New Nikon D40x 10MP Digital SLR Camera

By Editor • March 8, 2007

Nikon D40x Nikon USA has just announced the new D40x digital SLR. The D40x maintains the same compact size, portability and ease-of-use as the popular D40 model, and adds features such as higher 10.2MP resolution, faster continuous shooting capability and wider ISO sensitivity. The D40x's 10.2-effective megapixel CCD imaging sensor is complimented by Nikon's exclusive 3D Color Matrix Metering II and an improved Nikon Image Processing Engine that together ensure high picture quality with accurate exposure, refined details and natural, accurately rendered colors.

The Nikon D40x virtually eliminates the frustrations of shutter delay typically associated with point-and-shoot digital cameras. The D40x powers-up in a near-instant 0.18 second and can shoot up to 3 pictures per second, non-stop for up to 100 shots. The images are immediately recorded to the camera’s SD memory card. In addition to shooting three consecutive shots per second (versus 2.5 pictures per second with the D40), the D40x also features design efficiencies that allows up to 520* images per charge) and wider ISO sensitivity of 100-1600, plus HI-1.

* CIPA standards, with Built-in Flash used for 50% of the shots

Nikon D40x The back of the D40x is dominated by the large and bright 2.5-inch color LCD screen that displays everything from menu options, pictures in playback mode and Nikon's new visually-intuitive information display system. The camera also features a built-in help menu that can be accessed at the touch of a button and new Assist Images that help you select appropriate settings for many camera features by displaying a sample image typical of that setting.

The D40x's automated, scene-optimized Digital Vari-Program modes allow users to capture nearly any type of scene without needing to understand the fine points of photography or fumble with camera settings. The D40x includes eight preset modes, including a new Flash Off mode that shuts off the camera's flash and boosts its ISO so users can easily take pictures in places where flash photography is not allowed, inappropriate or when they prefer the look of naturally lit pictures. As users gain experience with the camera, the D40x offers advanced controls such as Aperture-priority and Shutter-priority modes that offer greater creative control over the look and feel of their pictures.

Nikon D40x The D40x's new Retouch menu offers exclusive in-camera image editing features that add to the D40x's â€œfun factor" by providing greater creativity without the need for a computer. Included in the Retouch menu is Nikon's D-Lighting, which brightens dark pictures and Red-eye correction that automatically detects and corrects red eye - a common condition that occurs in flash photography. Image Trim allows for creative cropping of an image and creates smaller files for easy e-mailing. Other creative features include Image Overlay, Small Picture, Monochrome (Black-and-white, Sepia, and Cyanotype) and Filter Effects (Skylight, Warm filter, Color balance).

The D40x comes packaged with the new Nikkor 3X 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom lens that allows the versatility to capture everything from candid portraits to wide-angle landscapes. The D40x is also compatible with all of Nikon's AF-S and AF-I Nikkor lenses, including the remarkably versatile Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom lens and the new Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED AF-S DX VR Zoom lens.

Availability

The D40x will be available in April at a selling price of $729.95 (US MSRP) for body only or $799.95 (US MSRP), packaged with the Nikkor 3X zoom 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II AF-S DX Zoom lens.

0.45x 52mm Wide Angle Macro Lens for Nikon D40x D40 D60