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product_id: 1171906
title: "Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Auto Focus-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens"
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# 2.5 fps continuous shooting 6.1MP CCD sensor 3x 18-55mm zoom lens Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Auto Focus-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens

**Brand:** nikon
**Price:** € 303.70
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📸 Capture brilliance on the go — because your moments deserve more than just a snapshot!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Auto Focus-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens by nikon
- **How much does it cost?** € 303.70 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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- nikon enthusiasts

## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Sharp & Vivid:** 6.1MP DX-format CCD sensor delivers stunning 14x19 inch prints with rich color depth.
- • **Versatile Zoom:** Included 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX lens covers wide-angle to portrait shots flawlessly.
- • **Instant Capture:** Fast startup and 2.5 frames per second continuous shooting to freeze every moment.
- • **Compact Powerhouse:** Lightweight DSLR at just 1.15 lbs—carry pro-grade photography everywhere.
- • **User-Friendly Interface:** Intuitive controls, 2.5-inch LCD with multiple display modes, and in-camera editing for creative freedom without the wait.

## Overview

The Nikon D40 is a compact, lightweight DSLR featuring a 6.1-megapixel DX-format CCD sensor paired with a versatile 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens. Designed for ease of use and high-quality imaging, it offers fast startup, 2.5 fps continuous shooting, a bright 2.5-inch LCD, and advanced autofocus. Perfect for professionals and enthusiasts seeking sharp, vivid photos with the flexibility of DSLR performance in a portable package.

## Description

From the Manufacturer Manufacturer Description Great pictures used to require complicated and cumbersome equipment along with years of experience. Not any more. The D40 is compact, lightweight and designed specifically for ease of use, yet contains all the top-quality, high-performance technologies that you expect from a Nikon digital SLR. And with world-famous Nikkor lenses, you know you have the sharpest and most reliable optical performance available. All in a camera light enough to carry with you everywhere. Beautiful photography has never been easier. Nikon D40 Highlights Extraordinary Nikon image quality The D40's high-resolution image quality is made possible by Nikon's high-performance 6.1 megapixel Nikon DX format CCD imaging sensor and exclusive Nikon image processing engine which assures stunning sharpness and color. 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. 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 than ever. 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 moments instantly. 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 variety of shooting situations. 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. 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. High-performance 6.1-megapixel 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. 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 to a printer. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Review: Great Camera - The Nikon D40 is a great lightweight digital SLR. I previoiusly owned a D50, and the D40 is lighter and more compact. I have only shot a few hundred pictures so far, but the image quality is excellent. There are some reports that this camera tends to overexpose some high contrast shots. I have noticed this but I DON'T consider it a problem. The camera tends to expose for the darker parts of the image thus overexposing the lighter parts. This is not an issue unless your subject is in the lighter part of the shot. In most cases the subject in high contrast shots is in the shadows or is backlit so the subject actually ends up being well exposed. This turns out to be a real plus for a majority of people because they don't consider the placement of their subject relative to available light. It makes perfect sense that Nikon would have calibrated an amature DSLR meter this way. I have owned a lot of cameras and none of them have exposed shots perfectly 100% of the time. It is very easy to use exposure compensation on this camera to correct for any under or overexposure that you don't like. It's a digital camera so take as many shots as you want and just delete those you don't like. The D40 is very well built and the ergonomics are great. I can see all of the viewfinder with my glasses on (DSLRs require the user to look through the viewfinder versus the LCD screen to frame shots). The LCD screen is larger and brighter than the one on the old D50. The camera has enough features and flexibility for the beginner up to the professional photographer. Set it on auto and almost all shots will turn out great, or you can fiddle with all sorts of settings to your heart's desire. All of the negeatives or cons that I have seen for this camera in various reviews are related to things that few people will care anything about. Do some research and see for yourself. The most important thing to consider is image quality, and this camera does great in that area as do most digital SLRs. The D40's flash combined with Auto ISO is great. All flash shots I have taken have turned out very well exposed. I even took some flash shots of my house from across the street and they turned out perfectly exposed. Auto ISO set the ISO to 1600 on these shots, but the image quality was just fine. High ISO shots taken with DSLRs are almost as good as low ISO shots taken with point and shoot cameras. You cannot use megapixels to compare image quality between point and shoot cameras and DSLRs. My 6 megapixel D40 has far better image quality than my 7 megapixel Canon 850. Color and saturation are similar (the things that make people say "ooh, pretty picture"), but there is no comparison when it comes to noise and resolution (things that most people don't really notice or care about when looking at your pictures). You are wondering why I purchased a 6 megapixel DSLR when there are several on the market with higher pixel counts. There are three reasons: 1) price, 2) size and weight (very important if you carry the camera around all day or travel with it), and 3) the difference in image quality between 6 and 12 megapixels is miniscule and something that absolutely NO ONE would notice by looking at my pictures. If you take two identical shots with a D40 and a higher megapixel DSLR and blew them up to 8x10 or even 11x14 the average person wouldn't notice a difference, and more importantly...they wouldn't care. Color, saturation, and composition are much more important than small differences in resolution. These things are determined by the subject and the photographer, not megapixels. Some of my favorite digital pictures were taken with a 2 megapixel camera I owned several years ago. Save your money on megapixels and use it to take your significant other out for a nice dinner.
Review: Terrific for amateurs transitioning from point-and-shoot - This is the first dSLR I own, but not the first advanced-amateur digital. I always thought that even the worst film camera had better quality than a digital --- unless you were willing to pay a fortune. I'm glad this camera proved me wrong. For less than 500 you get terrific quality, a relatively light and simple to use camera that would give you much more satisfaction than other cameras. Among the many virtues of this camera I'd point out: - Excellent image quality: sharpness, depth of field, colors, etc. - Meaningful quality: The 6MP sensor produces just the right amount of detail without overburdenning the user with heavy image files, slow transfers, etc. Keeping the MP count low was a priority when I bought this camera and I'm happy to see that I was right. - Good controls. I'm certain that more advanced users would like more knobs and button customization, but for users who want to take pictures without much tweaking, the scene knob and the dial provide a great means of control for regular situations. More advanced tweaking requires the menu, but I find that a reasonable compromise to keep the camera simple. Compared to the other (non SLR) cameras I used (Canon, Olympus, Sony) this interface is the best. - It's light and compact What I would have preferred: - VR lens offered by default - ISO 100 (yet the minimum ISO=200 setting is way better than the ISO 64 setting in a prosumer canon!) - More battery life (but I'm using it with eye-fi, which likely drains power faster) Overall, the quality of this camera is great; it's fairly intuitive and easy to use, very responsive. You immediately are taking pictures with simple settings. At the same time it allows the user a lot of customization. It reminds me a lot the spurt of creative photography I experienced with the coolpix 950, but certainly with a much better quality.

