I bought this gorgeous digital SLR (single-lens reflex) camera just over a year ago and am head over heels in love with it. Although only the entry level D range Nikon at 6.1 megapixels, it is an absolutely brilliant piece of kit (as you would expect from Nikon) for the money and produces impressively high quality photos. I've been an avid photographer for many years, and my trusty ancient Minolta SRT-101 SLR served me extremely well for more than two decades until I decided to try digital. At first I bought a Nikon Coolpix a few years ago, as prices for digital cameras were a lot higher then and that was as much as I could afford, and alternated between the ...  Read the complete review

FEATURES!! Like the canon EOS 300D of 2003, Nikon’s D40 broke a psychological price barrier at the end of 2006 as the 1st DSLR kit launched at a price under £500!! Using the same as the 6.1 mega pixel sensor as the D50 may not make it the highest resolution model in this group, but it does benefit from having the largest pixels, which should, in turn, mean less noise. Changes to the body design mean there’s no longer an AF motor in the camera, so the 3 point MultiCAM-530 module is only compatible with AF-S AND AF-I lenses which have their own motor. While older lenses will still fit, they may not offer auto focusing. That ...  Read the complete review

Nikon D40 Camera I had wanted a new camera for a while; a 'big black camera' as I had always called them as, although I am certainly no professional, I do like taking photos. I did not have the money spare at the time and so felt extremely lucky to be given this camera from my mother-in-law as she had recently updated hers. The camera had been used for a couple of years, though very rarely as my mother-in-law did not like the bulkiness of the camera compared to her smaller one so was as good as new when we received it. I have seen this camera online from between the prices of £250 to £400 which is very pricey, considering it is a few years ...  Read the complete review

The Nikon D40 was the first digital SLR camera I owned. Since then I have used the slightly updated D40x, and currently have the D60, which features an anti-dust system. All of the cameras mentioned above share the same size and design, but have varying internal features. The D40 is a 6 megapixel camera. Now, this doesn't sound a lot in this day and age - however, image quality and megapixel count should not be confused. I cannot stress enough the difference in picture quality from a standard compact camera. The images the D40 is capable of taking can be quite superb - rich, lifelike colours combine with sharp details to ...  Read the complete review

I've owned this camera for 4 years it was my first venture into digital SLRs. After years of using film SLR cameras my Nikon F90 developed a fault which was going to cost too much to repair so I finally had to accept it was time to give in and go digital. Although I had owned a point and shoot digital camera I hadn't seen the point of changing to digital when I already owned so much film kit. Unfortunately when my film camera died I didn't have the funds available to buy anything other than an entry level camera as I had always been happy with Nikon the D40 was the obvious choice for my first DSLR. My reason for choosing the D40 apart from the price was ...  Read the complete review