Nikon D40 shipping today

From Camera World / Ritz.

Just ordered mine minutes ago. Really looking forward to this -- I've been
waiting for something substantially smaller and lighter than my D70s with
18-70, and this looks perfect.

Also, for us Ken Rockwell fans (both of us ;-) ), he just got his and
reviews it he
http://kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40.htm

Neil

Neil Harrington wrote:
From Camera World / Ritz.

Just ordered mine minutes ago. Really looking forward to this -- I've been
waiting for something substantially smaller and lighter than my D70s with
18-70, and this looks perfect.

You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Gary Eickmeier

Gary Eickmeier writes:
You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Why not? It's a lot smaller and works just as well (i.e. barely) with
MF lenses.

hmm .. do you realise D40 does not support lenses with non SWM motor ? hence
you must focus manually ?
therefore you can't buy the dirt cheap but good AF 50/1.8 D for your low
light lens ?

=bob=

"Paul Rubin" wrote in message
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Gary Eickmeier writes:
You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Why not? It's a lot smaller and works just as well (i.e. barely) with
MF lenses.

"[BnH]" b18[at]ii[dot]net writes:
hmm .. do you realise D40 does not support lenses with non SWM motor ? hence
you must focus manually ?

You have to focus all MF lenses manually on both the D40 and the D70.

therefore you can't buy the dirt cheap but good AF 50/1.8 D for your low
light lens ?

Because I use the even better and still fairly cheap MF 50/1.4 and
35/1.4 for my low light lenses. The 58/1.2 Noct that I really want is
still way expensive despite being MF

"Gary Eickmeier" wrote in message
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Neil Harrington wrote:
From Camera World / Ritz.

Just ordered mine minutes ago. Really looking forward to this -- I've
been waiting for something substantially smaller and lighter than my D70s
with 18-70, and this looks perfect.

You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Yep. For the reason stated, and anyway I just like Nikons and have 'em in
all sizes.

Neil

"Neil Harrington" wrote in message
...

Just ordered mine minutes ago. Really looking forward to this --
I've been waiting for something substantially smaller and lighter
than my D70s with 18-70, and this looks perfect.

You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Yep. For the reason stated, and anyway I just like Nikons and have
'em in all sizes.

Out of curiosity, how many and which models do you have in your
possession?

"Paul Rubin" wrote in message
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"[BnH]" b18[at]ii[dot]net writes:
hmm .. do you realise D40 does not support lenses with non SWM motor ?
hence
you must focus manually ?

You have to focus all MF lenses manually on both the D40 and the D70.

And loose metering. non-D lenses meter only on the D200 and up.

I'd question that.

--
Joan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joan-in-manly

"Jeroen Wenting" jwenting at hornet dot demon dot nl wrote in
message ...
: And loose metering. non-D lenses meter only on the D200 and up.
:
:

"Bill" wrote in message
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"Neil Harrington" wrote in message
...

Just ordered mine minutes ago. Really looking forward to this -- I've
been waiting for something substantially smaller and lighter than my
D70s with 18-70, and this looks perfect.

You've got to be ****ting me. You have a D70 and you want a D40?

Yep. For the reason stated, and anyway I just like Nikons and have 'em in
all sizes.

Out of curiosity, how many and which models do you have in your
possession?

Starting with the littlest and working up, I have (one of each) Coolpix
4600, 5200, 5900, 7900, 5400, 8400, 8700 and 8800. And the D70s with the
18-70 kit lens, 50/1.8 D, 10.5/2.8 DX and I've ordered the new 70-300 VR. A
week or so ago I bought the cheapo 55-200 to go with the D40 kit I knew I'd
be getting.

Neil