About the Nikon D40 Digital SLR, there is quite a bit to talk about.
Nikon broke a lot of barriers with the D40, including price, and weight. The Nikon D40 DSLR is the lightest and lowest priced SLR in the market. At the same time, it is not light or cheap in any of its features or functions.
Out-of-the-box, mine came with a kit lens. An AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens. This lens at 17mm f/3.5, is quite handy, and it has a somewhat respectable zoom to a normal focal length of 55mm at f/5.6. This lens is in Nikon's G series which essentially means that it does not have and aperture ring. The aperture is controlled by the camera. This lens is part of the "kit" that is supplied with the camera. 
Also different on the D40, making it vastly lighter than the competition, is a lack of a built-in motor, for the auto focus mechanism. The Nikon D40 uses a motor in the lens mechanism to do its auto focus activity. Called the SWM (Silent Wave Motor), these lenses tend to be super quiet while it is focusing, and not to mention, quick. Really quick!
Nikon broke a lot of barriers with the D40, including price, and weight. The Nikon D40 DSLR is the lightest and lowest priced SLR in the market. At the same time, it is not light or cheap in any of its features or functions.
Out-of-the-box, mine came with a kit lens. An AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens. This lens at 17mm f/3.5, is quite handy, and it has a somewhat respectable zoom to a normal focal length of 55mm at f/5.6. This lens is in Nikon's G series which essentially means that it does not have and aperture ring. The aperture is controlled by the camera. This lens is part of the "kit" that is supplied with the camera. Also different on the D40, making it vastly lighter than the competition, is a lack of a built-in motor, for the auto focus mechanism. The Nikon D40 uses a motor in the lens mechanism to do its auto focus activity. Called the SWM (Silent Wave Motor), these lenses tend to be super quiet while it is focusing, and not to mention, quick. Really quick!The menu on the Nikon D40, is perhaps the most intutive little piece of software I have seen on a camera yet. It also has a whole set of programmed exposure modes, which allows you to use the D40 like any point and shoot camera, while at the same time, allows you the ability to further tweak those setting to give you complete control over the picture that you take.
I for one, am grateful that Nikon has decided to go ahead with the SWM system of focusing, instead of the screwdriver approach.
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