D40X

Key Features

• Extraordinary Nikon image quality: The D40X's high-resolution image quality is made possible by Nikon's high-performance, 10.2 effective megapixel, Nikon DX-format CCD imaging sensor and exclusive Nikon image-processing engine. Each assures you’ll get stunning sharpness and color.
• Nikon's smallest digital SLR ever: Beautifully styled, the D40X makes high-performance digital SLR photography easier and more convenient than ever. You'll be amazed at the power packed into a camera that weighs just over 16 ounces.
• High-performance 10.2-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 24 x 36 inches and beyond. High resolution also provides room for creative cropping.
• Fast startup with instant shutter response: A fast 0.18 second startup combined with split-second shutter response and rapid-action shooting at up to 3 frames per second makes it easy to freeze special moments instantly.
• Shoot at up to 3 frames per second: The D40X can fire continuously at a speed of up to 3 frames per second, capturing high-quality action sequences of children in sporting activities such as soccer, baseball and much more.
• 2.5-inch, 230,000-dot color LCD monitor with 170-degree wide-angle viewing: 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 with easy-to-view menus.
• 3 colorful display options: All new display options: classic, graphic and wallpaper. Carefully designed color schemes help make changing camera settings easier than ever.
• 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, delivering outstanding results. The built-in flash is always at the ready bringing beautiful exposures to darkened conditions as well as adding a flash to outdoor situations for enhanced twilight shots or an added impact to daylight images. In low-light or back-light situations, added illumination from the built-in Speedlight can make the difference between an average snapshot or a dazzling one.
• 8 digital vari-program automatic shooting modes: Eight digital vari-program modes include: auto flash-off, portrait, landscape, child, sports, close-up and night portrait, each of which adjusts automatically for optimal results for everyday shooting situations. Each mode considers lighting conditions and possibilities, aperture, shutter speed, white balance, hue, tone, sharpening and more to make creative photography as simple as rotating the mode dial.
• In-camera image editing: Highly versatile in-camera editing features through the retouch menu include: Nikon D-lighting, red-eye correction, image trimming, image overlay, monochrome black and white, sepia and cyanotype along with skylight, warm tone and custom color filter effects. This provides 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 D40X'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 D40x'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.
• Nikon 3D Color Matrix Metering II: The D40X'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. The result delivers instantly and precisely determined exposures for each scene, even in challenging lighting conditions.
• Fast, accurate 3-area auto focus: The D40X's advanced 3-area AF system and the refined algorithms inherited from more advanced Nikon digital SLR cameras deliver fast, efficient and precise auto focus. AF refinements deliver greater precision with fast, more consistent subject acquisition and improved focus tracking for consistently sharper pictures.
• Image optimization options: The D40X'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.
• Up to 520 images* per battery charge: The supplied EN-EL9 rechargeable battery will allow for shooting up to 520 images per charged based on CIPA battery testing standards.

Tech Specs

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  Image Sensor Format
  DX
   
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  Image Sensor Type
  CCD
   
• 
  Sensor Size
  15.6 x 23.7mm
   
• 
  Total Pixels
  10.75 million
   
• 
  Effective Pixels
  10.2 million
   
• 
  Image Area (pixels)
  
  
  DX-format
  (L) 3,872 x 2,592
  (M) 2,896 x 1,944
  (S) 1,936 x 1,296
   
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  Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution
  3 frames per second
   
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  LCD Monitor Size
  2.5 in. diagonal
   
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  LCD Monitor Type
  TFT-LCD
   
• 
  LCD Monitor Resolution
  230,000 Dots
   
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  LCD Monitor Angle of View
  170-degree wide-viewing angle
   
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  LCD Monitor Adjustments
  Brightness, 5 levels
   
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  Shutter type
  Electronically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane
   
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  Slowest Shutter Speed
  30 sec. in steps of 1/3 EV
   
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  Fastest Shutter Speed
  1/4000 sec. in steps of 1/3 EV
   
• 
  Bulb Shutter Setting
  Yes
   
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  Lowest Standard ISO Sensitivity
  100 in steps of 1 EV
   
• 
  Highest Standard ISO Sensitivity
  1600 in steps of 1 EV
   
• 
  Highest Expanded ISO Sensitvity
  Hi1 (ISO 3200 equivalent)
   
• 
  Storage Media
  SD
  SDHC
   
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  File Format
  
  Compressed 12-bit NEF (RAW), JPEG - baseline compliant
   
• 
  File System
  Compliant with DCF 2.0
  EXIF 2.21
   
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  Exposure Modes
  Programmed Auto (P) with flexible Program
  Shutter-Priority Auto (S)
  Aperture-Priority Auto (A)
  Manual (M)
  Digital Vari-Program
   
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  Digital Vari-Program Modes
  Auto
  Auto [Flash Off]
  Portrait
  Landscape
  Child
  Close-up
  Sports
  Night Portrait
   
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  Exposure Metering System
  420 pixel RGB sensor 3D Color Matrix Metering II
  Center-weighted
  Spot
   
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  Metering Range
  0 to 20 EV (3D Color Matrix or center-weighted metering); 2 to 20 EV (spot metering)
   
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  Exposure Meter Coupling
  CPU
   
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  Exposure Compensation
  ±5 EV in increments of 1/3
   
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  Exposure Lock
  Yes
   
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  Shutter Release Modes
  
  Single frame advance, Continuous advance to approx 3 fps, self timer, Delayed remote mode, Quick-response remote mode
   
