MKNISTER - That's a very accurate writeup of what the D5100 is about, well said, thank you.

I'll only add that my favorite part of the articulating screen is being able to stow it out of the way, so that I don't get it scratched up, or get distracted by the display. This sounds trivial, but it's a nice feature... better than the clear cover on the D300S/D700. Too bad it's necessary to open for reference of the many menu accessed settings such as ISO or WB or AF mode, etc.