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My d40 has a image in viewfinder, will not take picture.

I have a D40 that has a dark image in the viewfinder and will not take a picture in auto focus . In manual mode it still a dark image but it will take the picture But it is to hard to focus.

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  • lovlylous Feb 14, 2009

    yes it's the AF-S ED 18-55mm thanks but this did not fix it

  • lovlylous Feb 15, 2009

    I fixed my camera I had to go out and buy NIKON D40/D40x Digital Field Guide by David D Busch and just trouble shooting. it was trouble with the aperture. thank for all the help

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What lens are you using with the D40? Is it an AF-S lens? And is the Mirror Lockup on? Chech the Custom Settings menu. If mirror lockup is on, turn it off.

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If the D40 monitor showed you the image while taking the picture, there was something seriously wrong with the camera, which now appears to have fixed itself.

The D40 works as SLRs have worked for half a century, giving you the image through the viewfinder. The LiveView capability, allowing you to use the LCD monitor like a point&shoot camera, is a relatively new development, which Nikon introduced with the D3 and D300 a year after the D40.
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I don't believe there is. Nikon call it Live View in other models, but its not mentioned in the D40 user manual.....

here's the full manual, if you'd like it.
http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/NIKON/D40-_E
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