<p>My son had bought D70 and then a D300, so I was using D70. This march I got a D3300. If you want a light bare bones body, this is it. It has no motor, no bracketing and outputs RAW in 12 bits.<br /> Apart from that it is fantastic body with one of the best and sharpest sensors. I find no difficulty in manual focus. If your eyesight is fine, then the view finder gives crisp images when in focus, else if you are like I am, with bad eye sight, then use the "range finder", which is dead accurate. After D70 you will find the low weight a boon.</p>
<p>The only problem with this 24MP sensor without AA filter, is that it will show the short comings on most older lenses. Some are soft, some have a lot of CA, but a few AIS lenses are excellent. The included kit lense is fantastic, as is the 35mm F1.8 DX.</p>