General description of the Nikon D80 SLR camera
The Nikon D80 SLR camera is made in the traditional style, which is inherent in almost all models of cameras from this manufacturer. The camera is one of the leaders among semi-professional SLR digital cameras of this price range and technical capabilities. The camera can compete with many analogues, but the main advantages that distinguish it from analogues of other companies are the invariably soft and rounded body shapes, a very comfortable and clear grip for the hand, made in such a way that the fingers themselves lie on the corresponding quick access buttons or camera settings. A fairly large LCD display has a diagonal of 2.5 inches, which makes it very convenient to view the footage or scroll through the settings in the menu of the device. The screen has a very decent viewing angle of 170 degrees. This is very good, since it is not always possible to turn the camera towards you to view the captured frame.
This model of the camera has a matrix resolution of 10.8 megapixels, and it is this factor that guarantees high definition and excellent quality of each shot, and also provides excellent clarity even when printing a photo in A4 format. The main advantage of this model of the camera is the super-fast built-in processor. It is he who makes it possible to quickly and efficiently process sufficiently large amounts of information. And in terms of technical parameters, this processor is not inferior to its colleagues in professional cameras. Continuous shooting speed is 3 frames / sec. In the case when you are shooting in RAW format, the shooting speed increases up to 6 frames / sec. The camera is also capable of working with almost any Nikkor lens. You just need to remember that in order to calculate the actual focal length during alignment, you need to multiply the nominal focal length of the lens used by the value 1.5.
General view of the Nikon D80 SLR digital camera
The Nikon D80 delivers outstanding performance, even under the most challenging photography challenges. The exposure of the frame is determined by 420 individual segments of the sensor, which also supports the function of color metering. Directly in the memory of the camera itself, there are already about 30,000 virtual image exposures. As a result, when aiming at the object being photographed, the camera independently finds the required exposure and makes the photo frame as clear and contrasting as possible. There is also the possibility of taking photographs using the center-weighted mode, or conducting spot metering in a 3.5 mm circle.
The camera is also provided with 11 auto points. Focusing, and their good location provides coverage of almost the entire field of the frame. Any of the focusing points, or a whole group of points, can be easily selected in manual mode, or the camera will independently and individually determine them. For this very reason, auto focus has been significantly improved over previous versions of the camera. This greatly increases the quality and speed of response, which in turn increases the values of accuracy and clarity of the frame.
The camera also has a fairly wide range of photosensitivity, which ranges from 100 to 1600, but in cases of urgent need, its value can be increased up to 3000. If you intend to use custom functions, then there is also an opportunity to set auto bracketing of white level. Such a car. white balance makes it possible to more clearly correct each image separately.There are several ways to change the white balance: in manual mode, automatically, according to 6 presets, making a more subtle correction of the value or setting the "color" temperature. Do not forget that the last mode is set in Kelvin degrees.
In the domestic sales market, you can find two complete sets of this camera: Nikon D80 Body (ie the "carcass" of the camera itself, without a lens), or Nikon D80 Kit. In this case, you will get a standard unpretentious lens like Nikon Kit 18-55 VR, or something like that.
