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Originally Posted by Hypnotist
I thought the D40x an improvement of the D40. That would make me think the D40x is better than the D40, even for AP.  Please correct me if I wrong!  |
Yes, the D40x is an improvement over the D40 - in consumer eyes. It has 10 megapixels instead of 6, and as every consumer knows, megapixels are the single most important feature of a digital camera
Nikon probably thought their 6MP model would lose out next to the higher MP competition on the shelf, despite its virtues, so they bumped it to 10MP.
The fact is that the D40 sensor, albeit lower res, performs better at low light, has an overall larger exposure range and produces less noise than the 10MP sensor of the D40x. It also has an electronic shutter which makes the D40 the only Nikon DSLR (apart from the discontinued D70) with a hybrid shutter, allowing for very fast flash sync speeds. The latter is of lesser interest to astrophotographers of course
Cheers
Steffen.