Accessories

• Zeiss lens cleaning kit
• SanDisk flash cards: 8 GB; 4 GB

For a camera body and one lens, the average professional photographer would not use a case at all. To hold a camera system, you should probably find a nearby professional camera shop and experiment to see how your gear fits. I usually end up preferring Tamrac and Lowe cases. Here are a few ideas:

• Tamrac Velocity 7, for a D40 or D80 and small prime or small (cheap) zoom lenses
• LowePro Off Trail 1, belt back for smaller bodies and lenses
• Tamrac 5606, one D200 body, two or three professional-sized lenses, one flash

Recommended Starter Nikon SLR Systems

Average family:

• Nikon D40, 18-55mm kit, $423 (review)
• Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC for Nikon, $439 for indoor photos without flash (zoom alternative: Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S DX, $1230)
• Nikon 12-24mm f/4G ED IF Autofocus DX, $930 (review) for the first family trip
• Nikon 180mm f/2.8D ED-IF AF, $915 for the soccer game
• Lexar 2GB SD card (SanDisk SD cards are supposedly prone to failure)

Serious photographer: