Upgraded from Nikon D60 to D3100 at VERY Minimal Cost

Today I secured a new deal for upgrading our "everyday" camera from a D60 to a D3100, an improvement of 2 generations in technology, and for only $100 more than what I sold my D60 kit for--less than that, in fact, if you figure in that 2 extra batteries (EN-EL14, which easily sell for $30 each) were thrown into the deal, effectively making it as if we only spent $40 to go from a D60 to a D3100.

What we upgraded to: Nikon D3100 with 2 extra EN-EL14 batteries

I didn't expect to do this, as we finally had a somewhat "settled" line-up--my wife used the D60, and I used the Olympus E-PL1 and Nikon D5100. I rarely use the "everyday" DSLR (the D60) anymore (largely because I have the Olympus E-PL1), whereas I was prone to using it a lot before, and my wife's needs are very minimal. My wife honestly is not even apt to notice the difference.

However, as the D3100 package includes 2 extra batteries (EN-EL14) worth $30 a piece easily, that made it effectively as if it only cost $40 to do this, and for that low of a price, I figured--why not. Also, as I own the D5100 & it uses the same batteries, this would help with "battery clutter" in terms of each 3 of the cameras all using different batteries & chargers. At least our 2 DSLRs will now be able to use the same ones, making for less fuss with batteries & chargers there. (Our "charging headquarters," the dryer, is really running crazy with what lives there now.)

For that small of a price, my wife's everyday DSLR will gain all of this:

• the main one: 10mp CCD improved to 14mp CMOS, better in all ways but especially when shooting at high ISOs
• 3 AF points increased to 11 AF points
• 2½" LCD increased to a 3" LCD
• movie mode (although we don't really do DSLR movies, nice to know it's there as a "spare" anyway)
• live view
• faster performance, especially if "Active D-Lighting" is used (for sunny days with high contrast lighting)
• ISO displayed in viewfinder while it's being changed
• for D5100 users (like me): uses the same battery, less battery/charger "clutter"

There are 2 disadvantages, chiefly that it doesn't work with the ML-L3 wireless remote which we sometimes used for "self/family" shots (there is a wired option or this wireless workaround¹) but I have found lately that, surprisingly, we've done little "self shots" this way anyway for whatever reason. The other is the lack of a "green dot reset," but then the DSLR my wife uses mostly for "everyday" tends to be left at somewhat "normal" settings anyway.

My only concern: hopefully, this doesn't cause me to end up using this so much myself that the D5100, which is better, ends up not getting taken advantage of enough (something that happened a lot with my D5000 when we had a D3000). We will see.

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¹ Seller=emilyandlily