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Of course, budget matters, but I have both the D70s and D200 and bought my wife a D50 so she woul dnot be jealous of my cameras! It’s a great SLR for the novice photographer and it also allows just as much creative control as the D70s when you are ready to advance.

Get a "decent" lens, such as their Nikkor AF-S 18-70 f/3.5-4.5G ED DX lens and not the cheaper "kit" lens. This pair will cost you less than $1,000 and you will be very happy with it. This is an excellent lens for "family" shots and that is actually why we chose this one. If you want more lenses for the same money, you can get this camera with two "kit" lenses that are decent, but not as good for the long haul as the one I mentioned. When you are ready to add lenses, the sky is the limit with Nikon. For "nature" shots, you might want an ultra close-up macro lens or an amazingly powerful telephoto lens. Nikon offers both and everything in between. Get a 1 GB memory card, such as the Sandisk "Ultra" for decent write speed. You can get these in the $30 range and less. An "Extreme" is faster, but I doubt anyone would notice the difference except a pro.

Someone else wil undoubtedly recommend a similar Canon camera and I will not dispute that choice. I know Nikons and someone else knows Canons. Both are excellent cameras and you will never outgrow their system offerings.
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Here’s the deal… if you just doing it for pictures of family, nature, or candid shot. Then, I will suggest the one you’re looking at, D50.

D50 was designed to be an entry level SLR Camera with easy of use functions for novice. The price of the camera is less than $600 in most big name internet stores. If you want to get the 18-55mm lens, it’s usually will cost you about $100 more. (I’m against that crappy lens, don’t buy it unless you are very cheap.) Get the 18-200mm lens from Nikon which offers VR (vibration reduction) and AF-S (Silent Wave motor for faster focus). It will set you back $749 because it’s a good all around zoom. If you want to be cheap, then get the Tamron for $399 (it will minus the VR and AF-S).

D80 is the next step up from D50. This camera is replacing the D70s. It is a better camera in terms of features that was designed more for the intermediate users. It’s focusing is alot better and some of the advanced feature are much improve over the D70s and D50. This camera will set you back $999.

D200 was the popular one this year becuase alot of working photographers love the advance functions and features. It will put you out at $1699 at most places and it’s back-ordered in many places. So you will not get any good discounts in most places just because they don’t have this camera in stock in most U.S. cities.

D2X/D2Xs is their flagship camera. No need to go into it. It’s too much of an overkill.

For what you want to do, D50 is the most reasonable way to go. If you need a good lens to along with that camera, splurge on the 18-200mm lens. The lens is always will be your long term investment because you can take it with you. The camera is the one that is always changing because of the technology.

p.s. Don’t get the 28-200mm lens suggested by the guy above. It’s not optomized for Digital SLR. The 18-200mm is a DX lens and it works great with digital SLR.
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