Oooo hello, nikon D40 has always been know as a leader at the high end of the photo industry, A basic camera for beginners, and excellent small form factor that uses 6 mp ccd sensor which I found gives very nice natural colours for outdoors, I like nikon D40 hd and nikon D40 quality, my frds and I went to himachal for tour one of my frd have nikon D40 camera he took our pic, it was so nice pic and colours and many more.