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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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
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 | 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
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 | 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
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | High-performance 6.1megapixel 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. |  |
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 | 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
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |  |
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 | 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. |