Top 20 Nikon D40 Digital Camera with G-II 18-55mm Lens - Page 7 Questions & Answers

You don't. The D40 works as SLRs have worked for half a century. Only more recent dSLRs (Nikon started with the D3 and D300) have the LiveView capability that lets you handle your dSLR as a point&shoot.

Its a little tag on the left side of your memory card, you'll have to take it out of the camera and move the notch to write enable.

If every shot is very dark, make sure to set the apperture higher and a slower shutter speed. This will allow your camera to acquire more light coming in to the camera.

Have you ever cleaned the contacts on the lens and the camera body where they meet? If not, do so now with a cotton swab lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol.

I had a similar problem with one that I bought. and come to find out, the gears internally in the lens where broken. I would return the lens, and get another one. Also when you go to buy a lens for your camera make sure that you bring the camera with you to test the zoom before you buy it.
Just FYI you also need to remember that with a smaller zoom your focus time will be slower, and it will take getting use to, unlike the larger zooms, you are trying to focus on a large area but being very detailed at the same time.

The infrared sensor consumes battery power whenever it is waiting for a signal. By default the D40 will time out after one minute.

If you go into the Custom Menu and select item 17, you can change the timeout to 5, 10, or 15 minutes.

Sounds like a circuit blew...you probably need service.

Here is the button to activate the timer (circled in yellow). After it's been pressed, then push the shutter button and you'll have a few seconds (can set the timer seconds in settings) before the shutter releases and takes the shot.

It sounds like the white balance is set to tungsten or incandescent. That is for old style light bulbs. They make a very orange light, and the blue cancels the orange. In daylight you need to set the white balance to daylight.

Try cleaning the contacts on the lens and camera body where they meet with a cotton swab lightly dampened with rubbing alcohol.

very nice camera that is! when you send this in for repair, contact them, they will most likely want you to send in your lens with it to be able to diagnose correctly. the problem could lie in a couple of different things.
http://www.teleplancamerarepair.com/manufacturer/repair-camera-model-problems.asp?mo=93

try this:

http://jacko0.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/d40x-underside/

The adapter is supposed to screw into the front of the existing lens just like a filter.

Please follow the instruction below and let me know what is happening.

1. format the new card.( Can't format is from any virus
infected PC ).
2. Insert the card then reset your camera setting.
3. select your mamory card default for save the
photographs.
4. Before start photography confirm that your battery
is fully charged.

Thnaks & please give me feedback about your camera.

What you're seeing is blown-out highlights. These are areas of your picture where the bright stuff (highlights) have been so overexposed (blown-out) that all detail has been lost. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but usually is. The proper fix is to reduce exposure slightly. Lost details in the dark areas are usually considered more acceptable than lost details in the bright areas.

If you simply don't want to see the blinking black/white parts of your picture, simply press up/down on the multiselector to select a different view of your picture.

Hi there its happens when the lens not ready for work. Some how its not able to stable his focus method. That's why its stuck & you get the noise. There is a chances of lens guide pin disturbed or damaged & thats why continues failure. Its mean he inform you there is a system error. So please visit the service center for repair that. Its a very common & repairable problem. Thanks.

yes ...change the environmental mode...and set it to normal..cause it may be on night vision or something like that ..or ..choose it by the need of the moment ..day light ...inside..outside..etc

Hi there its happens when the lens not ready for work. Some how its not able to stable his focus method. That's why its stuck & you get that noise. There is a chances of lens guide pin disturbed or damaged & thats why continues failure. Its mean he inform you there is a system error. So please visit the service center for repair that. Its a very common & repairable problem. Thanks.

yes

First, make sure that there is a memory card on the camera itself, the camera has a mode that will allow you to take sample shots even if you have no memory card.

If there is a memory card, make sure that you press on the Play button to be able to view the pictures you took.