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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 1371357" data-attributes="member: 69297">I'm afraid you're treading in polarised waters Hedgeland - there's few groups as passionate on the internet about their 'thing' as photographers are about camera brands... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />The quality of SLRs has got to the stage where you can't go 'too' far wrong no matter what you buy, although for wildlife Canon and Nikon are the most common. Canon do seem to have a better selection of telephoto primes at the 'cheap' end if you think you might get that much into it. The main Nikon good cheap (for a prime!) prime lens is the 300mm f/4, and the 70-300mm VR is probably the best affordable zoom (and that would work on a D60 too).Nikon removing the motor from the bottom end cameras is a bad idea as it adds confusion for new buyers - it must put off a lot of people. If I'd bought a D60 I'd not be able to autofocus with my older 300mm f/4 prime or my Tamron macro lens, which would be  hard to accept. Of the three cameras in your first post my choice would probably be the 1000D, but if you can afford the 70-300VR lens then the D60 would make a very good platform for it.</blockquote>