The Nikon D40 is a simple and basic digital camera that has many smart functions and is a very user friendly camera. This camera is the smallest in its class and is sleek and well designed to give you a perfect companion wherever you go without much weight. The dimensions are 126 x 94 x 64 and the weight is only 475 grams. This is a 6.1 mega pixel sensor and is quite portable. You can easily carry it around anywhere and capture all your special moments on this 2.5 inch LCD screen. The controls are well laid out and one can easily get to the function buttons easily while operating the camera. The right side you will find a door that gives you access to the memory card port, the left side bottom consists of a connection to USB2 port and AC input.
The Nikon DSLR camera can get access information including shutter speed, aperture and number of frames that are available on the SD card via the adjustable viewfinder. This positioning has saved on a lot of space and helped to make it compact. The LCD screen has two tasks and also controls the functions. The D40 comes incorporated with a rocker key for selection of the menu functions. User can also opt for the various sizes of images and the quality as well. The choices provided are basic or fine with quality and large, small or medium for size. The new processing engine that has been provided by the Nikon is easier to handle as compared to the other cameras. The user has a choice between auto focus and manual focus.
The DSLR camera offers images to be captured in a JPEG format. The 420 segment metering, the Nikon digital camera gives stunning performance even if there is high contrast settings. The lenses used in the camera are Silent Wave motors or the SWMs as it is known, yet, only 20 lenses can be used from the enter range of Nikon D40 cameras can be used.
The performance of the Nikon D40 is terrific and takes about 0.18 seconds to capture the first shot. The battery gives a life of 100 frames of continuous shots. The burst provided is 2.5 frames per seconds and one can also tweak and save the images in the menu that can be printed later.
The images captured are perfect, natural and clear with the excellent ISO settings. The Nikon D40 price in India is Rs. 48, 402 approximately.