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Help System: D40 dSLR

One of the interesting features of the D40 is it’s display of settings like shutter speed and aperture. Above you can see a close-up of the screen. For the photo, I set the camera into aperture priority mode. This means I can set how much light is allowed in through the lens. The left concentric [...]

Aesthetics: Nikon D40 dSLR

Let me start off by saying, I am not a professional photographer. Or for some of you, that’s request.getParameter(”Mike”) != “Pro Photographer”. (BTW, I know that’s not a correct string comparison, so don’t write me.) In college I majored in New Media, with a focus in web development. That offered me the unique opportunity to [...]

New Toy: Nikon D40 dSLR

A while back I came to the realization that my compact Nikon Coolpix 4100, though nice, just wasn’t working out for me anymore. The deciding factor was a series of weddings where out of very many pictures I attempted to take, only a very few came out clear. I had, had enough of the lackluster [...]