my first camera was a Nikon D3100. The kit lens seemed like crap, and I could never get sharp pictures from it.
I went on to buy other cameras. I had a Nikon D5100 camera with a 17-55mm lens. The images were sharp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ringojackson/12382626304/in/photostream/
but, now I'm using a nikon D40 with a kit lens, and the images seem to be just as sharp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ringojackson/14055050302/
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Does my Nikon D40 pictures seem so sharp?