I could learn to like this. 
I may have to rent one of these DSLRs for a weekend and see how I like it. My experience with digital cameras has been with point and shoots, of various sizes, and it’s always dissatisfying. There’s just not enough there, not enough focal length, control, whathaveyou. I see too many good images to think that digital is by definition bad, and as much as I love working with film, the immediacy appeals. This D40 is priced pretty well @ $349 w/ lens (says a guy who finances his activities through embezzlement from the household budget).
Hmmmmm.