Looking for a SLR camera - any suggestions?

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by Stog-a-Boy

So apparently some people like the D40 better then the D60. Pixels don't matter? Unless you're printing ginourmous pictures. I'm still reading, but leaning towards the D40.

You can print great 20X30 posters with 6MP, right now the MP wars are just sales pitches (and mine is bigger than yours arguments) Most professional print labs can enlarge your prints and make them look great. For someone who is just getting into SLR's the D40 or Canon's 30D are great cameras, and you can get them for dirt cheap.

[Genetic Defect]

Originally Posted by kgoings

You can print great 20X30 posters with 6MP, right now the MP wars are just sales pitches (and mine is bigger than yours arguments) Most professional print labs can enlarge your prints and make them look great. For someone who is just getting into SLR's the D40 or Canon's 30D are great cameras, and you can get them for dirt cheap.

how big is your thumb?

[Blueface]

While megapixels do matter if you are going large with prints, for the average 8X10, it will take quarter dissections of the photo, amplified to a new 8X10 to actually see differences if compared side by side with one another (meaning a quarter section blow up and compared to another photo taken with a camera with different megapixels).
Otherwise, to the naked eye, I agree a six megapixel is comparable to a 10.
However, if you expand to large posters or blow up the picture in a zoom fashion when editing, there will be a noticeable difference.