Wallpaper: This is the cutest, although I don't use it. It's like Graphic above, with smaller numbers, and sets everything on top of a photo of your choice, presuming you've shot the photo on your D40. I selected a photo of my mother-in-law, and it remains in the D40 regardless of formatting or removing memory cards.

A more practical use is to write PROPERTY OF with your complete contact information on paper and use a photo of that as your wallpaper. I tried, and JPG files saved out of Photoshop aren't read by my D40, so I haven't been able to import graphics directly for this.

OK, since I can choose one mode for the real P, S, A and M modes and another for the play modes (baby, night, etc.) I just left my mother-in-law up in the Wallpaper mode for those modes, called "Digital Vari-Program" here.

The menus in Wallpaper mode are softer dark gray on light gray.

Auto Shooting Info

This is OFF by default.

ON lights up the rear LCD with all the shooting info if you tap the shutter and release it without taking a picture.

This saves you from having to hit the info button (page 14) to activate the LCD screen to make settings and adjustments.

I'm unsure if this helps; try it yourself and see if you like it.

World Time

This sets the date and time.

There is a nice map for finding time zones. Want to reset your D40 for Fiji or Tonga? Just click. You can swap among time zones without having to reset the seconds, a boon for me who keeps his D40 set to the exact second.

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