Nikon's smallest digital SLR ever: Beautifully styled, the D40X makes
high-performance digital SLR photography easier and more convenient
than ever. You'll be amazed at the power packed into a camera that
weighs just over 16 ounces.

High-performance 10.2-megapixel Nikon DX format CCD imaging
sensor: NikonÆs DX-format CCD image sensor delivers vivid color and sharp detail, great for making beautifully detailed enlargements of 24 x
36 inches and beyond. High resolution also provides room for creative
cropping.

Fast startup with instant shutter response: A fast 0.18 second startup
combined with split-second shutter response and rapid-action shooting
at up to 3 frames per second makes it easy to freeze special moments
instantly.

Shoot at up to 3 frames per second: The D40X can fire continuously at
a speed of up to 3 frames per second, capturing high-quality action
sequences of children in sporting activities such as soccer, baseball and
much more.

2.5-inch, 230,000-dot color LCD monitor with 170-degree wide-angle
viewing: Playback images are easy to see and function menus are easier
to use with a larger and brighter color LCD monitor. The large 2.5-inch
LCD monitor enables image preview at up to 19 times magnification and
has large type fonts with easy-to-view menus.

Built-in Speedlight with i-TTL automatic flash control: Nikon's innovative
i-TTL flash control evaluates flash exposure with incredible precision to
achieve better automatic flash balance, delivering outstanding results.
The built-in flash is always at the ready bringing beautiful exposures to
darkened conditions as well as adding a flash to outdoor situations for
enhanced twilight shots or an added impact to daylight images. In low-
light or back-light situations, added illumination from the built-in
Speedlight can make the difference between an average snapshot or a
dazzling one.

8 digital vari-program automatic shooting modes: Eight digital vari-
program modes include: auto flash-off, portrait, landscape, child, sports,
close-up and night portrait, each of which adjusts automatically for
optimal results for everyday shooting situations. Each mode considers
lighting conditions and possibilities, aperture, shutter speed, white
balance, hue, tone, sharpening and more to make creative photography
as simple as rotating the mode dial.

In-camera image editing: Highly versatile in-camera editing features
through the retouch menu include: Nikon D-lighting, red-eye correction,
image trimming, image overlay, monochrome black and
white, sepia and cyanotype along with skylight, warm tone and custom color filter effects.
This provides greater creative freedom, without the need for a computer,
for those who prefer to send pictures directly to a printer.

New advanced help menu system with assist images: The D40X's newly
introduced assist images help you select the appropriate settings for
many camera features by showing an example image typical of that
setting, as well as an advanced help menu for the current item selected.
The D40x's question mark icon (?) indicates that help is available for the
currently selected item; just press the help button beside the LCD
monitor to see a context-sensitive help page.

Nikon 3D Color Matrix
Metering II: The D40X's 3D Color Matrix Metering II evaluates each scene for brightness, color, contrast, size and
position of shadows and highlights, selected focus area and camera-to-
subject distance, comparing that information against an onboard
database of more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes. The result
delivers instantly and precisely determined exposures for each scene,
even in challenging lighting conditions.

Fast, accurate 3-area auto focus: The D40X's advanced 3-area AF
system and the refined algorithms inherited from more advanced Nikon
digital SLR cameras deliver fast, efficient and precise auto focus. AF
refinements deliver greater precision with fast, more consistent subject
acquisition and improved focus tracking for consistently sharper pictures.

Image optimization options: The D40X's image optimize setting lets
photographers adjust color, contrast and sharpening, as well as other
image settings, according to the type of scene or output desired. Settings
include: normal, softer, vivid, more vivid, portrait, custom and black and
white, each of which are automatically adjusted based on sophisticated
Nikon algorithms or user-selected settings for optimum results.

Up to 520 images* per battery charge: The supplied EN-EL9
rechargeable battery will allow for shooting up to 520 images per
charged based on CIPA battery testing standards
.

Specifications:

Image Sensor Format: DX

Image Sensor Type: CCD

Sensor Size: 23.7 X 15.6mm

Total Pixels: 10.75 million

Effective Pixels: 10.2 million

Image Area (L) DX Format:
DX-format:
(L) 3,872 x 2,592
(M) 2,896 x 1,944
(S) 1,936 x 1,296

Top Continuous Shooting Speed at full resolution: 3 frames per second

Flash Control: i-TTL for digital SLR using 420 pixel RGB sensor. i-TTL
balanced fill flash or standard TTL flash for digital SLR.

Flash Sync Modes:
Front-curtain sync (normal)
Slow sync
Rear-curtain sync
Red-eye reduction
Red-eye reduction with slow sync
Flash cancel/ flash off

Mfr.# 25424