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Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Auto Focus-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens

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Features

  • 6.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
  • Kit includes 3x 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens
  • 2.5-inch LCD with three display options; built-in flash and hot shoe
  • Fast startup with instant shutter response; shoot at up to 2.5 frames per second
  • Powered by one rechargeable Li-ion battery EN-EL9 (included); stores images on SD memory cards (memory card not included)

Description

From the Manufacturer Manufacturer Description Great pictures used to require complicated and cumbersome equipment along with years of experience. Not any more. The D40 is compact, lightweight and designed specifically for ease of use, yet contains all the top-quality, high-performance technologies that you expect from a Nikon digital SLR. And with world-famous Nikkor lenses, you know you have the sharpest and most reliable optical performance available. All in a camera light enough to carry with you everywhere. Beautiful photography has never been easier. Nikon D40 Highlights Extraordinary Nikon image quality The D40's high-resolution image quality is made possible by Nikon's high- performance 6.1 megapixel Nikon DX format CCD imaging sensor and exclusive Nikon image processing engine which assures stunning sharpness and color. Easy operation with intuitive controls Intuitive controls make the D40 point-and- shoot simple, enabling even first-time SLR users to capture beautiful memories perfectly. Nikon's smallest digital SLR ever At just over 16 ounces, the beautifully styled and compact D40 makes high-performance digital SLR photography easier and more convenient than ever. Fast startup with instant shutter response: Fast startup combined with super-fast shutter response and rapid-action shooting at up to 2.5 frames per second makes it easy to freeze special moments instantly. Includes 3x 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom- Nikkor lens Designed exclusively for use with Nikon DX-format digital SLRs, this ultra-compact 3x zoom offers Nikkor sharpness and versatility in a wide variety of shooting situations. Shoot at up to 2.5 frames per second The D40 can fire continuously at a speed of up to 2.5 frames per second, capturing high-quality action sequences of children in sporting activities such as soccer, baseball and much more. 2.5-inch color LCD monitor with 3 colorful display options Playback images are easy to see, and function menus are easier to use with a larger and brighter color LCD monitor. The large 2.5-inch LCD monitor enables image preview at up to 19 times magnification and has large type fonts and easy-to-view menus as well as three all-new display options: Classic, Graphic and Wallpaper. High-performance 6.1-megapixel Nikon DX format CCD imaging sensor Nikon's DX format CCD image sensor delivers vivid color and sharp detail, great for making beautifully detailed enlargements of 16 x 20 inches and beyond. High resolution also provides room for creative cropping. In-camera image editing Highly versatile in-camera editing features include Nikon D-Lighting, Red-Eye Correction, Image Trimming, Image Overlay, Monochrome (Black and White, Sepia and Cyanotype) along with Skylight, Warm Tone and Color Balance filter effects. These features provide greater creative freedom without the need for a computer, for those who prefer to send pictures directly to a printer. New advanced HELP menu system with Assist Images The D40's newly introduced "assist images" help you select the appropriate settings for many camera features by showing an example image typical of that setting as well as an advanced HELP Menu for the current item selected. The D40's Question Mark icon (?) indicates that help is available for the currently selected item; just press the help button beside the LCD monitor to see a context sensitive help page. Fast, accurate 3-area Autofocus The D40's advanced 3-area AF system and the refined algorithms inherited from more advanced Nikon digital SLR cameras deliver fast, efficient and precise autofocus. AF refinements deliver greater precision with fast, more consistent subject acquisition and improved focus tracking for consistently sharper pictures. Image Optimization Options The D40's Image Optimize setting lets photographers adjust color, contrast and sharpening as well as other image settings according to the type of scene or output desired. Settings include: Normal, Softer, Vivid, More Vivid, Portrait, Custom and Black and White, each of which are automatically adjusted based on sophisticated Nikon algorithms or user-selected settings for optimum results. Built-in Speedlight with i-TTL automatic flash control Nikon's innovative i-TTL flash control evaluates flash exposure with incredible precision to achieve better automatic flash balance and deliver outstanding results. The built-in Speedlight is always at the ready and brings beautiful exposures in darkened conditions as well as adding sparkle for fill flash in outdoor situations for enhanced twilight shots or an added impact to daylight images. Bright, accurate SLR viewfinder A large viewfinder makes composition easier, and overall viewfinder brightness makes focusing in low-light photography possible. Its bright and sharp viewfinder, with 0.8x magnification, ensures precise composition. Automatic exposure with 8 Digital-Vari Program Modes Eight Digital Vari-Program Modes include: Auto Flash-OFF, Portrait, Landscape, Child, Sports, Close Up or Night Portrait, each of which adjusts automatically for optimal results under varied conditions. Nikon 3D Color Matrix Metering II The D40's 3D Color Matrix Metering II evaluates each scene for brightness, color, contrast, size and position of shadows and highlights, selected focus area and camera-to-subject distance, comparing that information against an onboard database of more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes.

