Small, light and comfortable, Very easy to use with helpful menus, Consumer-friendly photos out of the camera, Nikons legendary metering is rarely fooled.
Features weaker than 10 Mpixel rivals, No auto-focus with certain, older lenses, Some settings require too many button presses, Basic 3-point AF and no DOF preview.
The Nikon D40x is certainly an interesting proposition. Nikon took the D40 which is a very successful beginners DSLR and equipped it with a sensor to compete against the Canon 400D / XTi. So far so good, but the D40x also inherits several weaker aspec...
Abstract: The D40x is not a replacement for the D40’ and ‘it’s the differences that make the difference’ were the two key points at the low-key launch of Nikon’s latest DSLR – the D40x. So often were these phrases repeated that i...
Abstract: To say that Nikon and Canon are in competition with one another is something of an understatement. They are the Manchester United and Arsenal, the Schumacher and Alonso, the Tyson and Holyfield of the camera world. They hold the number one and two positio...
Resolution and sharpness on par with the best of the current ten megapixel bunch, A demonstrable resolution gain at lower sensitivities, less obvious at ISO 800 and 1600, Surprisingly good build quality, tight shut lines, Very compact and lightweight (esp...
No lens motor in body means non-AF-S/AF-I lenses are manual focus only, Disappointingly RAW+JPEG setting only records Basic quality JPEGs, No status LCD panel on top of camera (we hate to see these go), No exposure or white balance bracketing, No hard but...
No one was more surprised that me when Nikon passed through the press releases for the D40X. Just under four months since the arrival of the six megapixel D40 and Nikon were about to reveal a ten megapixel version of the same (save for a base ISO 100 ...
Abstract: Just six months ago, we looked at the D40 (April 2007, page52) and it’s already old news. The D40x is the new kid on the block and makes a huge leap from 6 to 10 megapixels. This, and the pricing, put it in direct competition with Canon’s...
Some minor chromatic aberration issues The Final Word The best entry level SLR weve used, the D40x narrowly edges out offerings by Canon and Sony. It combines extremely speedy operation, great quality images and an excellent design to make a wonderful...
The best entry level SLR weve used, the D40x narrowly edges out offerings by Canon and Sony. It combines extremely speedy operation, great quality images and an excellent design to make a wonderful, all purpose camera.
Abstract: This 10.2 megapixel camera is the same camera as the Nikon D40 except for the sensor. For the extra $500 the buyer gets four extra megapixels. Apart from that, all that we said about the D40 applies to this camera. This is lighter...
The D40X comes with the same kit lens as the D40 and it is pretty good. It a plastic rather than a metal mount, which suggests penny pinching and quality compromises. However Nikon have chosen to make it with a modest zoom range -- a mere 27 to 82mm in...
The D40X, like the D40, does not to have a camera status LCD on the body top. Camera status is now displayed ephemerally on the LCD review screen and some settings appear in the viewfinder. This no doubt keeps the price of the camera down but it is a r...
So the question for a would-be buyer is: Are those extra pixels worth the $400? 6 million pixels will produce A3 prints. 10 million give some room for cropping without loss of resolution. By comparison with the competition at this price the D40X offers...
Abstract: Nikon Australia has just announced the D40X, big brother to its entry-level offering, the D40. It might be more of an incremental upgrade than a ground-breaking offering, but if the 10-megapixel digital SLR is anything like its little sister, its buil...
