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  I love this camera!

PROS: Razor sharp images, brilliant colors that seldom bleed and are very accurately reproduced. Fast focusing in most cases, feels great in your hands especially if you grew up using 35mm SLRs and you miss the feel of them. Long standard battery life, auto flash. I love the sound of a real shutter! Camera is priced fairly well, but I got a great deal on the camera on Ebay.

CONS: Wish you could flip up the video display for reflex viewing. Focus racks sometimes. Find it better to manually focus sometimes in certain situations to have more control over subject especially in macro mode.

OVERALL SCORE:9/10

  Awesome First Digital SLR

PROS: Lower noise than all cameras in it's class (DPReview backs this up!) Flash system second to none, and this includes Canon! Kit lens very good. Great build quality, again Best in Class.

CONS: Would like second control wheel (like D70 & D70s) for manual use.