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In response to "This weekend I was at Target (shocker) and they had a Nikon D40 on clearance for ~$350 so I bought it. I've wanted a dSLR for a while now, but have" by JaxSean

f-stop and aperture are the same thing, for starters. you'll get better quality from the more expensive models, but all the nikons are reasonably good -- nm

Posted by mafic Oct 11 '09, 18:53

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and the only real drawbacks with the d40, is no focus motor - so you can only use lenses that have one - and no bracketing. -- nm - mafic Oct 11, 18:58 4
- Yeah, see, I don't even know what this means. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 19:00 3
  - It limits the lenses you can use (unusual for nikon who tranditionally tries to make lenses compatible back to the original Fs of the 60's (requires a - zeitgeist Oct 12, 01:07
  - bracketing, or no focus motor? the focus motor auto-focuses the lenses, bracketing is taking multiple exposures of the same shot with different - mafic Oct 11, 19:09 1
    - Hmm. ok. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 11, 19:34

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