that Nikon used the Camera icon for the shooting menu (page20), which really should be called the Film menu. Camera settings, like focus, flash and timers, are set here in the Custom Settings Menu, shown by a pencil. This is Nikon's mistake; don't penalize yourself if it makes little sense.
How to Get Here
Press MENU, go to the left and select up and down to the pencil icon. You'll see CUSTOM SETTING MENU on the top of the color LCD.
What it Does
This menu sets many things related to the camera and taking pictures, like autofocus, exposure, timers, flash and more.
What I Change
I change a lot here, so read on.
[R] Reset
This resets everything in this menu to its defaults. I don't use this, unless my camera was loaned out.
01 Beep
Turn this OFF!!!
This is the idiotic and annoying focus confirmation beep. Turn it off!
The beep annoys others and is very rude. Focus confirmation is indicated by a dot in the lower left of the finder.
02 Focus Mode
This sets the autofocus mode for still or moving subjects.
MF Is manual focus. I'm unsure why'd you'd use this setting, since lenses that autofocus on the D40
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