How do you turn off the picture review on the NIKON D40?

Question

I want to be able to snap shots as fast as possible, like in the MOTION mode, but in all modes... how can i achieve this? and how can i turn off the picture review to speed things up? I looked in all the settings and i can't find it.

Answer 1

Actually, the picture review won't affect the speed of your picture taking, as the camera captures the images into a buffer before storing it and showing it to you.

To turn off the picture review, do this.
Go to the Custom Settings on the menu.
Turn image review OFF.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD40/page11.asp

Here's an excellent user guide that I suggest you download and print off. I did the same for his D70 guide and found it invaluable.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d40/users-guide/index.htm

And here's a great detailed review of your D40, from where I got the menu information.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/NikonD40/

I hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

I'm looking at my D200 as I type this, but I'm pretty sure the D40 menu is similar. In the menu, select Playback menu (the one with the arrow symbol). In there, you'll find an option 'Image review'. Set it to off.
To further improve speed, I personally keep my camera in continuous mode, I generally only use the central AF point, and I've disengaged the auto-focus from the shutter button. I use the button under my right thumb for AF. (I know the D80 can also do this but I'm not sure about the D40.)
The D200 doesn't have scene modes, so I'm not familiar with Motion mode. I keep my camera in aperture priority mode 99% of the time.

Answer 3

You have a dslr but don't know what an F-stop is? it's going to be pretty difficult to get "good" images without the flash because it's so dark. The trick would be to open your iris (aperture) to the maximum F-stop (the lowest value). on top of this, you will want to find a good shutter speed, the reason your photos were blurry the first time is because your shutter speed is too slow, cause motion blur. Average point and shoot cameras usually have a "shutter speed" equivilant of about 1/125 of a second. try to watch the lights on the stage and take photos when the band is lit up. you will have to adjust your settings based on how bright the lights are, pretty much the entire night. Also you can increase your ISO rating (which controls the cameras sensitivity to light, lower is less sensitive but clean, higher settings will become grainy.