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Anonymous
I had an Nikon N60 SLR, went to "Crappy P&S" digital cameras so I could carry them around with me easily, then got a D80 becuase I missed the Nikon (and had Nikon lenses already).
Atleast from the P&S, I see an improvement, and its quite nice imo. I got the stock 18-135 and love its range. Saddened by the distortions at the short end, but any zoom will have those, even those that diss the 18-135 but rave on the 18-200 (same distortions!). However, I may consider a 55mm Prime lens, that seems like teh next logical step for a lens.
I can't really compare coming from the SLR to the DSLR, because one is digital, the other I'd still have to scan, so I don't think you CAN compare them. I dunno even how you could compate the P&S to the DSLR, they're different ranges. While nice, a Casio, a Fujifilm, they are a different level than teh DSLR. The DSLR is nicer overall. But its njot like going from a D40 to a D80.
Can't compare the Canon either, cuse I'm a Nikonfag. :p
However, the stock lens with the Nikon seems better (and if you keep the stock D40 lens, you should have a good lens for the short end.
Or save up some money, sell the D40 even, and grab the D200... Or sell a Kidney and get the D300.
tl;dr-Go for nikon! :P
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