Adorama's $399 deal on a D40 kit: I would buy one!

[sabbath999]

I am posting this here because the question of what camera to get is asked in this particular forum about 3 times a day.

While I am not a big fan (to say the least) of the D40 as the perfect camera, these things are just so darned cheap that right now factory refurbed from Adorama that I would buy one as a way to get started in DSLR's realizing that I would end up keeping it as a second body down the road.

Factory refurbed Nikon D40 Kit $399

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While my views of the D40's lens limitations are well known, when it drops under $400 for a complete kit, that completely changes my attitude about this camera from a "I don't recommend it" to a "screaming buy"... because it puts a camera with OUTSTANDING image quality, a fast flash sync, a great feel, excellent battery life and great metering system into your hands for the price of a modest point & shoot.

Price indeed eliminates my biggest complaint about the camera, because at that price you just don't have much of a financial investment in the camera, so if you need to "move up" you don't feel "stuffed" at having bought the D40... you can just keep it as your second body/vacation camera and move along down the DSLR road. The D40/Kit Lens weigh NOTHING and are a great little carry around snapshot camera on vacation... I left my D300 locked up in the hotel when I was in Hawaii last month and shot 90 percent of my pictures with the D40, the kit lens and the uber-cheap 55-200 VR... because they are small, light and unobtrusive.

No, D40's are not the "perfect" camera, but they ARE dirt cheap, and I would buy one of them right here, right now at that price and start shooting.

 

[Mav]

I know of a lot of people that have gotten various Nikon refurb kits and they're pretty safe. Best of all they come with a 90-day Nikon warranty, so even if you do find an issue you're covered. This is definitely a great deal. hardly any more than the higher end point & shoots out there, yet you get far more capability and flexibility. I saw this deal around Christmas time, but they all got gobbled up in a hurry. Looks like there's some more of them now.