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Originally Posted by xepherys
Lastly, robot_parade, did you actually just call a kit lens on a dSLR a "3x" lens? Grrr! Bad Robot! Bad! :-p I assume it's something like an 18-55mm. You can't really say 3x, though, as a 100-300mm lens is still a "3x" zoom lens, but is so vastly different that comaprison isn't reasonable. Stop thinking point and shoot, start thinking SLR  |
Sorry, dude, I'm not a photography guy, so what do I know? ;-)
The lens is indeed the 18-55mm that ships with the d40 - it's described in various places as '3x', which seems to match up about right with what I expect - it zooms a bit, but is clearly not what I think of as a "telephoto" lens. Still, whatever it is, it's much, much better quality than my last camera (A fuji P&S) that was "10x". I could easily zoom to 3x, crop the picture, and get a better shot that looks closer up and better quality than the old one. If I want a telephoto lens, it looks like I'll have to pay out the nose, so...
Fwiw, when I asked some friends about recommended cameras, this page was recommended to me:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm - the guy is in love with the d40, and recommends a cannon if you want a P&S. I'm pretty damn happy with the d40, so maybe his recommendation for P&S is good, too.