D60 is a great camera for the money. I got my girl a Sony 580 and it's junk. I hate it, but she doesn't because it's easy to use. I use a 35 year old Olympus OM-1. I like film.My girl has a D60. I am looking at getting the D3100. I would like to learn how to use it in manual also. It has full hd video recording.