I think Nikon removed the D40 and replaced it with the D40x after only a very short while because the D40 was taking photos as good as the top of the range machines at the time. (It should not but it does) They changed the sensor and rebranded it as a D40x which was OK but not as good as the D40.
It is one of the biggest blunders ever in the %26quot;Camera World%26quot;
My question is.... What is your take on this.
Thank you for your answers
Have a great day.|||The D40 was a camera designed to a price, and that price was set to lure compact cameras into the Nikon DSLR system.
By any DSLR standards the D40 is basic, very rudimentary autofocus, low resolution (but interestingly, more than most folk actually need) on a decent sized chip, no depth of field preview etc, but its target market cared not a jot, they just wanted to take better pictures without spending a fortune, and it does exactly that.
It%26#039;s a bit like your first car, you forgive its failings as you are just so happy to be motoring, perhaps most of the target market don%26#039;t realise there are failings, ho hum, who am i to criticise?
The important things is for all D40 users, now you are on the DSLR ladder, don%26#039;t ever go back, make sure your next camera is a DSLR too, and if nikon have got their pitch right, then it%26#039;ll probably be a nikon.
If your D40 doesn%26#039;t break then buy another lens, or a tripod.
The D40x was an attempt to keep up with the market trends, i.e. higher resolution whether folk actually needed it or not. They%26#039;ve since given up on that particular tack and scored a few sensational goals with the D300, D700 and D300s. Their mantra: resolution isn%26#039;t everything. And they are right, it isn%26#039;t.
I am a canon man. Love them to bits, but I don%26#039;t Nikon bash. Health to use your D40. I hope a similar concept always exists, i.e. a cheap easy to use DSLR. For Canon its the 1000D / Rebel Xs.
No headline features, nothing cutting edge, just a camera that will deliver good results for most folk without costing a fortune. The things it doesn%26#039;t have, most folk will never know they missed.
It wasn%26#039;t a blunder by Nikon, we are still here talking about it. And those who use it will be Nikon for life (Canon pulled the same trick with the film rebels, good enough cameras at better prices than the competition)
My first camera was a Canon EOS 1000n. Then a 300, then a 50e, then a 5, then a 3, then a 400d and now a 7D, thats not to mention the lenses and flashguns....|||Mind you, both the camera have the same sensor.|||It%26#039;s because the D40 is a consumer level camera so all people care about is megapixels, so because other manufacturers had 10MP cameras, Nikon needed one. They eventually replaced it with the D60.
The manufacturer does what makes them money. Frequently this will benefit the customer, but when the customer may be uninformed they may get a worse deal. So no it%26#039;s not a blunder, if you%26#039;re an enthusuast you got the D80 or D90, so this decision was made for purely financial reasons.|||The D40x was discontinued some time ago, long before the D40. It appears that just recently the D40 has been %26quot;unofficially%26#039;%26quot; discontinued. The D40 is still listed on the Nikon website (see 1st link below) as of about a minute ago. : )
..... but the D40 is listed as out of stock or %26quot;discontinued%26quot; at some photo dealers.
I went to B%26amp;H Photo%26#039;s website and did a search for %26quot;Nikon D40%26quot; (use the 2nd link below) and it listed some items including the D40 with the 18-55mm zoom lens, but when I clicked on that link, it went to a page for the Nikon D3000 with the 18-55mm zoom lens. There was in on top of this web page in small red text this notice: %26quot;The item you searched for has been disontinued. We have redirected you to it replacement model.%26quot;
I hear great things about it and really Nikon cameras in general (I am a Nikon user) and hope that maybe Nikon will bring the D40 back under a different name, slightly different look but for even less money to get more people into DSLRs and to help photo and art students.
Hope this helps.
Mark
