I am a semi professional photographer. I had a full set of Nikon (non digital) gear and sold it a couple years ago to go digital. I ended up buing a Canon S3 IS to get me by till I upgraded. Ive been slacking... Someone broke into my car the other day and stole my backpack which had the camera in it. My dumb fault. Well now I have a wedding to shoot next Sat. I ordered a Nikon D40 and some lenses but now Im freaking out because the cam doesnt have live preview for your shots. I dont think many digial SLRs do. But Im beginning to panic.

KODAK DIGITAL C643 WORKS WELL FOR MY NEEDS !

I've had the Canon S3 IS Powershot for a year now - love it.
Good luck with the wedding, I used mine to do the photography of my niece's wedding and they turned out fabulous.

I've got a Nikon D40X (same as what you have, only a few more megapixels and a few other little bells and whistles). It doesn't have a live preview, but I personally don't need one as I've gotten good at "shooting from the hip" over the last few months. I've also got a 2 year old Nikon CoolPix L1 point-and-shoot camera that I use when I don't feel like bringing my expensive one with me.

Yea prior to the little Canon point and shoot thinks its an SLR - which was a great camera, I had a manual Nikon. I survived without the live preview, but Im only 5'1" so I find myself holding the camera over my head quite a bit. I need to invest in a remote, is that an option for the D40? Ive seen it for D80.

I have several Nikon's D70, D100 and I just got my D300!(What a camera!)
For weddings the D70 worked better than the D100, It just seemed to flow better.
Good Luck!

the remote for a D80 should work for the D40 as well
the great thing about Nikon most things are interchangeable

I have a sony DSC-H5, 7.2 megapixels. outstanding camera,easy to use and outstanding pictures. default photo size, depending upon what you are shooting, is 3 - 30 megabytes.

I've seen remotes for the D40 and D40X on ebay and amazon.com, so I believe they are out there.

The D300 was almost orgasmic. But out of my price range right now. Maybe next year. This time I wont sell all of my lenses. =(

I am an Olympus man so I have a fe-130

Im petrified that Im going to find something esle I like better, right after I get this. I would love to go to a higher megapixel, but money sucks right now. And my canon was a 6mp, so I know its decent. But now you can get 10mp point and shoots for $200. I still have my 1st Olympus digital 2mp lol. Took great pics though.

i know i got a camera layin' around the house --somewhere--

lol.

Ok people, what about lenses. Do you ever buy off brand lenses or accessories. Ive found some are great and others just suck.