I also just purchased this cam a few weeks ago. And I can honestly say that I am very pleased with it. I always shot either Canon or Minolta film cams and in all honesty, I am sooo glad that I made this purchase, the colors out of this cam are just out of this world!!! I have not had the opportunity to use the older manual focus Nikkor lenses with it, as all of my manual focus lenses were Canon lenses, but I do know it can be done. IMO if you have both AF and MF Nikkor lenses you really can't go wrong with this camera. The $200 rebate is only good through the end of this month with the D 70 kit, and is the only thing that makes this sweet camera sweeter! Brenda :)