I was looking for an affordable and good SLR camera to start learning photography on a higher level and I think I have found it. The D40 comes with a very good 18-55mm lens for nice portraits and landscape shots. I have purchased an additional 70-300mm Tamron lens, which allow me to zoom in a far distance object and create macro shots of bugs and flowers. Very sweet lens for again an affordable price.

Okay, here are some newbie shots I have made in the Shanghai Wild Animal Park from yesterday’s visit:

There are some more photos made with this camera when I was in Xi Tang a few days ago:
http://productdesignforums.com/waikitchung/photos?album=2&gallery=13

If you are interested in the camera, check out some good reviews here:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40.htm
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40/

I took an elevator with a speed of 9.1 m/s to the 88th floor of the JinMao tower, which costed me 70rmb and less than a minute. The 88th floor houses the Skywalk, which is a tall indoor observation deck for watching a panorama view of Shanghai. It was a pretty amazing sight from that height. Check out some pics here.

This is the view into the lounge space, located on the 53th floor, of the Grand Hyatt hotel inside the JinMao tower:

And this is the view from the lounge space of the Grand Hyatt hotel:

The World Financial Center viewed from the 88th floor of the JinMao tower: