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Pros: Small, light weight, beautifully realized images. Price Point.
Cons: Inability to AF with all Nikon lenses. Consumer quality build.
The Nikon D40 with 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AF-S AF lens is this company ' s bare bones entry level offering in the extremely volatile digital SLR market. As the two giants of the industry, Canon and Nikon vie for an ever increasing slice of the dSLR pie, Nikon...
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The 6 Megapixel Nikon D40 is targeted for those who want a relatively compact and light camera yet having most of the important SLR features. The D40 is priced reasonably (cheaper than D50/D80 and Canon Rebel XTi). In my opinion, if you are still considering whether to get a point and shoot camera or a DSLR, the D40 will be a better choice than any point and shoot camera, by far, even those with 8MP or 10MP. But if you are already deciding to get a DSLR or you want more control of the picture taking experience, then I would recommend you to also test the D50 and/or D80 first before deciding to buy th e D40. I want you to make sure that you know what you will get (and not get) with the D40. Don't get me wrong though, the D40 is an awesome camera, and I don't think you will regret buying one. There are some limitation with the D40 which shouldn't bother most people, for example, the D40 doesn't have dedicated button to change picture quality, white balance or ISO settings (which generally only professional/enthusiast will care). Once you understand (and accept) its limitation, the D40 is a potent and exciting photography machine.
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It will not auto focus older lenses. The camera does not have an AF motor. this requires you to purchase only AF-S or AF-I lenses. There are very few
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The good: Excellent feel and compact size; very customizable menu architecture; nice guidance for dSLR newbies; excellent noise characteristics for high-ISO shots. The bottom line: The Nikon D40 is a great transition camera for going from point-and-shoot to your first dSLR.
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The Nikon D40 is primarily meant for consumers who want more than a compact camera. In the profile of the target group, Nikon sees a family person between 30 and 70 years old. The typical user of the D40 is looking for a camera that stimulates creative qualities and reacts quicker than a compact camera. Nikon has managed to keep the D40 remarkably compact, and makes a great combination together with the new AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 G II ED lens. If you set the ultra compact new SB-400 flash on top, you have an ideal set that you can take with you everywhere. Despite the compact format, the Nikon D40 has a 2.5-inch screen.
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The Nikon D40 is ready when you are. It takes only 0.18 seconds to power up, and the camera’s nearly imperceptible shutter release lag time does away with the frustrating picture-taking delay common with point-and-shoot digital cameras - assuring that special moments are captured beautifully. Continuous shooting makes it easy to capture the action by shooting at 2.5 frames per second for up to 100 shots.
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The D40 lacked an an internal focus drive motor which also means no mechanical focus drive pin which the site lists as its biggest drawback. Thus the D40 can use only Auto Focus with AF-S and AF-I lenses (those with built-in focus motors).
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The Nikon D40 is small, light and undeniably cheap at just £449.99/ €679.99 with the new 18-55mm kit lens (it won’t be sold as body-only), but after trying it out, the D40 importantly still retains the usual high Nikon build-quality. Using its 420-pixel sensor, the Nikon D40 instantly assesses and compares the brightness, contrast and colour of each scene to set the accurate exposure. Spot metering, centre-weighted metering and exposure compensation are also available for those wanting more control. The Nikon D40 comes kitted with the new 3x 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens assuring superb picture sharpness and optimum contrast, along with the versatility of a wide-angle to medium telephoto lens.
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Aimed squarely at those wishing to upgrade from compacts as well as F-SLR owners looking for an economic and reliable move to digital, the D40, despite the numerical sequence, seems to be an upgrade on the existing D50. It does make life simpler, with a number of options now able to be carried out automatically, but it also inherits a good number of things first developed in the D200 and more recently the D80.
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