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 enlarge | Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography
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New (9) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  420 reviews
Sales Rank: 316
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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 nikon D-40 was a good purchase October 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this camera. I got the lens kit 55-200mm. Some people have posted saying it is not a good camera for sports but I have found that it takes fantastic shots of my sons soccer games. with the 200mm zoom lens it lets you get in close to the action and if thats not enough zoom for you you can do a zoom with the camera that lets you crop(trim) the picture on the camera setting. In this mode pictures that were maxed out on the 200mm zoom turned out incredible with the camera setting zoom and the nice thing about that is that it will not alter the original photo. My friend saw that I had a nikon and wanted to borrow it because he had a nikon that was older that took film. he saw the pictures and was blown away at how crystal clear the had come out with even the auto settings. He has mentioned he will be getting one soon. I do have a canon point and shoot that is close to five years old that had a lot of settings I used for soccer baseball and basketball. This camera was nice but when I was indoors it would focus then as you depressed the button fully it would go out of focus just as the picture was snapped. This happened ALL THE TIME! I had made my mind up that I would look into other reviews of different and found that alot of people liked nikon with little or no neg reviews. I am satisfied with my purchase and look forward to upgrading with nikon in the future. My landscape pics turn out nicely as well. Did I mention that my canon point and shoot cost nearly the same as my nicer nikon d-40? Bottom line is if you are a beginner like me then you can't go wrong with this camera.
Good camera for the Average consumer October 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this products. Im not a professional photographer but it takes more-than-average photo shots.
I would recommend this to any average Joe. Wonderful Camera
Terrific for amateurs transitioning from point-and-shoot October 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first dSLR I own, but not the first advanced-amateur digital. I always thought that even the worst film camera had better quality than a digital --- unless you were willing to pay a fortune. I'm glad this camera proved me wrong. For less than 500 you get terrific quality, a relatively light and simple to use camera that would give you much more satisfaction than other cameras.
Among the many virtues of this camera I'd point out:
- Excellent image quality: sharpness, depth of field, colors, etc.
- Meaningful quality: The 6MP sensor produces just the right amount of detail without overburdenning the user with heavy image files, slow transfers, etc. Keeping the MP count low was a priority when I bought this camera and I'm happy to see that I was right.
- Good controls. I'm certain that more advanced users would like more knobs and button customization, but for users who want to take pictures without much tweaking, the scene knob and the dial provide a great means of control for regular situations. More advanced tweaking requires the menu, but I find that a reasonable compromise to keep the camera simple. Compared to the other (non SLR) cameras I used (Canon, Olympus, Sony) this interface is the best.
- It's light and compact
What I would have preferred:
- VR lens offered by default
- ISO 100 (yet the minimum ISO=200 setting is way better than the ISO 64 setting in a prosumer canon!)
- More battery life (but I'm using it with eye-fi, which likely drains power faster)
Overall, the quality of this camera is great; it's fairly intuitive and easy to use, very responsive. You immediately are taking pictures with simple settings. At the same time it allows the user a lot of customization. It reminds me a lot the spurt of creative photography I experienced with the coolpix 950, but certainly with a much better quality.
i love it October 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
so a friend of mine has this camera and i played around with it for an hour or so and fell in love. I dove into the pool and with the feature of continuous shutter it got every shot from me jumping off and my hands sliding into the water. i bought one for myself with the standard 18 - 55 lens. although as a beginner this lens is great i would like to get the 55 - 200. this camera takes the most amazing pictures and me and my bf always fight over who will be snapping them away. i recommend this to everyone. I LOVE IT =)
 Great Camera, though got Defective one! Amazon shipping Replacement! October 10, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is my intro into the DSLR world. I wanted one for better pictures than a Point and Shot one. Researched around and was told by many to go with Nikon, and by other to go for Canon. I guess there is this Nikon vs Canon thing with DSLRs. Of course all opinions biased as they own a nikon or canon. I decided to get the D40, main reason, cheaper than the others (mainly the XTi, which i was told to get). And if I decide to get a better DSLR, more expensive, I can use this as my back up camera.
Anyway, it is a great camera. I have had a lot of fun with it. Not until recently, i notice a lil green spot on all my images. Very slight, but there. When zoomed in onto the spot it looks like a small + . Very slight that it can easily be touched up. But I did pay some good money so I decided to give a call to Amazon. They are shipping a replacement. So a las I must say bye to this one. Cant wait to get the replacement.
I really like it. I have tested other and really like the texture of the nikon. Very nice feel, small, and lightweight. I really didnt like the textures of the other brands. Canon and Sony. Cant wait to continue shooting. I need moar lens's...Eye'ing the 50mm 1.8!
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