Compatible Mountings: Nikon F (FX), Nikon F (DX)


Aspect Ratio: 1.601


Photo Sensor Technology: CCD


Supported File Format: Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF


Image Stabilization: Digital


Maximum Focal Length: 55 Millimeters


Optical Zoom: 3 x


Maximum Aperture: 3.5 f


Expanded ISO Minimum: 200


Metering Description: Evaluative


Camera Lens: 18-55mm f&3.5 - f&5.6 ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens


Zoom: Optical


Maximum Focal Length: 55 Millimeters


Minimum Focal Length: 18 Millimeters


Optical Zoom: 3 x


Digital Zoom: 3 x


Focal Length Description: 18-55 Millimeters


Lens Type: Zoom lens


Processor Count: 1


Crop Factor: 1.5


Photo Sensor Resolution: 6.1 MP


Has Image Stabilization: Yes


Item Weight: 1.15 Pounds


Sensor Type: CCD


Minimum Aperture: 5.6


Viewfinder: Eye-level penta-dach mirror


Expanded ISO Maximum: 1600


Flash Modes: Automatic, Red Eye Reduction, Flash exposure compensation


Frame Rate: 2.5 frames per second


Expanded ISO Minimum: 200


Flash Sync Speed: 1/500_sec


Battery Cell Type: Lithium Ion


Continuous Shooting: 2.5


Is Electric: Yes


Specific Uses For Product: Photography


Image stabilization: Digital


Audio Recording: No


Maximum Shutter Speed: 1/4000 seconds


Viewfinder Coverage Percentage: 95


Battery Weight: 1 Grams


Color: Black


Water Resistance Level: Not Water Resistant


Processor Description: Nikon Digital Camera Processor


Skill Level: Professional


Viewfinder Magnification: 0.8x


Compatible Mountings: Nikon F (FX), Nikon F (DX)


Video Resolution: 1080p


Diopter Adjustment Range Description: ±2.2 diopters


Autofocus: Yes


Autofocus Points: 3


Focus Features: Nikon Multi-CAM530


Focus Type: Manual, Automatic


Auto Focus Technology: Phase Detection, Selective single-point, Multi-area, Single, Continuous


Memory Slots Available: 1 Secure Digital (SD)


Flash Memory Type: SD/SDHC card


Total USB Ports: 1


Connectivity Technology: USB


Total USB 2.0 Ports: 1


Wireless Technology: Yes


Night vision: No


Digital Scene Transition: True


Image Capture Type: Stills


Movie Mode: No


Shooting Modes: Landscape, Portrait, Night Portrait, Close-up, Child, Automatic, Sports


Digital-Still: Yes


Model Series: D40


Global Trade Identification Number: 00


Built-In Media: Battery


UPC: 018208254200


Series Number: 40


Age Range Description: Kid


Model Name: Nikon


Remote Included: No


Model Number: 25420


Brand: Nikon


Are Batteries Included: Yes


Display Type: LCD display


Screen Size: 2.5 Inches


Display Resolution Maximum: 230,000


Has Color Screen: Yes


Self Timer: 10 seconds


Exposure Control: Portrait mode, Night portrait, Landscape, Sports mode, Children, Close-up


