This small camera is really good. Photo quality are excellent.
from ISO 100 to ISO 3200.
The guide mode is very good to set the camera to a particular situation.
The camera feels very solid. The autofocus 11 points is fast with the ViewFinder
You feels like a pro.
The results are superior than the D5000 or D90 at 1600ISO and 3200 ISO
The video mode is light. It is not a camcorder. But the video is good.
The sound is mono but I knew that. I didn't buy it for the video mode.
I already have a CANON HFS21 which is better than any DSLR.
The price is reasonable. you can buy the D3100 , 18-55, 55-300mm , 35mmf1.8, SB700 for
the same price than a D7000 ( which is not superior to the D3100 up to 1600 ISO. it is maybe
a bit better at 3200 and better at 6400 but not that far).
I highly recommend it.

I received this Camera for Christmas, it was purchased from, adorama camera through Amazon, and it came with a starter case and DVD as well
This is an awesome camera for an entry level DSLR, in my mind Nikon's the best
I've had it for over a whole month now and I've taken over 2000 pictures already, I love this camera, the only thing is that the 55-200 lens that came with my camera doesn't have VR.
This is a great camera for someone just getting in to DSLR photography, as well as someone who has used manual 35mm film SLRs
It's a big step up from a digital point and shoot for sure, I took close to 500 pictures Christmas night without using the flash, and only 2 or 3 pictures were slightly burry, only because the subject that was being photographed moved.
I went on a short trip shooting pictures with a friend and he said it seemed like we went on different trips because of the difference in our pictures

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A full-featured camera, with plenty of things to learn- as a starting shutterbug, i have not found anything that I feel is lacking or substandard in this product. One thing that I have found that I am not clear as to the why is the limitation of 10 minutes or 2 gigs for video, but for this camera, video is a bonus feature, NOT a primary focus. If you want to have a long-recording video camera, then it really should be a video camera, not a DSLR.