Finally after a considerable time of thinking & reading i put an end to it and buy myself a 2nd hand Nikon D40. Why 2nd hand? I don’t have alot of money to buy a new one so i reserve for the used one. I buy the camera from lelong.com.my (ahh thank goodness for lelong) and the price is around RM 1000+. So far the camera is in good condition. I was sooo afraid that the camera gets broken during shipment (it was sent using Pos Laju). The camera arrived with a big box which makes me embarrased when i received it at the reception counter and worst my office is like 2 blocks away aiyayayaya….the item that i received;
- 1 Nikon D40 body
- AF-S DX 18-55 mm F3.5-F5.6 G II kit lens
- Battery & the charger
- USB cable
- 1GB SDHC memory card
- A beg for the camera
the pics;
**sorry for the bad pic. it’s a camera phone the quality is lacking abit la and also my cadar and my room..jarang kasi bersih ba harharharhar
I’m not into reviewing this thing and i’m not that pro enough to review cameras or things as such but i’m interested in owning it because i googled so many cameras, digital cameras to be exact and i find this Nikon D40 very interesting. Why Nikon D40 you say? They all say that this is among the cheapest and good dSLR camera out there even though it is only 6 Megapixels and it is the best camera to start if you wanted to learn about dSLR and its setting on the shutter speed, aperture and such. I know this camera is already a few years old and there are much more better camera out there but looking on the price..the cheapest dSLR camera out there is around..maybe rm2000+ to rm3000+ (well actually i don’t know the cheapest price..heheheh..just main teka saja la) and that’s way out of my budget, i’m not that rich. Again there is so much good review on this camera and also not so good review but hey!! all i wanted is to learn how to take good picture and fiddle with the settings..hehehe. Here are some pictures of the camera and some key features;
Key features
- 6 megapixel DX format CCD (1.5x FOV crop, as D50)
- Nikon Image processing engine (as D80 / D200)
- 3D Color Matrix Metering II, 420 pixel sensor (as D80 / D50)
- New Multi-CAM530 three area AF sensor
- ISO sensitivity range 200 – 1600 plus HI 1 (3200 equiv.)
- Custom Auto ISO (selectable maximum ISO, minimum shutter speed)
- 2.5 fps continuous shooting (as D50), unlimited in JPEG
- No status LCD, new LCD monitor based status / settings screens
- Help suggestions on LCD monitor (eg. scene too dark, try using flash)
- Large 2.5″ 230,000 pixel LCD monitor
- Bigger viewfinder view (x0.8 magnification, 95% coverage)
- Short shutter lag and viewfinder blackout
- Support for SDHC (SD cards over 2 GB in capacity)
- In-camera retouching
- D-Lighting (shadow / highlight enhancement)
- Red-eye reduction
- Trimming
- Monochrome
- Filter effects
- Small picture
- Image overlay
- USB 2.0 with PTP and Mass Storage device support
- Very compact, light body (smaller, lighter than D50)
- Improved menu user interface (as D80 / D200)
- New EN-EL9 Lithium-Ion battery (7.2V, 1000 mAh)
- New ‘Version II’ AF-S DX 18-55 mm kit lens
**Info is from dpreview.com
**just google it for more review 
