>> Now with the hand-me-down Canon D40 I have a true DSLR with just the features I want (can do manual focus, can use old lenses). Already made my 12000 shots with it, and it came with previous 8000, and is still practically new.
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>As the name did not ring a bell I Googled it (is Canon 40D, Nikon has the D in front (Nikon D40) I guess that confused me) and I found that they released a new firmware in March 2012, you probably already have it, but if not you might want to use it http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/eos40d/eos40d-firmware-e.html

Thanks for finding that for me - it's one of those things I'd never remember to check.

I'm on the previous version, 1.0.8, and the differences to 1.1.1 are immaterial to me, nothing worth the trouble. Would be a nice exercise just to try to do it, but I'd expect to have at least one feature that I didn't have before. So I'll keep it as it was.