I own a Nikon D70, D70s and a D200. If you want a good combination of features and price, you can't go wrong with the D70s. It's sturdy, has a fairly decent color meter, and is pretty easy to use. And it uses a CCD (I am biased towards CCD's over CMOS though). If you can afford and find one for purchase, I'd get the D200. It blows the D70s out of the water, and I thought the D70s was a good bargain. The only thing I don't like about the D200 is that it doesn't have a built-in infrafred remote shutter release sensor like the D70.