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  White Balance
  
  AUTO
   
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  Playback Functions
  Full frame
  Thumbnail (4, 9 or 16 segments)
  Pictmotion
  Histogram display
  Shooting data
  Highlight point display
  Auto image rotation
   
• 
  Interface
  Hi-speed USB
  NTSC
  PAL
   
• 
  Lens Mount
  Nikon F bayonet mount
   
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  Compatible Lenses

  Nikon F mount with AF coupling and AF contacts Type G or D AF Nikkor:
  1) AF-S, AF-I: All functions supported;
  2) Other Type G or D AF Nikkor: All functions supported except autofocus
  3) PC Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D: Can only be used in mode M; all other functions supported except autofocus
  4) Other AF Nikkor*¹/AI-P Nikkor: All functions supported except autofocus and 3D Color Matrix Metering II
  5) Non-CPU: Can be used in mode M, but exposure meter does not function; electronic range finder can be used if maximum aperture is f/5.6 or faster
  6) IX Nikkor lenses cannot be used
  *¹ Excluding lenses for F3AF

   
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  Picture Angle
  Equivalent in 35mm [135] format is approx. 1.5X lens focal length
   
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  Viewfinder
  Fixed-eyelevel penta-Dach mirror type
   
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  Viewfinder Frame Coverage
  Approx. 95%
   
• 
  Viewfinder Eyepoint
  18mm (-1.0m¹)
   
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  Reflex Mirror
  Quick-return type
   
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  Focusing Screen
  N/A
  Type B BriteView Clear Matte screen Mark V with superimposed focus brackets
   
• 
  Viewfinder Magnification
  Approx. 0.8
   
• 
  Depth-of-field Control
  No
   
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  Autofocus System
  TTL phase detection by Nikon Multi-CAM530 autofocus module
   
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  Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points
  3
   
• 
  Autofocus Sensitivity
  -1 to +19EV (ISO 100)
   
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  Focus Modes
  Single-servo AF (S)
  Continuous-servo (C)
  Manual
  Auto
   
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  Single-point AF Mode
  Yes
   
• 
  Dynamic AF Mode
  Yes
   
• 
  Auto-area AF Mode
  Yes
   
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  Focus Lock
  AE-L/AF-L button
   
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  Image Optimization
  Normal
  Softer
  Vivid
  More vivid
  Portrait
  Custom
  B & W
   
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  In-Camera Image Editing
  Trim
  D-Lighting
  Color Balance
  Image Overlay
  Filter Effects
  Small Pic
  Monochrome
   
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  Built-in Flash
  Yes
   
• 
  Built-in Flash Distance
  2-9 feet (ISO 100) ft.
   
• 
  Dust-Off Reference Photo
  Yes
   
• 
  Nikon Creative Lighting System Compatibility
  Yes
  Requires SB-800 as Commander or SU-800 as Commander, SB-600/800 as Remote
   
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  Flash Sync Speed
  Up to 1/200
   
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  X-Sync Speed
  1/200
   
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  Flash Sync Modes
  Front-curtain sync (normal)
  Slow sync
  Rear-curtain sync
  Red-eye reduction
  Red-eye reduction with slow sync
  Flash cancel/ flash off
   
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  Flash Control

  i-TTL for digital SLR using 420 pixel RGB sensor.  i-TTL balanced fill flash or standard TTL flash for digital SLR.

  Non-TTL Auto with SB-800

  Auto aperture with SB-800

  Range priority manual with SB-800

   
• 
  Accessory Shoe
  Yes
   
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  Self-timer
  Electronically controlled timer with duration of 2, 5, 10 or 20 seconds
   
• 
  World Time Setting
  Yes
   
• 
  Date, Time and Daylight Savings Time Settings
  Yes
   
• 
  Battery Type
  Rechargeable
   
• 
  Battery / Batteries
  EN-EL9 Lithium-ion Battery
   
• 
  AC Adaptor
  EH-5 AC and EP-5 AC Adapter Connector
   
• 
  Battery Charger
  MH-23 Quick Charger
   
• 
  Image Comment
  Yes
   
• 
  Voice Memo Function
  No
   
• 
  Battery Life (shots per charge)
  470 shots (CIPA)
  
   
• 
  Tripod Socket
  ¼ inch 20
   
• 
  Approx. Dimensions
  Width 5 in. (126mm)
  Height 3.7 in. (94mm)
  Depth 2.5 in. (64mm)
  
   
• 
  Approx. Weight
  17.5 oz. (495g)
   
• 
  Supported Languages
  German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Trad. Chinese, Simple Chinese, Japanese, Korean
   
• 
  Supplied Software
  Software Suite CD-ROM
   
• 
  Optional Accessories
  ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control, Capture NX, Camera Control Pro, EH-5 AC Adapter, EP-5 AC Adapter Connector, EG-D100Video Cable, Semi Soft-Case CF-DC1, Speedlight SB-800/SB-600/SB-400/R1C1
   
• 
  Supplied Accessories
  • EN-EL9 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery
  • MH-23 Quick Charger
  • UC-E4 USB Cable
  • Software Suite CD-ROM
  • DK-16 Rubber Eyecup
  • Camera Strap
  • BF-1A Body Cap
  • DK-5 Eyepiece Cap
  • BS-1 Accessory Shoe Cap

  *Supplied accessories may differ depending on country or area.
   

Specifications and equipment are subject to change without any notice or obligation on the part of the manufacturer.