Nikon F80
The Nikon F80 is a small picture - SLR from Nikon . It was available in three versions:
- as standard version F80 (referred to as N80 in North America )
- as F80D (in North America as N80QD hereinafter) to be exposed with the possibility of recording time and date on the image
- and the F80S (called N80S in North America ), which can expose the time and date as well as shutter speed, aperture and exposure compensation on the film bridge
General
The F80 came on the market in spring 2000 as the successor to the Nikon F70 . Nikon assigned it to the upscale amateur area, as its functions could already satisfy many needs. The camera belongs to the Nikon F series autofocus . Many properties are based on the F100 , but without reaching their professionalism. It has numerous automatic modes for beginners, but the usual motif programs have been dispensed with. Highlights are: several modes for autofocus , 3D matrix exposure metering , advanced flash functions , multiple exposures, bracketing and numerous individual functions. The Nikon F80 remained in the range until 2006.
Technical specifications
The F80 has the common Nikon F bayonet and is also suitable for connecting the advanced AF-S and VR lenses. When using older lenses without a CPU, only manual exposure compensation is possible. In addition to this multi-stand program AE , shutter priority and aperture priority mode is available. The measurement itself can be done with 3D matrix measurement, center-weighted measurement and spot measurement. The 3D matrix measurement works with 10 measuring fields and uses an extensive database of exposure situations to calculate the optimum exposure values for aperture and time. This z. B. easy to handle even complicated backlit and night shots. The exposure correction can be made in half f-stops up to ± three f-stops. In addition, there is a mode for bracketing that enables two or three exposures with a spread of up to two f-stops. Also, multiple exposures can be selected. The control of the depth of field takes place via the built-in stop-down button . Film speeds can be set by DX coding or manually from ISO 6/9 ° to ISO 6400/39 °. The shutter speeds range from 30 seconds to 1/4000 second. The fast autofocus is controlled by the Nikon Multi-CAM900 module with five individually selectable measuring fields and has numerous operating modes. In addition to manual focusing, you can switch to single AF and continuous AF. In combination with single-field AF and dynamic AF, you are equipped to take pictures of static objects as well as moving objects with complicated movement patterns. The integrated flash unit has the guide number 12 and can be operated simultaneously with an external one. The synchronization time ranges up to 1/125 of a second. Other features include: an illuminated display, a self-timer , a connection for a cable release and flash exposure compensation.
Digital cameras based on the Nikon F80
The Nikon F80 served as the technical basis for numerous digital SLR cameras :
Web links
- Product information on the Nikon website