Viewfinder Display - Nikon D40 Manual

OK. Use this button to accept set-
ting and menu selections or to
confirm choices.
Delete. When an image appears
on the LCD display, press the
Delete button if you'd like to dis-
card the image. A prompt shows
up on the screen inviting you to
press the Delete button again to
erase the file, or the Playback but-
ton to cancel the operation.
Memory card access lamp. This
LED blinks when an image is being
written to the SD memory card,
and when the camera is turned on
or off.
Viewfinder Display
The D40/D40x offers a great deal of infor-
mation in the viewfinder. Not all of these
indicators are visible at once. Here's a list of
each of them, and the information they
provide:
Currently selected focus area.
Shows the active focus zone.
Focus area brackets. Displays the
available focus zones.
Focus confirmation indicator.
Illuminates when an image is
focused correctly.
Focus area display. Shows the
current focus area selection mode.
Auto exposure lock. Indicates
that exposure has been locked.
Battery indicator. Displays the
current power level of the battery.
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Flexible program indicator.
Shows that you've adjusted the
camera's calculated exposure to a
different combination of shutter
speed and aperture.
Shutter speed. Displays the
selected shutter speed.
Aperture. Displays the selected
lens opening.
Analog exposure
display/Exposure compensation.
Shows the amount of over- or
underexposure and exposure com-
pensation (when the Exposure
compensation indicator is visible).
Exposure compensation indica-
tor. Appears when you dial in
exposure compensation.
Flash compensation indicator.
Appears when flash exposure com-
pensation has been specified.
ISO Auto indicator. Shows that
ISO is being set automatically.
Number of exposures remain-
ing/Other functions. Also shows
number of shots remaining before
the buffer is filled, white balance
present status, exposure compen-
sation values, and the PC/USB con-
nection status.
Flash ready indicator. Shows
when you can use electronic flash
for the next shot.
Thousands of exposures.
Appears when the remaining expo-
sures exceed 1,000.
Warning indicator. Illuminates
when an error condition exists.
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