While the D40 will never morph into an ultracompact or a high-powered pro shooter's camera, it covers the in-between fairly well. It's a great first dSLR. The good: Optically stabilized kit lens ...

[Denis MO] made a single-lens reflex camera from scratch. The banner image above is not the finished product, but just one step in the production chain. [Denis] has been thinking about doing this ...