"RichA" wrote in message
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On May 19, 6:39 am, Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 18 May 2010 20:19:25 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

This lemon really does seem to be the odd man out in the Nikon line-
up. The D5000 is far better. Did Nikon have some CCDs left over and
had to use them up? Seems like the D40/40x got much better reviews
and they came before the D3000.

It's definitely not a lemon.

Like every other manufacturer's entry-level DSLR, it's kind of ...

... entry-level.

It's like...they didn't care. How else to explain the worst JPEG's on
the planet?

Not Nikon, Kodak's are/were the worst JPEGs. You did know that you can
alter the quality settings on the D3000 so suit your own needs, I suppose?
And if you must, you can use RAW and bypass JPEGs altogether.

David