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 The Highlights October 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I kept this camera for abt 6 months. I have a Canon 30D and a Canon Powershot A710 IS plus several film cameras.I have loved the Nikon D40 and I ve liked most of the photos I've taken with it outdoors in cloudy days and also with long exposures during the night. The camera performs very well in those situations with any lens. Indoors photos show minimal noise up to iso 1100.For higher iso values the noise increases dramatically. Iso 1600 is in general unusable. Default colors are over saturated but they can be made softer trough the many adjustment options offered in menu. Picture quality drops significantly in high light situations, typically outdoors in a sunny day. It is possible to limit the damages by shooting at minus 1 or 1 and half stops but picture quality remains rather average or poor. White higlights appear very easily, colors lose their nuances. Of course once you know the limits of the camera you will try, if you can, to avoid the critical situations . If you can't then the camera is not for you. That's why I'v sold my one. Mecanically the camera is superb and its shutter noise is...music.
 great camera October 8, 2008
baught mine in july,what a bargain at 220 amazon taken some first class photos,feels and looks very well made.l love this camera,one ov the best buys l have made,me very happy.
Best camera I've ever used! September 24, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is my first SLR camera and I've a huge interest in photography and I'm up for learning a lot of things about it, I've been recommended by many Nikon D40 owners I know, including online by research, and buying this has not made me regret it for one bit! I thoroughly recommend it. :)
Camera brilliant - Nikon cashback, not so great September 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Love the camera. Simple to use and takes great snaps.
Just make sure if you get an additional lens with this as I did, that you get them through on the same transaction otherwise you'll only get 40 cash back not the 60. Just smarts a bit when you pay near 700 for kit that they leave such a bad taste in your mouth over 20. Makes you wonder what they're like to deal with as a company really. Hopefully I'll never have to.
Very Very Good and So Cheap 2 !! September 8, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Have had in the last 18 months a Sony A200,Olympus 410/420 a Nikon D70&D80 also tried out a Nikon D200 off a friend for a week.
Decided after much thinking that the D80 was bigger then i wanted and the D40 with it,s great compact size and build might be better esp as so much cheaper as well ,The D40 is described 2 be better then the 40X and D60 due to the low light advantage and Flash Sync shutter speed advantage as well.
Have had the D40 for about a month and it does 90% of what the D80 does and produces fantastic quality images that match the D80 up to very large prints and on my laptop for viewing without any difference.
Don,t get me wrong i,ve loved the D80 but give me a D40 for 200 odd less and smaller more compact size and it,s a winner in my book, you could drop,smash have it nicked 3 times over almost for the same price as the D80.
Cameras are being renewed every 18 months or so anyway so spend your money on quality optics and decent flash which are usefull for at least 10 yrs and keep there value well too.
There,s a lot of features in the Sony,s and Olympus,s but i really don,t use them too be honest most of it is gimmicks that are not needed, Just get the Mega cheap D40 and get out there and take Pics with accurate metering,colours and low noise that produces better Images then the Olympus and Sony .
Lastly sold the D80 and purchased a decent lens and SB400 Flash instead.
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