The Nikon D3000 represents Nikon’s attempt to put a DLSR into the hands of people who would normally feel out of their depth with that kind of high-end camera. While there are lots of great digital SLRs out there, nobody has quite worked out how to make them really easy for novices.
Even confident and creative compact-camera users tend to blanch when you pass them a DSLR; there’s something about that foreboding black body and plethora of buttons and dials that puts people off.
So Nikon deserves a big round of applause for the D3000, which is the most beginner-friendly SLR we’ve ever seen. This £500, 10.2MP DSLR is a direct challenge to the well-received Canon EOS 1000D, as well as entry level rivals such as the Sony Alpha A330, the Olympus E-450 and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1. Read the rest of this entry »
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