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 enlarge | Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography
Buy New: $546.95
New (9) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  420 reviews
Sales Rank: 291
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 4
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 55
Minimum Focal Length: 18
Maximum Resolution: 6
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 5 x 2.5
MPN: 9437
Model: 9437
UPC: 018208094370
EAN: 0018208094202
ASIN: B000SDPMEI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Camera! July 3, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this camera a month ago after 2 months of research. I am very please with my decision. The camera is simple to use but provides many advance features for people who want finer control. It feels solid and the battery life is better than any other digital cameras that I own. The only thing that puzzles me is that you can only take picture through the view finder. It would be nice if I can aim and shoot using the 2.5" LCD screen.
 Stunning camera...but..... June 29, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can only echo the reviews below, this camera is the one to own. You haven't seen real digital photos until you experience what a quality SLR can do. My only quibble is that went to use it one day and the 18-55m Nikkor lens was jammed. Inside a large plastic piece had come loose somehow. It's been in Nikon service for three weeks...so much for using it to take photos this summer.
So the camera is gem, but I'm not too pleased with the lens quality, despite its excellent clarity.
Solid Value June 26, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great camera. Light, easy to use controls, long battery life. Picture quality is also very good. For the money, you can't beat it.
Simply incredible June 23, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I first got the camera I was a little disheartened because I wasn't able to get the same color quality out of the camera that I was able to get with my previous DSLR (a Konica Minolta Dimage Z1). However, I quickly realized that the Z1 had been a crutch and that I needed to work a little harder to get the correct exposure settings on the D40. Now I'm getting much better photos from the D40 and I couldn't be happier with it. I highly recommend learning as much as you can about camera basics before giving up on the D40. It's a very capable camera for a very affordable price.
Outstanding camera and lens, great value June 22, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Wow. I've had this camera and lens for two days, and I love it already. It is my first DSLR, so I can't compare it to others.
I got into photography eighteen years ago, with a Canon AE-1 Program, then bought a Nikon N6006 a couple years later. I used that N6006 all over the place and for all kinds of stuff (nature, wildlife, travel, portraits, art and jewelry, a wedding, etc.), some for personal fun and some professionally. It was great and I loved it. I sold that camera a couple weeks ago, along with the lenses.
Now, I have the Nikon D40. Hallelujah, praise the lord, welcome to the new era in photography. I don't know where to start.
- 730 high res, high quality shots one a single $22 2Gb SD card (not included)
- Quick, quiet, and accurate auto-focus (the new Nikon AF-S silent wave technology, motor is in the lens, not the camera, and it is nearly silent. No "searching" back and forth like on my old N6006, either.)
- Beautiful pictures!
- Light weight, no more heavy camera and lens to hang from my neck.
- 3D Color Matrix Metering seems to work great, I've tried some unusual lighting situations and I was very happy with the results.
This is the high quality, inexpensive, easy to use, always ready camera of my dreams that never gets in my way. Now, I get to think about pictures, not equipment. That's exciting, and a little frightening, too. Great shooting, my friends!
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Update: One week later:
Ok, so I did decide to think about equipment for awhile. As I said, you can use this camera in a number of fully automatic modes and get great results. Nonetheless, this camera is a deep and powerful photography machine. I spent the last week experimenting with the camera and reading a lot of literature, user group postings, etc. online. As probably with all dSLR's, you can go deep into image processing parameters like white-balance, noise reduction, tone, brightness, and contrast curves. I have taken the time to learn about these things (since I shot mostly B&W film, before, I never thought about much of this.) The white-balance control, alone, makes a huge difference in color quality (especially with indoor lighting).
Also, unlike a digital point and shoot, the D40 can output RAW files (in the Nikon NEF format). It's a bit of work to learn how to work with these files and get the right tools (Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom being excellent choices), but it can be worth it. Using the RAW NEF files, you can get total, after the shot control over all the parameter curves I described above. You can even adjust exposure (by up to 1~2 f-stops) after the fact! Like I said, that's a bit more advanced of a topic, but know that you can do that, if you want to.
Basiclly, if you're an old pro film shooter or if you're a digital point and shooter, this camera would be great. You can start in fully automatic mode and have fun taking pictures. Then, as you get the courage and desire, start learning about the different modes and features and gradually switching them from auto to manual. The D40 gives you that choice on an individual basis with every feature, so you choose how much the camera is in control and how much you are in control.
Pair this camera with a good image processing software package (I'm using IrfanView as my viewer and Adobe Photoshop Elements for processing, great software on a slim budget), and go as deep you want to go.
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