White Balance Settings: Auto, Daylight, Custom


Metering Methods: Evaluative


Aspect Ratio: 1.601


JPEG Quality Level: Basic, Fine, Normal


Total Still Resolution: 6.1 MP


Supported Image Format: Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF


Dynamic Stops: 15 Stops


Effective Still Resolution: 6.1 MP


File Format: Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF


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The Nikon D40 is a great lightweight digital SLR. I previoiusly owned a D50, and the D40 is lighter and more compact. I have only shot a few hundred pictures so far, but the image quality is excellent. There are some reports that this camera tends to overexpose some high contrast shots. I have noticed this but I DON'T consider it a problem. The camera tends to expose for the darker parts of the image thus overexposing the lighter parts. This is not an issue unless your subject is in the lighter part of the shot. In most cases the subject in high contrast shots is in the shadows or is backlit so the subject actually ends up being well exposed. This turns out to be a real plus for a majority of people because they don't consider the placement of their subject relative to available light. It makes perfect sense that Nikon would have calibrated an amature DSLR meter this way. I have owned a lot of cameras and none of them have exposed shots perfectly 100% of the time. It is very easy to use exposure compensation on this camera to correct for any under or overexposure that you don't like. It's a digital camera so take as many shots as you want and just delete those you don't like. The D40 is very well built and the ergonomics are great. I can see all of the viewfinder with my glasses on (DSLRs require the user to look through the viewfinder versus the LCD screen to frame shots). The LCD screen is larger and brighter than the one on the old D50. The camera has enough features and flexibility for the beginner up to the professional photographer. Set it on auto and almost all shots will turn out great, or you can fiddle with all sorts of settings to your heart's desire. All of the negeatives or cons that I have seen for this camera in various reviews are related to things that few people will care anything about. Do some research and see for yourself. The most important thing to consider is image quality, and this camera does great in that area as do most digital SLRs. The D40's flash combined with Auto ISO is great. All flash shots I have taken have turned out very well exposed. I even took some flash shots of my house from across the street and they turned out perfectly exposed. Auto ISO set the ISO to 1600 on these shots, but the image quality was just fine. High ISO shots taken with DSLRs are almost as good as low ISO shots taken with point and shoot cameras. You cannot use megapixels to compare image quality between point and shoot cameras and DSLRs. My 6 megapixel D40 has far better image quality than my 7 megapixel Canon 850. Color and saturation are similar (the things that make people say "ooh, pretty picture"), but there is no comparison when it comes to noise and resolution (things that most people don't really notice or care about when looking at your pictures). You are wondering why I purchased a 6 megapixel DSLR when there are several on the market with higher pixel counts. There are three reasons: 1) price, 2) size and weight (very important if you carry the camera around all day or travel with it), and 3) the difference in image quality between 6 and 12 megapixels is miniscule and something that absolutely NO ONE would notice by looking at my pictures. If you take two identical shots with a D40 and a higher megapixel DSLR and blew them up to 8x10 or even 11x14 the average person wouldn't notice a difference, and more importantly...they wouldn't care. Color, saturation, and composition are much more important than small differences in resolution. These things are determined by the subject and the photographer, not megapixels. Some of my favorite digital pictures were taken with a 2 megapixel camera I owned several years ago. Save your money on megapixels and use it to take your significant other out for a nice dinner. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2007 by C. Quinn
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This won't be a list of all the technical statistics as many reviewers have done this very well already. Instead, let's concentrate on how it actually works. First, I wanted a DSLR because they are easier for me to use than point and shoots and of course there are choices with lenses, flashes, etc. I chose Nikon because I have had good luck durability-wise with that brand and Nikon is obviously a premier company. I also have a couple of interesting old Nikon lenses that are usable. Amazon's price with free shipping and all was quite a bit less than I found locally. It arrived quickly and in good shape, as did the extra stuff I got for it. One of these items was the 55-200 VR zoom. If you go this route BEWARE: there are cheap zoom packages that ship the NON-VR version. You want VR. Surely the standard kit lens, which does get excellent reviews, will itself someday be offered in VR form. In fact, since I bought this, you can be sure this will be soon! Some reviewers have advised the use of those impressive bigger, heavier, wider aperture and more costly lenses. Or prime lenses. My take is that the standard DX lenses that were designed for this camera just make it so much more pleasurable to use, work just fine and are appropriate for the use this camera will get. If there are any differences in quality, they are really hard to see, if at all. VR makes low-light photos sharp and in many cases negates the need for wide aperture lenses, and this also means a better depth of field. However, nothing beats big expensive lenses, or big expensive most anything else, actually. It just isn't really necessary for most of the photography people will use this camera for. Cameras like the D40 are best for candid, quick shots and for capturing moments in