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that Nikon used the Camera icon for the shooting menu (page20), which really should be called
the Film menu. Camera settings, like focus, flash and timers, are set here in the Custom Settings
Menu, shown by a pencil. This is Nikon's mistake; don't penalize yourself if it makes little sense.
How to Get Here
Press MENU, go to the left and select up and down to the pencil icon. You'll see CUSTOM
SETTING MENU on the top of the color LCD.
What it Does
This menu sets many things related to the camera and taking pictures, like autofocus, exposure,
timers, flash and more.
What I Change
I change a lot here, so read on.
[R] Reset
This resets everything in this menu to its defaults. I don't use this, unless my camera was loaned
out.
01 Beep
Turn this OFF!!!
This is the idiotic and annoying focus confirmation beep. Turn it off!
The beep annoys others and is very rude. Focus confirmation is indicated by a dot in the lower left
of the finder.
02 Focus Mode
This sets the autofocus mode for still or moving subjects.
AF-A, the default I use, magically selects between the next two modes.
AF-S stands for AF-Single. The D40 focuses once, then locks AF for you to recompose and
shoot.
AF-C stands for AF-Continuous. The D40 keeps focusing as the subject moves. Use this for
sports and vehicles in motion, like cars, birds and aircraft.
MF Is manual focus. I'm unsure why'd you'd use this setting, since lenses that autofocus on the
D40 (AF-S and AF-I) have these switches on the lenses, and older AF lenses that can't autofocus
on the D40 default to manual focus whether you want them to or not.. I suspect this option is here
because it isn't anyplace else on the D40, and there probably is, or will be, lenses that need this to
revert to manual focus.
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