The
Nikon N80/F80
by
Darrell R. Young
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BODY
The
body of the N80 feels reassuringly robust. The top and bottom
of the camera are made of a hard substance, probably polycarbonate,
with a textured coating that makes it fairly difficult to scratch.
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Nikon
N80 body
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The
front and back, or grip area, is covered with a thin textured rubbery
coating. The
coating,
grip on the front, and a thumb protrusion on the back of the camera
allows your right hand to comfortably and securely hold the camera.
Most users will hold the camera naturally with their thumb on the
back, trigger finger on the shutter release, and the second and
third fingers wrapped around the grip. The little finger hangs below
the camera body, except for people with small hands.
LENSES
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have access to virtually all the fine auto-focus (AF) Nikkor®
lenses that Nikon® makes, plus a plethora of other AF
lenses made by Tokina®, Tamron®, Sigma® and others.
The
N80 will even use the Nikkor® AF-S (Silent Wave) and
VR (Vibration Reduced) professional lenses. It also supports
the older AF lenses made since the early-nineties.
The
newer AF lenses have a "D" or "G" designation at the end
of their name. These lenses have the new Distance measuring
capability, and so will provide more accurate flash metering
since the camera can better determine how far away the subject
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Nikkor
28-80mm f/3.5-5.6G
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The
N80 also supports the "G" series lenses made for the "consumer."
These lenses have no "aperture" ring, so all aperture functions
are controlled by the N80 automatically or by one of the "command
dial" controls. The G series lenses are also D (distance measuring)
lenses.
The
N80 does not technically support the older manual-focus (MF) Nikkor
lenses. They will mount on the camera, and will work normally,
except that the N80's light metering system is turned off. You
could use the N80 with the older lenses if you use a hand-held
light meter. The AF lenses have a small computer brain (CPU) in
them that helps the camera know how and where to focus. Since
the older MF lenses do not have this CPU, they cannot communicate
with the N80. Also, it is preferable to use the newer "D" AF lenses,
since they provide more accurate flash metering with their built-in
Distance measuring capability.
Technically
the N80 is designed to work with the following lenses styles:
AF, AF-D, AF-G, and AI-P.
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