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I bought my Nikon D40 from Argos on Thursday. Here's a few pics.
Any comments welcome. I'm a complete beginner to DSLR's
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Lovely well done 
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Very nice. I love the lighting on all of them. Have you changed any of the settings from the defaults? I am particularly interested in the metering. What about post-processing in PhotoShop or similar?
I ask because I too have a Nikon D40 and am off to New York at Easter and I want to get some good photos - what I have taken so far seem too dark.
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Originally Posted by scgf  Very nice. I love the lighting on all of them. Have you changed any of the settings from the defaults? I am particularly interested in the metering. What about post-processing in PhotoShop or similar?
I ask because I too have a Nikon D40 and am off to New York at Easter and I want to get some good photos - what I have taken so far seem too dark. | Just default settings and on auto. Did try experimenting with aperture towards the end but not very successfully.
Not put them into Photoshop either. Just as they came out of the camera.
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17-02-2008, 5:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ballgirl Just default settings and on auto. Did try experimenting with aperture towards the end but not very successfully.
Not put them into Photoshop either. Just as they came out of the camera. | Proof yet again what a great entry DSLR Camera the 40 is
You still need a good eye mind 
Sure some will say you could make them better with this setting or that or by PP but I think they are great just the way they are
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Great pics for straight out of the camera. The D40 really does pack a punch .
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Nice images for sunny Manchester 
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Originally Posted by pixelpixel Nice images for sunny Manchester | The two or three sunny days we get a year | |
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Good shots. nicely composed and you have a creative mind - looking for things in reflections etc. Keep it up 
... and when you find auto mode isn't doing what you want any more then play with the settings.
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Great pictures...our little owners club grows
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These are really good first shots! I think they're all well composed.
My faves are 1 & 6. I like the reflection in 6 a lot.
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Great first shots, well done.
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Very nice shots, I also bought D40 from Argos at the weekend and hopefully will try and get nice shots like yours.
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Lovely shots and as onefivenine says it shows that you also have a creative eye - keep on exploring
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