Thank you for the replies!

Eos - cool yeah, I've been past there a couple of times, might go in and see what they say. Never tried a Canon before, I'll look into them too.

Cyclone - I wasn't sure about the pixels, I have a 5MP digital at the minute and I guess I (naively) assumed that the more pixels, the better, but the D40 was what I was originally considering and if you reckon 6MP is enough then I think I'd be better off saving my money there, especially since I am very new at this!!

Thanks again! :-)