Nikon SLR Cameras

Why does my Nikon D40 not take as well pictures as a nikon D3100?

Kaher Ahmad
Kaher Ahmad

I'm using the 18-55mm lens and the pictures that my friend takes show a lot more quality. Is that due to the 4 more mega pixels?
Is it worth it upgrading to a D3100?

fhotoace
fhotoace

Your D40 should take perfectly fine images. I have a colleague who uses one professionally when he needs to sync with flash at speeds higher than 1/500th second. All his images are of professional quality.

Changing cameras will probably NOT improve your photography. Switch cameras with your friend sometime when you are out shooting together. My guess that his images are going to be just fine, no matter which camera he uses

On pixels

http://www.kenrockwell.com/...mpmyth.htm

Prakas Raj
Prakas Raj

Read camera manual book carefully first.

AWBoater
AWBoater

It will be perhaps noticeable. The D40 had 6 Mp and the D3100 has 14Mp. Since that is more than double, it should be noticeable in some situations.

Check to see what your settings are; ISO, picture quality, picture size, and picture control (vivid, sharpness, etc).

http://www.althephoto.com