I just bought a Nikon D40. The monitor shuts off after being on for only 5 secs. I Have tried changing out the battery with a fully charged one and the problem persists. Is there a way to set the duration of the monitor being on? Is there some sort of power saver option? Thanx Skip B

Sorry to hear this. Dropping something on concrete creates a high G force. Can you make sure the battery is fully charged before you put it in. If you have a good battery and all it does is blink something must have been broken. I think a D40 is a rather old camera too. Sorry I do not think I can help you. In most times a LED green blinking means it is charging. When carrying a camera you should wrap the strap around your wrist. If you do it correctly if you drop your camera it will not hit the ground. It is best to keep it from dropping on the ground.

try another new battery, maybe your battery is dead.

sometime if the battery is dead it still shown fully charge on the charger, try change another battery or with new one.

I have the same problem with my D40. Yes, the monitor and viewfinder are working. It does not work with the flash down.

Reset all of your cameras profiles.

It could be the battery is not fully charged and the other thing is the main switch in the camera could be bad .

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Also it could be a main circuit bad .



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Is the flash on Off mode? Is the battery fully charged? If not, charge the battery and try again.

For the price of a battery, I would replace it. There are plenty of good quality chipped aftermarket batteries for the D40 for only a few dollars.

Get the kit changed. That should not happen right out of the box, but make double sure the next time around, you charge the battery completely before using it the first time. Not doing this can cause problems.

Is the battery charged fully?

There is a setting in the menus of most Nikon SLR for how long it takes to turn off the meter and for the rear screen. There is also a setting for turning off the auto review feature that makes the captured image appear.

I hope you aren't hoping to see the picture on the LCD before you take the picture. DSLRs don't do this unless they have the "live view" feature.