Read more at Shooting Menu (page 21).
FOCUS (AF) Mode
I use the default of
METERING
I use Matrix, the default. You set metering in Custom Setting 05 (page 29) or with the <i> Button (page 15).
Seeing how poor the matrix meter has become in the D40 (it requires constantly varying levels of compensation) I intend to try center weighted metering. With my intimate knowledge of the Zone System (page 69).it might let me nail the correct exposures more quickly. That would be a big step backwards; center weighting went obsolete in the mid 1980s then the Matrix meter was invented.
See my Exposure (page 55) page for details on getting perfect exposures.
LENS SETTINGS
Nikon D40 with new
Many lenses have no switches or settings. If so, don't worry.
If a lens has an "A - M" switch, like the included
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