The worst thing about the early DSLRs was they were all APS sensors. I had the D70 for the longest time because I refused to "upgrade" to another APS sensor body, and I had invested stupid amounts of money in nikkor lenses (most of which were full frame). They then released the D600 a couple of years ago which was still expensive, but for a full frame camera, $2000 was cheap ... if I ever find the limits of that camera, I'll be super suprised. Once you're paying decent money for camera gear, the lenses become more important. My favourites are my 50mm 1:1.8, a 24mm 1:1.4 and my 80-200mm f.28, all nikkor. That 24mm is ridiculous in low light.
Yeah, I went Canon for the simple fact that Canon had released three full-frame DSLRs while Nikon had yet to release a single one. Now? now I'm thinking of going Nikon again. I would argue that the worst thing about the early DSLRs were that they were crazy f'n expensive. Pepperidge Farm remembers.
In 1995, the DCS 460 was the highest resolution digital camera available and its list price was US$ 35,600. When it closed out in November 2000, the price had dropped to US$ 2,500.
Hahaha yeah I didn't get into it quite that early: Was a good camera but the battery life was awful. And the body had standard camera batteries for the "camera" part, provided by Nikon, while the digital sensor and other electronics were powered by rechargeable AA's.