Actually, some of those older DSLRs were quite a technology leap in their time. I joined the DSLR crowd with a D90 many years ago. I tried to give it to a local school, but they didn't want it since they already had Canon gear. I just let it hang around and actually used it at a shoot back in April or May of this year. My son has started to show an interest in photography, so I recently started letting him use it, and about two months ago, I told him it was his... I look forward to seeing what he does with it, and I hope that he will join Nikonites.com sometime in the future.
WM