playing baseball (One is a pitcher and one a catcher) and it stops the action. The fixed lense camera's are not fast enough to do that. It's versatile in that you can change the lenses, such as if you wanted to do portraits you can buy a specific lense for that and then another if you needed a long distance lense etc. There are really no limitations. As far as ease goes, you can shoot it manually or you can shoot on auto which is what I do. Really all you need to change is the speed. For instance portraits you'd shoot at 200 or less for a fine look, and you always want to shoot on the finest. You may not get as many pictures on the disk but the quality is beautiful. For sports you want to shoot at 800 or above. I shoot at 1600 when my son is pitching and it stops the ball. I can actually take start to finish with his pitching and see the ball leave his hand. I LOVE MY Nikon. It is very easy to use and if you have any problems you can always shoot me a note for help. I think the big difference between the D70 and D40 is one that the D40 does not have as many features and also it's made of a type of plastic. It's not made as well as the D70 but really that's not a big deal if you take care of your stuff. I've had my D70 now for about six years or more. I think it was the first one out then they came with a less expensive model (The D40) and I think they have the D90 model now which I believe replaced my D70. It's a big investment compared to the fixed lense models but really you'll have it forever.
Elaine |