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The newer D5500 Nikon has tugged at my heart for a while, it's got a touch screen on the back.

18-55 Kit lens's and body are around $750. There is a nicer 18-140 lens too in some kits. a 35mm or 50mm fast F1.4 lens is supposed to be seller in low light close in situations.

What I DON"T like about it is in "live view" if you want to use the rear scree, it's almost a 1.5 second delay to shoot, and I found the mechanical shutter noise quite loud for the Click, as well as zoom motor noise while in Video mode.

I don't own the camera, but have researched the D3000 and D5000 series much.

costso, best buy, b&h

watch out for gray market items too cheap to be true, (ebay, ny vendors) which come with zero Nikon USA warrenty.