Nikon MH-23 User Manual

Setup

Taking Photographs

Attach the Strap

Ready the Camera

Frame a Photograph

View the Results

Focus and Shoot

Rotate the Mode Dial to

Choose a Language and Set the Clock

Insert a Memory Card (Available Separately)

Insert the Battery

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

Attach a Lens

Format the Memory Card

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Charge the Battery

Focus the Viewfinder

Setup

Insert a Memory Card (Available Separately)

Ready the Camera

Digital Camera

Quick Start Guide

This guide provides fi rst-time users with information
on taking photographs with the D40, on copying
photographs to a computer, and printing
photographs. Complete information on using your
Nikon digital camera can be found in the Nikon

Guide to Digital Photography with the D40 and the
PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD).

Digitutor

“Digitutor,” a series of “watch and learn” manuals in
movie form, is available at the following website:

http://www.nikondigitutor.com/index_eng.html

Package Contents

Confirm that the package contains the items listed below. Purchasers of the lens kit option should
confirm that the package also includes a lens. Memory cards are not provided; please use one of
the Secure Digital (SD) memory cards listed on page 102 of the Guide to Digital Photography.

The following items are found on the camera:

❏ Accessory shoe cover

❏ DK-16 viewfinder eyepiece

Attach the Strap

Attach a Lens

Care should be taken to prevent dust from entering the camera when the lens or body
cap is removed.

Lens mounting index

Keeping the mounting index on the lens aligned with the
mounting index on the camera body, position the lens in
the camera’s bayonet mount and rotate the lens in the
direction shown until it clicks into place.

If the lens is equipped with an A-M or M/A-M switch, select
A (autofocus) or M/A (autofocus with manual priority).

Autofocus is available with AF-S lenses. The lens kit option
includes an AF-S lens; for information on other lenses
that can be used with the D40, see the Guide to Digital
Photography.

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햳 햴





Before inserting or removing memory cards, turn
the camera off and open the card slot cover.

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Insert as shown

Slide the memory card in as shown
above until it clicks into place.

Face up

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The memory card access
lamp will light for about
a second.

Format the Memory Card

Memory cards must be formatted in the D40 before first use. Note that formatting
memory cards permanently deletes all photographs and other data they may contain.
Be sure all data you wish to keep have been copied to another storage device before
formatting the card.

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햴햳

Hold the hand-grip
with your right hand

Support the lens with
your left hand

Frame a Photograph

Zoom in

Zoom out

Keep your

elbows in

Stand with one

foot half a pace in

front of the other

Frame a photo in the viewfinder with the main subject
positioned in any of the three focus areas.

Use the zoom ring to zoom in on the subject so that it
fills a larger area of the frame, or zoom out to increase the
area visible in the photograph (select longer focal lengths
on the lens focal length scale index to zoom in, shorter
focal lengths to zoom out).

D40 camera

The following items are included with the camera:

❏ Quick Start Guide (this guide)
❏ Guide to Digital Photography
❏ Warranty

❏ EN-EL9 rechargeable

Li-ion battery
(with terminal cover)

❏ UC-E4 USB cable

❏ DK-5 eyepiece cap

(for use with self-timer; clips to strap)

❏ PictureProject installer CD (gray)
❏ PictureProject reference CD (silver)

❏ Body cap

❏ MH-23 Quick Charger

(with power cord*)

* Shape of cord depends on

country of sale.

❏ Strap

Charge the Battery

A completely exhausted battery will charge in about 90 minutes.

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햵

Insert as shown

Insert the Battery

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햶 햷

Blinks

Charging

Stops blinking

Charging complete

Turn camera on.

* If setup menu is displayed, proceed to 햷.

햵

Highlight .

햸

Display options.

햻

Press button. Menus displayed
in monitor.

햶

Position cursor in setup menu.

햹

Highlight Yes .

*

Highlight icon for current menu.

햷

Highlight Format memory card.

햺

Format card. Do not turn camera
off or remove card or battery
until formatting is complete.

Focus and Shoot

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Press the shutter-release button halfway. The camera
will automatically select the focus area containing the
subject closest to the camera and focus on this subject.
If the subject is dark, the AF-assist illuminator may light
to assist the focus operation and the flash may pop up.
The monitor will turn off.

When the focus operation is complete, the selected
focus area will be highlighted, a beep will sound, and
the in-focus indicator (●) will appear in the viewfinder.

Smoothly press the shutter-release button the rest of
the way down to release the shutter and record the
photograph. The memory card access lamp will light.

Do not eject the memory card or remove or disconnect
the power source until the lamp has gone out and
recording is complete.

Parts of the Camera

Viewfinder eyepiece
cup

Diopter adjustment

Viewfinder
eyepiece

(menu) button

(playback)

button

control

Shutter-release

button

Power switch

AF-assist illuminator

Multi selector

Command dial

Eyelet for camera strap

Built-in flash

Mode dial

Zoom ring

Memory card slot cover

Memory card access lamp

USB connector
(under cover)

Lens mounting
index

Focal length scale

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Insert terminals first

in orientation shown

Choose a Language and Set the Clock

A language-selection dialog will be displayed the first time the camera is turned on.
Follow the steps below to choose a language and set the camera clock.

햲

Turn camera on. Language­selection dialog displayed.

햵

햳

Select language.

햶

햴

Display map of world time
zones.

햷

Setup menu displayed when
formatting is complete.

Focus the Viewfinder

Focus brackets

Taking Photographs

Rotate the Mode Dial to

Slide the diopter adjustment control
up and down until the focus brackets
are in sharp focus. When operating
the diopter adjustment control with
your eye to the viewfinder, be careful
not to put your fingers or fingernails
in your eye.

View the Results

Photographs are automatically displayed
after shooting. If no photograph is dis­played in the monitor, the most recent
picture can be viewed by pressing the
button. Additional pictures can be dis­played by rotating the command dial or
pressing the multi selector left or right.

To end playback and return to shooting
mode, press the shutter-release button
halfway.

To delete the photograph currently dis­played in the monitor, press the
A confirmation dialog will be displayed.
Press the
age and return to playback. To exit with­out deleting the picture, press the
ton.

button again to delete the im-

button.

but-

(playback

zoom) button

(thumbnail) button

Monitor

Battery-chamber cover

(delete) button

Battery-chamber cover latch

Select local time zone.

Resetting the clock: Use the World time option in the setup menu to change the camera
clock. See the Guide to Digital Photography for details.

Display daylight saving time
options. Highlight On if daylight
saving time is in effect.

Set clock and return to shooting
mode. Monitor will turn off au­tomatically.

For more information on taking photographs and other camera operations, see the
Guide to Digital Photography. See the other side of this guide for information on
using the supplied PictureProject software to copy photographs to a computer, and
printing photographs via direct USB connection.

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