## Features

- 6.1-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 14 x 19-inch prints
- Kit includes 3x 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens
- 2.5-inch LCD with three display options; built-in flash and hot shoe
- Fast startup with instant shutter response; shoot at up to 2.5 frames per second
- Powered by one rechargeable Li-ion battery EN-EL9 (included); stores images on SD memory cards (memory card not included)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000KJQ1DG |
| Age Range Description | Kid |
| Aperture modes | F3.5–F5.6 |
| Are Batteries Included | Yes |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.60:1 |
| Auto Focus Technology | Continuous, Multi-area, Phase Detection, Selective single-point, Single |
| Autofocus | Yes |
| Autofocus Points | 3 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #127,059 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #179 in DSLR Cameras |
| Bit Depth | 12 Bit |
| Brand | Nikon |
| Built-In Media | Battery |
| Camera Flash | Built-In |
| Camera Lens | 18-55mm f&3.5 - f&5.6 ED II AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens |
| Color | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Nikon cameras with a Nikon F bayonet mount |
| Compatible Mountings | Nikon F (DX), Nikon F (FX) |
| Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Continuous Shooting | 2.5 |
| Crop Mode | DX |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (627) |
| Digital Scene Transition | True |
| Digital Zoom | 3 x |
| Digital-Still | Yes |
| Display Fixture Type | LCD screen |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 230,000 |
| Display Type | LCD display |
| Dynamic Stops | 15 Stops |
| Effective Still Resolution | 6.1 MP |
| Expanded ISO Minimum | 200 |
| Exposure Control | Children, Close-up, Landscape, Night portrait, Portrait mode, Sports mode |
| File Format | Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF |
| Flash Memory Speed Class | 10 |
| Flash Memory Type | SD/SDHC card |
| Flash Modes | Automatic, Red Eye Reduction, Flash exposure compensation |
| Flash Sync Speed | 1/500_sec |
| Focal Length Description | 18-55 Millimeters |
| Focus Features | Nikon Multi-CAM530 |
| Focus Mode | Continuous-Servo AF (AF-C), Single-Servo AF (AF-S) |
| Focus Type | Automatic, Manual |
| Form Factor | Built-in |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00018208254200 |
| Hardware Interface | Secure Digital Card, USB |
| Has Color Screen | Yes |
| Image Capture Type | Stills |
| Image stabilization | Digital |
| Item Weight | 1.15 Pounds |
| JPEG Quality Level | Basic, Fine, Normal |
| Lens Type | Zoom lens |
| Manufacturer | Nikon |
| Maximum Aperture | 3.5 f |
| Maximum Focal Length | 55 Millimeters |
| Maximum Image Size | 19 Inches |
| Maximum Shutter Speed | 1/4000 Seconds |
| Memory Slots Available | 1 Secure Digital (SD) |
| Metering Methods | Evaluative |
| Minimum Focal Length | 18 Millimeters |
| Minimum Shutter Speed | 30 seconds |
| Model Name | Nikon |
| Model Number | 25420 |
| Model Series | D40 |
| Movie Mode | No |
| Night vision | No |
| Optical Zoom | 3 x |
| Photo Sensor Resolution | 6.1 MP |
| Photo Sensor Size | APS-C |
| Real Angle Of View | 42 Degrees |
| Remote Included | No |
| Screen Size | 2.5 Inches |
| Self Timer | 10 Seconds |
| Sensor Type | CCD |
| Series Number | 40 |
| Shooting Modes | Automatic, Child, Close-up, Landscape, Night Portrait, Portrait, Sports |
| Skill Level | Professional |
| Specific Uses For Product | Photography |
| Supported Image Format | Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF |
| Total Still Resolution | 6.1 MP |
| Total USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Total USB Ports | 1 |
| UPC | 018208254200 |
| Video Capture Format | MP4 |
| Video Resolution | 1080p |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level penta-dach mirror |
| Viewfinder Magnification | 0.8x |
| White Balance Settings | Auto, Custom, Daylight |
| Wireless Technology | Yes |
| Write Speed | 2.5 fps |
| Zoom | Optical |

