Nikon D40X

Now for the bummer. If you're planning on using your dad's/uncle's/best friend's older Nikon D-SLR lenses on this model, you would curse Nikon as much as I did for making this camera compatible with only the newer AF-I and AF-S lenses. You can still use the older AF lenses, but the autofocus (which the AF stands for) will not work on this model, leaving you using your manual focus skills for every shot. Told you it was a bummer!

New users, however, shouldn't find this much of a problem if they were planning on picking up new lenses to begin with, except that the AF-I and AF-S lenses are comparatively rarer, pricier and not manufactured by all third-party companies yet as the older AF lenses. Someone in Nikon's design team is definitely going to face an angry photographer's wrath for this.

The reason for this lack of compatibility is that to reduce the cost of the body Nikon decided to place the autofocus mechanism in the lenses instead of the main body. So when you buy the lenses you somewhat compensate for that crazy bargain you picked up this camera for.

That said, when it comes to the camera's overall features and performance, it's still an excellent camera at its price. Especially at its performance level.