[Mhoram]

Well thanks to your (collective) advice and a lot of reading I bought the Nikon D40, just thought I would put up my first pics. Subject matter not that brilliant as it never stops raining.

I won't keep bothering you all again until I get much better.

But I am absolutely thrilled with the results far far better than anything I've ever taken with my 7 megapixel compact - they are very basic but I'm happy nonetheless.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29218111@N07/

[denno75uk]

Good stuff there mate. You can see you've got some of the principles in your 'ead already and are giving consideration to the shot.
Keep it up.

[TarMoo]

Not bad for a first set of pictures.

The D40 is a very good camera for people getting to grips with digital SLRs.

[Garf]

Agree - good start. It's a great little camera to start with, that's for sure.

Just keep taking photos - it's one of the best ways to learn.

[hilly10]

I love my D40 and spent 18 months with it so much so i will keep it even though I had my new D300 delivered this weekend. Now I have to start all over again, so many more buttons, but its great fun. My new camera has not been put down for more then 10 minutes at one time

[pboreham]

Excellent stuff - its great to get out there and shoot. Just recently got a D40 myself as a 1st SLR and loving getting deep into all the settings etc...

So much to it, but great fun!

[julian_fraser]

Well played with your first attempts, welcome to the D40 owners club