The Nikon D40 is a mid-level DLSR camera. A DSLR, which stands for digital single-lens reflex, camera is most often used by professionals for its higher picture quality as compared to a point-and-shoot camera. The D40 is part of Nikon's professional camera series, which is updated occasionally to offer the newest in consumer photography. Although the D40 is a not the latest in the series, it is still a solid camera for beginning or experienced users.
Instructions
1. Look through the viewfinder to view the image that the camera will produce. Remove the lens cap if it is on the lens. The image's and the camera's settings are displayed in the black area at the bottom.
2. Locate the auto focus brackets located within the main image area. The camera will focus on these points when they are placed over a subject.
3. Locate the exposure meter, which is the series of vertical lines at the bottom. The meter's scale ranges from too dark on the left to too bright on the right. When shooting, adjust the camera's settings to place the exposure at the center of the meter.
4. Locate the number to the left of the exposure meter. This is the lens aperture setting, which controls the amount light entering the camera and the amount of lens blur in the photo.
5. Locate the number next to the aperture setting. This is the shutter speed, which controls the duration that the image sensor is exposed to light.
6. Locate the number to the right of the exposure meter. This is the number of remaining possible images based on the current settings. Freeing up space on the memory card or reducing the image sizes can increase this number.
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