## Product Details

- **Aspect Ratio:** 1.60:1
- **Compatible Mountings:** Nikon F (DX), Nikon F (FX)
- **Expanded ISO Minimum:** 200
- **Image Stabilization:** Digital
- **Maximum Aperture:** 3.5 f
- **Maximum Focal Length:** 55 Millimeters
- **Metering Description:** Evaluative
- **Optical Zoom:** 3 x
- **Photo Sensor Technology:** CCD
- **Supported File Format:** Compressed NEF (RAW), JPEG (Exif 2.21), DCF 2.0, DPOF

## Images

![Nikon D40 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera Kit with 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Auto Focus-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61MJadCZnRL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What lens fit the d40?**
A: The mount for the D series is the same as all Nikon's dslr's and slr's.  Compatability is limited by the features of the lens. One problem with new lenses is the automatic features of the lens ( motors inside the lens for focus and iris) and the ability of the D40 to actuate them. Having said that, I have a Nikon D-40 with a Nikon DX SWM ED Aspherical  auto focus 18-55 that works just fine with the camera.  Another issue is the focal point/image size that is introduced to your sensor. You can go to the nikonians website where they have a compatibility chart that shows which lenses work and what functions are allowed/disabled. http://www.nikonians.org/nikon/slr-lens....

**Q: How do you take action shots indoor at Volleyball games without them being blurry?**
A: Ideally you will require a high power external flash to 'freeze' the motion, and that can be expensive for a Nikon model. Depending on how much ambient light you have in the gym/arena you can, as an alternative, try cranking up the ISO to 1600, set exposure mode to S which will force camera to use highest available shutter speeds and see what happens - preferably at a training session. If you still get blur, you'll need that expensive flash to 'freeze' the motion as the built-in one is nowhere near powerful enough. The SPORTS mode is fine outdoors but won't help in poor lighting conditions.

**Q: can you interchange lenses?**
A: Kim, yes, you can. Only have to be careful not to let dust in. the trick is to have camera facing downward while changing lenses. The lens that comes in a kit is awesome for the price and many people will not need anything else. it is perfect for travel photography. Not fast enough for shooting in extreme low light. I'd recommend buying one prime (fixed legth) lens for that purpose.

