Nikon D40 Digital SLR Camera (6 megapixels), including black AF-S DX 18-55 Lens

With the Nikon D40 is so far his lightest, most compact and user-friendly digital SLR camera. The D40 combines the flexibility of a system camera with interchangeable lenses with the handiness an exceptionally small and light camera housing and is primarily aimed at entrants into the digital SLR photography, which has compact cameras with digital or analog SLR cameras photographed.

The camera will work with the kit lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkon 18-55 mm / 3,5-5,6 G ED II (zoom factor 3) delivered. Moreover, it deals with the diverse range of other Nikkon lenses. Thanks to the world's leading digital and optical technologies Nikon succeed with the D40 in almost every recording situation impressive photos on surprisingly easy way.

Built "Operating Instructions"
An absolute highlight of the newly developed D40 operating concept is to feature high transparency for the user. With a help button, the "built-User's Manual" is activated. With it you can be active all menu options and functions explanatory texts help retrieve the learning process in dealing with the enormous camera. Frequent After beating the manual for the camera is superfluous. The selection of important camera functions, the camera's user additional vivid example images in selecting the appropriate option and will feature a preview meet. The menus are organized and color are displayed in large letters, was an easy navigate through the options the camera easier.

Easy to use
The D40 is on for high transport comfort compact dimensions and light weight. In designing the D40 in particular on a limited number of controls and excellent ergonomics ensure that the handling of the camera very easy and fast image success. The bright and sharp viewfinder with 0.8 times magnification allows a choice of the precise framing. After recording provides the big high-resolution 2.5-inch color LCD monitor for a clear and concise picture and allows the accurate assessment of sharpness and exposure of a recording at up to 19-fold magnification.

The new menu "image editing" of the D40 offers unique features with the possibility of easy and fast image editing on the camera. This increases the "fun factor" of D40 and ensures a greater creative freedom - even without a computer. The image editing menu includes the D40, for example, the functions "D-Lighting", "Red-eye correction" and "pruning".Among the creative features include "picture assembly", "compact image", "Monochrome" (black and white, sepia, blue) and "filter effects" (Skylight, Warm hue, color calibration).

First-class image quality
The D40 is equipped with a CCD image sensor in the DX format with an effective resolution of 6.1 megapixels and has a sophisticated image-processing engine. Together they provide an unusually detailed picture with natural, vivid colors. Nikon's exclusive 3D Color Matrix II enables measurement even in difficult light conditions, a precise exposure. With the help of an automatic sensitivity, the sensitivity of the image sensor in the range of 200 to 1,600 ISO to be adjusted so that in low ambient light sharp and properly exposed pictures succeed.

The D40 has remarkably high response preparedness, because the algorithms for auto focus control of the lens come from the successful digital SLRs Nikon D200 and D80 and guarantee even in low light sharpness a more accurate diagnosis, more precise focus and sharpness faster tracking.

The turn of the D40 is only 0.18 seconds, and thanks to the barely perceptible shutter, while shooting with many digital compact cameras often frustrating, you can still unique situations at the same moment captured.

Motif programs
With the help of typical motives and reception conditions concerted admission programmed can be quite the photographer to concentrate on his motive, without the necessary care for camera settings. All eight host programs - automatic, automatic (lightning), portrait, landscape, children, sports, close-up portrait and night - choose automatically for the respective Motive type best settings as well as the optimal ISO sensitivity and so achieve amazing results.

The new recording program "automatic (lightning)" prevents the built-in flash unit and simultaneously raises the ISO sensitivity, so the photographer also in places with low ambient light properly exposed pictures. This is particularly relevant in places where the use of a flash device is prohibited or undesirable, such as museums, concerts, weddings or other situations.

AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55 mm / 3,5-5,6 G ED II
In developing this DX zoom lens with the widespread focal length from 18 to 55 mm were the compact dimensions in the foreground; equipped with the compact Silent Wave Motor (SWM) by Nikon is located in the kit with the latest digital single lens reflex camera Nikon, the D40, available. The lens is equipped with optical advanced technologies from Nikon equipped, for example ED glass and spherical lenses, the D40 customers will enjoy superior image quality.

The 3-fold zoom lens covers the essential for photography focal length range from 18 to 55 mm. It is therefore essential for a variety of subjects - from wide-angle landscape shots to expressive portraits - ideal.

The compact, low-noise Silent Wave Motor Express enables automatic Scharf points with exceptionally high precision. A lens from ED glass minimizes the chromatic aberration and provides a picture quality of the special class. The hybrid spherical lens of the AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55 mm / 3,5-5,6 G ED II reduced astigmatism and other optical imaging errors to a minimum. The results are in contrast, high-resolution images. The exterior design of the lens has been improved in order to smooth zoom operation.