I have the D40 and love it. I would spend the little extra and get the 18-135mm that other site-S lense. It makes a huge difference. Also, go on ebay and get yourself a 67mm filter kit, polarization and UV are the most important. I find that it over exposes just a notch so in your E/V exposure settings I leave mine to -0.3. Some folks will go down to -0.7. There is a handy website, just google Ken Rockwell and you'll find the fastest way to start taking good pictures. I love my D40 over any other camera i own. It has most of the features of the D60 and higher priced models and is much smaller and easier to work with.
Hope this helps,
Bruiser
