(noun) - A vanitas painting was a particular type of still life immensely popular in the Netherlands (and Paris, to a lesser extent), beginning in the 17th century.The phrase comes to us courtesy of a Biblical passage in Ecclesiastes, in which the Hebrew word hevel was incorrectly taken to mean vanity of vanities. vanitas painting, while possibly containing lovely objects, always included some reference to man's mortality-most often a human skull (with or without other bones), but also by way of burning candles, soap bubbles or decaying flowers.
Turn the camera off and remove the cap that covers the lens mount on the front of the camera. Remove the cap that covers the back of the lens. Hold the lens in front of the camera so that the little white dot on the lens aligns with the matching dot on the camera body.
To turn this off, press the up or down buttons (near the OK button) until you see information below the photograph and not layered on top of it. This will stop the flashing borders appearing on every image preview. Related Articles: 1  Nikon D40 how to keep LCD screen on for longer time.