Range of Nikon "F" lenses, Great picture quality, Endless amount of features ! ! !
Disadvantages:
Price !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
2 1/2 years ago Nikon announced the six megapixel D70, their first affordable enthusiasts digital SLR, it proved to be a very popular camera and strong competitor to the Canon EOS 300D.
Just a year and 1/2 later Nikon revealed the D70s which was essentially the same camera with a some subtle tweaks (improved AF, wider flash coverage, higher capacity battery, larger LCD monitor). And so just over 1 year on from the D70s Nikon present the latest incarnation of their 'enthusiasts' digital SLR line, the ten megapixel D80.
This is how companies get you in the net - bring out a product costing £750 and then release a new model in 12 months time costing the same - you then kick yourself wishing you'd waited and like some people wanting the best, they sell thier old model for £400 and buy the new model. Now thinking they have the best - the company releases another new model!
And the idea goes on!!!!!
The D80 slots nicely between the entry-level D50 and the professional D200, based on the D70 design but also different enough to be seen as a completely new model. It features a ten megapixel DX format CCD (the same I presume as used by Sony in the DSLR-A100), the metering sensor from the D50 and numerous other items taken or modified from the D200.
After talking to a person from a camera shop near where i live and him showing and explaining and then even taking the trouble to email me a whole host of information about the similar and different components to a camera i have come to the simple conclusion (that i bet most other people come up with) that most of these 'highly professional' SLR cameras are all the same but in different bodies & brand names.
I purchased this when it first came out in addition to my little Fujifilm A360 (for general snaps) and then after getting into the love of photography (very quickly) i purchased this after seeing the many advantages of going SLR
I think this is a great camera - but i am going to as this is my FIRST professional camera!
I would obviously recommend this but then again who wouldn't?
10.2-megapixel CCD image sensor and an improved response time of just 18 ms instead of 20 ms, and uses image processing technology that operates at 12 bits per cha...
10.2-megapixel CCD image sensor and an improved response time of just 18 ms instead of 20 ms, and uses image processing technology that operates at 12 bits per cha...
10.2-megapixel CCD image sensor and an improved response time of just 18 ms instead of 20 ms, and uses image processing technology that operates at 12 bits per cha...
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