Just got a D40 - question.

[DZX]

I just got my Nikon D40 for Christmas and I was wondering something. How do you make what you are trying to photograph show up on the monitor, instead of having to look through the viewfinder? Thanks.

 

[STICKMAN]

You dont, the Nikon D40 does not have that feature.

 

[a1157814a]

D40 doesn't have a live view

 

[anubis404]

The D300 is the cheapest Nikon with live view (I think). Why would you need it though?

 

[ANDS!]

The D90 is cheaper and has Live View.

 

[AlexColeman]

By RTFMing, you can't. It has no live view.

 

[kundalini]

.... instead of having to look through the viewfinder?

Welcome to the world of SLR.


It's not that bad......... trust me.

 

[Jaszek]

yea you will get used to it. Now whenever I have a P&S without a viewfinder I start moving the camera towards my eye and then I'm like "Wow it's not an SLR" lol

 

[Atlas77]

It will come as a shock to you for now but just get used to it!

 

[ShutterSpeed]

when i was just a point and shoot person with a kodak easy share - i quit using the live view simply because it didn't feel like it gave me a true idea of what i was seeing..

i don't like live view personally.

 

[eyeye]

You will get used to it and then not like live view. You should read your manual though

 

[MiaS13]

yup D40 does not have live view but why need it, i personally can do with out. ive only had my slr for 3 weeks and im in love with it, i went to shoot my friends P&S and i almost had a heart attack cause it had no view finder

 

[ianm]

it's the best way to take photographs honestly, the live view on any camera is not the best practice - i used to try and use the viewfinder on my digital compact and found what i saw was not what i got in the actual photograph which is really why i wanted an slr.

 

[BTilson]

The ability to look through the viewfinder and literally see what the lens is seeing is half the point of an SLR. Coming from a P&S, it does take a bit to get used to holding the camera to your eye instead of a foot out in front of you, but it's well worth it. I personally see live view as nothing more than a gimmick to sell more cameras to those people who were used to looking at a screen on a camera, rather than through a viewfinder.

 

[nickisonfire]

i just got a sony a300 and thought i would use the live view but i think i've only used it twice, believe me you'll prefer using the viewfinder over the live view