20 Most Recent Nikon D40x Digital Camera - Page 8 Questions & Answers

In the viewfinder? The viewfinder will always display things like the f/stop and the shutter speed while you're preparing to take a picture. This cannot be turned off.

If you mean on the monitor on the back when reviewing your photos, simply press up/down on the multiselector to cycle through the different views of your photos.

Try doing this. This guide is for a D60, but the solution for the D40 should be similar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0bXoY9ZMZg&feature=related
If you are not comfortable with doing this, you should take it to get it serviced by a professional.
Hope this helps.

The D40x has been off the market for quite some time. You can find used ones here and there, but the cost varies greatly.

The D40x works as SLRs have worked for half a century. You view and compose through the optical viewfinder. Nikon introduced the LiveView capability into their DSLRs with the D300 and D3, introduced well after the D40x. On the D40x, the monitor is for menus, settings, and review of previously taken photos. It cannot be used for shooting as on more recent cameras.

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Press Menu, scroll to "Setup", then to "Date" or " Date/Time", and press the selector button in the direction of the arrow on the menu to choose the option to set hours and minutes

You can remove the lens and clean the mirror very carefully. This will not affect the image quality of the captured photo-- since the lens flips up and the image is transferred directly to the sensor.

You'll need to use the EN-EL9 battery. If you're not using an EN-EL9, then the battery could be damaged and needs to be replaced.

The guy at wolfe is sort of correct, but missed just enough of the truth to convince you to buy a high performance memory card.

There are several speeds of SD and CF cards as well as for the devices (your camera) that read & write those cards. If your camera was built for the original (slowest) speed, then it doesn't matter how fast the card is, the camera can only provide the data to the card at the slow rate. The D40 came out c.a. 2006 and supports SDHC. If your old card was simply SD, then upgrading to SDHC should help.

HOWEVER, the camera is still capable of taking pictures faster than it can write to the card. It buffers the image data in RAM, but when that buffer is full, it stops taking pictures.

You shouldn't need to turn the camera off & on...just wait a few seconds and you should be able to shoot again. You don't have to buy a new camera, just be aware of its limitations.

If shooting in jpeg and using an sdhc card, the camera specifications indicate the number of shots before filling the buffer is unlimited. BUT if shooting in RAW mode, the number is 9. Try shooting in jpeg unless you really need the abilty to tweak the RAW images. Chances are, if you're shooting fast, jpeg images should work for you.

Hello Sir yatesemi, may be: 1) Internal LCD display connector poor contact.
2) Internal LCD wrong and needs to be replaced.
It is best to bring your camera to Nikon.
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The autofocus might be shut off on the lens and/or camera, or the camera might be getting old and the parts may be going out internally.

1600 = 1/1600th of a second
try shooting at 125 = 1/125 of a second with an f of about 4? in daylight
something more along the lines of 8 or 1/8th of a second would be better in darker conditions without a flash

no problem but think of it like this....the longer the shutter opens the more light comes in..if your shutter is open very briefly...no light gets in and thus you get a black photo

I think you would be further ahead by replacing the lens, the corrections for lens errors works best on small camera's and it is risky. The only thing you can try is gently extend the lens manually and power up at the same time in an attempt to align the guides in the lens housing at the maxium extension, if it works the lens will retract when the camera is turned off. The other possible solution is, extend the lens and sharply hit around the lens housing with the palm of your hand and hit power at the same time, "very risky" but this might be enough to knock it back in position, but please note this can make it worse.

If you mean you got an external flash for the camera, it must be compatible with your D40x in order for it to work. You didn't say what kind of flash you got so there's no way we can tell if you got the correct one.

One of a few things might be happening
1. Photos being taken at high zoom (i.e. 200mm) are susceptible to camera shake, even though the lens is focusing properly. The solution here is use a tripod, zoom out, or steady yourself.
2. Photos being taken without flash when flash should really be used will result in motion blur (which is slightly different than camera shake). This is due to the camera using a longer shutter speed to let more light in, with the side effect being that objects will move while the shutter is open, blurring the picture. The solution here is to use a flash, or take pictures in better light.
3. The camera may be focusing on something other than what you intended.
3. If you are taking photos in good light with a steady hand, and the camera is choosing the correct subject to focus on, then yes, the lens could need readjusted, though this is not a very likely scenario.
If the lens is "hunting" for focus, that could be a sign that something is amiss.
A local camera shop can verify the accuracy of focus for your lens.

Hello dear, by the frequent use of sw rubber are dirty or worn.
Should clean the contact on the printed circuit and rubbeer sw or replace them. 1S758-139 Rear push button rubber sw. 1S758-140 Delete button rubber sw.
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Remove battery and hold down the on off and install all ,and Start again .
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Hello dear Sir.
The best thing is to take the lens to the Nikon service, but if you want to do the repairyou should contact someone who can sell the parts necessary to, specify the lens in question because each lens is different in part numbers.
Attempts to contact with Mr .Gray in uscamera.com
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It sounds like you need a new lens. This particular camera does not have an autofocus motor built in, which means it can only use lenses that have a motor already built in. Look for any Nikon lenses that have the AF-S in their name.

Amazon Search for "Nikon AF-S": http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Nikon+AF-S&x=0&y=0

This is also a good "general use" lens: http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-18-55mm-3-5-5-6G-AF-S-Nikkor/dp/B000LWJ1ES/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1298926690&sr=8-10

Hope this helps.