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[macsturm]

Hi

I just bought the Nikon D 80 body and the 18-200 Nikkor Lens ,I have been looking for a camera for a while and was trying to decide between the D80, XTi and the Sony Alpha

For price the Sony has them both beat hands down, if you need a reasonably price DSLR camera it is a decent one, but I found some of the features lacking.

So I wittled it down to the xti and the D80, then I went to Henry's and held them both and without a question I bought the D80, nice weight to it and feels good in the hand.

Like Rob mentioned the XTI is a great camera but it is a little on the small side for large hands, and if you are going to be taking a lot of pictures you don't want to be getting frustrated at the size of the camera.
As well a lot of the reviews on the web put the D80 slightly ahead of the 3 in alot of the areas.

I also found the user menus easy to use which is nice of the D80, even my wife without reading the manual could work through some of the menus and figure things out

The lens 18-200 is outstanding it give you a real time 27-300mm lens 3.5-5.6 with very crisp pictures, lots of good reviews on this lens and it also has the VR(vibration resistance in it) same as IS on Canon

Don't get the Nikkor 18-135 lens I was told it is not that great quality

Strongly recommend the D80 I love it,

Just my 2 cents, either way both cameras are really good choices

macsturm