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Rating from PJWINWRIGHT 5 Stars ()

Advantages Lightweight and Easy to use piece of Craftsmanship

Disadvantages Perhaps not a durable as previous models

Nikon have expertise in camera manufacture and development that is not really comparable to other makes. They have developed their own metering systems and methods that others have just copied. The F80 continues this tradition and it really is a magnificent camera for both the Professional and the Non-Professional.

Lets talk about ergonomics later and start with what this camera can do to take pictures - the reason for buying it!

Firstly, any image quality you get from this camera is far superior to any digital camera if you are comparing two photographs taken by the same photographer, even if they are using the best digital camera available. Film is better because digital camera do not yet have the right number of pixels or quality of pixels at an affordable price. Having said that the quality of the image depends on the film you use and of course on the ability of the photographer to read the situation. But if you want the best possible chance, you cannot go wrong with this camera. The 3D Matrix Metering allows you complete control over your shot, either in totally automatic mode or with some level of manual control you are getting excellent information about the composition from the in-house meter. This means that you have the right information to take excellent photos.

If you want more control then all you need is there from you, right down to overriding the metering system, to use something you might prefer from previous models or from experience in using this model. Whatever happens, this camera is unlikely to fail you. Even if you know little about photography, you can have this camera in totally automatic mode and still get great shots! This is an everyman camera and a pro camera all rolled into one! Its a camera you can learn with and a camera you can master - nothing short of a great Christmas present.

The level of control you have is entirely down to you. You can just point and shoot with autofocus, autometering and autoflash if you will. Or you can have control over shutter speed, aperture, focussing and metering. This is done with the easy to use rotator knob settings of P (totally Automatic), S (Shutter Priority), A (Aperture Priority) and M (totally Manual). There are 3 settings for Metering, which are Spot, Centre-Weighted and Full. These allow for absolute control when necessary. There are also 3 settings for Focussing - 2 are autofocus (1 Basic and the other Continuous for moving objects) and the final one is manual.

This has already shown that the range of features is diverse, and they are also of high quality.

It is also extremely easy to use, especially for those that have used Nikon SLR's before. Even if you haven't its use is intuitive and buttons right where your hands are when holding the camera, so you don't have to keep taking it away from your eye to change a setting.

The camera is reliable, much more so than any digital equivalent. The batteries last long and although these cameras have more electronic functions than their ancestors, this doesn't reduce the reliability.

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  • Betterwithasmile 29/07/2011 15:14
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  • darkangelwing 20/12/2005 19:32
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    Great review there man full of info. and descriptive power , photography sure is wonderful,sounds good,nice one(-:

  • timparlow 08/11/2005 18:35
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  • Soho_Black 08/11/2005 16:43
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  • zoobremia 08/11/2005 15:23
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    Exceptional

    Hi, well, seems to be the right one for me ... I need a camera which does everything automatically, I don't have a plan of all the options to use normally, so I still have no one at home. Unfortunately I don't have, because so there'll be a better picture of mine in here and I have more pictures in choice ... Well, the picture of me was made by a girl from ciao.de during a ciao-community meeting in Bremen ... Anyway, this is a great review, just one thing missing, but Your review forces me to have a look to buy it asap, so the sense of Your review has become a good one (without this information) ... It works, when spending some time with writing them ... Best regards, Sven (Zoobremia, maybe soon Fotobremia, lol)

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