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>>241674 You get a semi-professional camera. The D80 has the same sensor as the D200 but the D200 has a magnesium allow body, takes CF cards, has a PERFECT light meter, and more dedicated controls and intuitive features. Like I said, it's twice the camera. As>>241463says the D80 is worth the extra cash over the D40 because of the 50mm primes (the 1.8 is awesome, I use the 1.4)
In every day use the D80 is ok, it's somewhat small and light, has comfortable and intuitive controls, comfy to hold, great as a first SLR as I did. The D80, like other amateur DSLR's needs a lot of babysitting. I do most of my shooting in manual because the D80 likes to expose for the shadows and blow out the highlights, so I have to shoot, make adjustments, repeat. The D200 you can just shoot and it gets it right the first time.
The D40 does everything the D80 and D200 do, but it takes a lot more work.
I use Nikon because I started right on the wave of Nikon introducing new gear, at this point in time Nikon owns the market, but Canon's due to replace the 5D soon, and in the coming months some new DSLR's to replace their aging lineup. I'd shoot Canon no problem, hell I'd get a 1D MkIII no sweat if I didn't already own a Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR.
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