time that are not repeatable. Bulky equipment just gets in the way and makes it more likely that the camera will be in the closet and not with you. Some people just like the photog life and live to carry around the biggest and heaviest stuff. My thinking is that the $5000 and more DSLRs with their bigger sensors and all would be more appropriate for that use, or spend $35000 and really go for it with a digital Hasselblad. Why not the D40x? I read a zillion reviews that said, in essence, that you can't tell the difference, so why spend the extra? There is a lot of debate about this, but I went with the D40. Some experts, including those that I admire, suggest using special settings, especially those that have to do with how vivid the colors will be. And there are plenty of these settings. I spent a lot of time trying the various manual modes and other shooting options. Just delete them when you are done experimenting. Go to the menu on that big bright and sharp screen and reset when you are done. I messed up some promising shots because I assumed I was in Auto mode and I wasn't. My bad; automatic or not, you still have to pay attention. This is all fun to play with, and, speaking of auto mode, it is pretty darn good. Just set the top dial to auto, leave it there, press half-way down on the shutter button to focus and then fire away. Make sure the lens buttons are set on VR and auto focus. All good. And there are other settings for landscapes, portraits, kids, etc. Again, it is easy to turn the dial to those settings and it is all automatic. The camera's little computer changes things in subtle ways to complement those shots. Nikon has vast technical resources and I figure they have this stuff figured out better than me. If you want special effects, you can do that, but the auto modes are really very good and hard to beat. Flash is fun. The pop-up flash works very well for most any normal use. I also bought the little 400 series add-on flash. This is a nice device that has a bounce feature. The D40 handles all this flash stuff perfectly. Very nice, and automatic. What about the plastic construction of the camera and the DX lenses? Sure, nothing better than those precise old metal beauties, but the DX cameras are all about size and weight. They are molded to be easy to hold and use and I really have no complaints. The camera and lenses are well-built and solid. I keep my old FM-2 around to fondle. What about the complaints that many of the old Nikon lenses will not work on the D40? This won't be a problem for new users because they will just buy DX lenses. If you do have a collection of fabulous old lenses, then it would be best to go up to D80s or the 300. Check on what actually works. The extra cost of the camera will be offset by the "free" lenses. This will be especially important if you have specialty lenses like perspective control, medical, etc. Again, the whole idea of the D40 is that it is light, small and affordable. Sticking a multi-pound lens on it sort of defeats the purpose. I do have two old lenses, a 55mm micro-nikkor macro and a 100-300 with a macro setting. I just set the aperture on a guess, check out the results on the screen and adjust again. These old lenses were made to be manually set, so it is easy to do. Not for fast shots, no VR, but fun to play with. And the results, the actual prints? First, let me say that I am a fan of big contact prints. Nothing else looks sharp to me. A Leica sales guy showed me a big print, around 24" wide, printed to show how good a cost is no object Leica could be. Ahh, sharp for what it was, but just sort of ok for me. I have had a lot of 35mm printed and was always disappointed. Even paid extra at expensive camera stores. All in the 4X6 to 8X10 size. Not that good, to me. Slides were better, but what a pain to view. Frankly, despite 35mm supposedly being equivalent to 25 mp digital, my 6mp photos printed out on my Canon Pixma are just a lot nicer. Nicer colors, sharper, better. Maybe if I sent my 35mm shot out to be printed on ultra exotic media with processing to match... too much for me. If you can, I suggest getting your digital files out to a service that prints them out on actual photo paper on mega-expensive machines. This is very inexpensive and provides ultimate results (reasonably speaking). I download into iPhoto on my old iBook. When I connect the included usb cable, the program recognizes the camera and the download begins when I push "import". Then, if I want to play with the photo, I just drag it into Adobe Elements, do my best, then save it back to iPhoto for storage. I do not use Nikon's software because I don't need to. The D40 does do some processing in the camera, but I am just used to using the computer. It is easier to see on a big screen and of course the photo editing programs give you many more options. There are all sorts of very capable programs to sort and manipulate your photos if you want to go that way. Suggested options: I went with the kit lens and the 55-200 VR (see my review on that lens) and that is not a bad combination. A better one would be the wide zoom and the 18-200 VR. That, however, is $2K worth of lenses. I got the little remote. I am a fan of polarizing filters, but I already had one. Digital cameras are especially good at macro work and Nikon offers a new macro lens and a neat special flash system to go with it. Not cheap, but super capable and the results are great. I do not like the D40's limitations on remote triggering and remote flash. To fire off the camera you can use that nifty little remote, but the sensor for it is on the front of the camera. Fine for most uses where you are in front of the camera, but heck, a timer works for that. These cameras do not accept cable releases. I will try to make a reflector out of aluminum foil and see if that works. The old Nikon D70 had the capability of triggering remote flashes. That was a neat feature. 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Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2007 by Carlgo

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