i sometimes get suckered into this bigger megapixel thing a lot too. but here is my very very honest and unbiased view about d40 right now i believe d40 is one of the great price performance cameras. even tho the megapixel count 10.2 vs. 6 looks "wooooooooooowww!!" but real life sizes aren't hugely effected. also you might want to read this article here d40 still has great iso performance i will get into more detail why i think that way but rite now a little lazy