**Q: Hello! all comments are very old. is this camera still on sale? how much does it cost to ship to israel?**
A: Yes, this camera is still available from many sellers. As for shipping to Israel, as long as you have your location correctly set to Israel Amazon should be able to give you an estimated shipping cost for each item. Try adding the item to your cart and seeing what the shipping cost would be

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Camera
*by C***N on November 3, 2007*

The Nikon D40 is a great lightweight digital SLR. I previoiusly owned a D50, and the D40 is lighter and more compact. I have only shot a few hundred pictures so far, but the image quality is excellent. There are some reports that this camera tends to overexpose some high contrast shots. I have noticed this but I DON'T consider it a problem. The camera tends to expose for the darker parts of the image thus overexposing the lighter parts. This is not an issue unless your subject is in the lighter part of the shot. In most cases the subject in high contrast shots is in the shadows or is backlit so the subject actually ends up being well exposed. This turns out to be a real plus for a majority of people because they don't consider the placement of their subject relative to available light. It makes perfect sense that Nikon would have calibrated an amature DSLR meter this way. I have owned a lot of cameras and none of them have exposed shots perfectly 100% of the time. It is very easy to use exposure compensation on this camera to correct for any under or overexposure that you don't like. It's a digital camera so take as many shots as you want and just delete those you don't like. The D40 is very well built and the ergonomics are great. I can see all of the viewfinder with my glasses on (DSLRs require the user to look through the viewfinder versus the LCD screen to frame shots). The LCD screen is larger and brighter than the one on the old D50. The camera has enough features and flexibility for the beginner up to the professional photographer. Set it on auto and almost all shots will turn out great, or you can fiddle with all sorts of settings to your heart's desire. All of the negeatives or cons that I have seen for this camera in various reviews are related to things that few people will care anything about. Do some research and see for yourself. The most important thing to consider is image quality, and this camera does great in that area as do most digital SLRs. The D40's flash combined with Auto ISO is great. All flash shots I have taken have turned out very well exposed. I even took some flash shots of my house from across the street and they turned out perfectly exposed. Auto ISO set the ISO to 1600 on these shots, but the image quality was just fine. High ISO shots taken with DSLRs are almost as good as low ISO shots taken with point and shoot cameras. You cannot use megapixels to compare image quality between point and shoot cameras and DSLRs. My 6 megapixel D40 has far better image quality than my 7 megapixel Canon 850. Color and saturation are similar (the things that make people say "ooh, pretty picture"), but there is no comparison when it comes to noise and resolution (things that most people don't really notice or care about when looking at your pictures). You are wondering why I purchased a 6 megapixel DSLR when there are several on the market with higher pixel counts. There are three reasons: 1) price, 2) size and weight (very important if you carry the camera around all day or travel with it), and 3) the difference in image quality between 6 and 12 megapixels is miniscule and something that absolutely NO ONE would notice by looking at my pictures. If you take two identical shots with a D40 and a higher megapixel DSLR and blew them up to 8x10 or even 11x14 the average person wouldn't notice a difference, and more importantly...they wouldn't care. Color, saturation, and composition are much more important than small differences in resolution. These things are determined by the subject and the photographer, not megapixels. Some of my favorite digital pictures were taken with a 2 megapixel camera I owned several years ago. Save your money on megapixels and use it to take your significant other out for a nice dinner.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific for amateurs transitioning from point-and-shoot
*by B***N on October 21, 2008*

This is the first dSLR I own, but not the first advanced-amateur digital. I always thought that even the worst film camera had better quality than a digital --- unless you were willing to pay a fortune. I'm glad this camera proved me wrong. For less than 500 you get terrific quality, a relatively light and simple to use camera that would give you much more satisfaction than other cameras. Among the many virtues of this camera I'd point out: - Excellent image quality: sharpness, depth of field, colors, etc. - Meaningful quality: The 6MP sensor produces just the right amount of detail without overburdenning the user with heavy image files, slow transfers, etc. Keeping the MP count low was a priority when I bought this camera and I'm happy to see that I was right. - Good controls. I'm certain that more advanced users would like more knobs and button customization, but for users who want to take pictures without much tweaking, the scene knob and the dial provide a great means of control for regular situations. More advanced tweaking requires the menu, but I find that a reasonable compromise to keep the camera simple. Compared to the other (non SLR) cameras I used (Canon, Olympus, Sony) this interface is the best. - It's light and compact What I would have preferred: - VR lens offered by default - ISO 100 (yet the minimum ISO=200 setting is way better than the ISO 64 setting in a prosumer canon!) - More battery life (but I'm using it with eye-fi, which likely drains power faster) Overall, the quality of this camera is great; it's fairly intuitive and easy to use, very responsive. You immediately are taking pictures with simple settings. At the same time it allows the user a lot of customization. It reminds me a lot the spurt of creative photography I experienced with the coolpix 950, but certainly with a much better quality.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by P***A on December 11, 2022*

Es de segunda mano pero está muy bien.

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