I bought a D80 body in early October of last year because I already had a couple of very nice Nikon lenses and the D80 would use them -- I have been extremely happy with my choice. I have probably taken nearly 10,000 pictures with it in the last…
Maybe with 4.5fps, the camera is able to clear the buffer faster and that means less chance for movement (if handheld) between bracketed frames (even if just three)? But, there's still a problem with the longer exposures in bracketed sets- a…
I feel that the big question you need to answer this question is, Do you already own lens and if so are the all AF-S. The D80 is a great camera and has the auto focus motor in the camera body. This allows you to use almost all current Nikon lens.…
I've got a D80 and I'm absolutely happy with it other than the fact it's a bit rubbish in low light - high ISOs give really noisy, soft images. But it's a cracking camera apart from that. Depends what kind of pictures you want to…
I don't agree with your coment that the D90 is a glimpse of what is possible with a D300. I believe the D90 is every bit as good as the D300 for around half the cost if not better. Granted the D300 has 54 point focus to the D90's 11. And…
Hey Ferdie, I would look hard and long at the d90, which is a big step up from the d80. Remember the 90 made the d300 look a bit long in the tooth, which is saying something. You never know, you may even start to enjoy video! Otherwise, I would pick…
Ken
This has bugged me all day. Can you please explain how 4.5 fps works for HDR? I always thought you set up bracketing for HDR or better still take about 5 different exposures of the same picture and blended them together.
D80 second hand if you can get a good, reasonabily used copy, real bargain. Otherwise - D90 is the best option. I had a D60 and I upgraded to D80 - this was my financial limit at the time - but I wish I could have bought a D90 directly...
The D5000 does not have a built in auto-focus motor, but supports Auto-focus if the lense has the built in AF motor (AF series of lenses). Great in low light conditions, and the flip-down screen is pretty handy.
The D80 is old technology and if you will be shooting in low light conditions, the pictures will end up noisy if the exposure is out.
The D5K is very good, uses the latest technology and used in low light conditions will only produce noise at high…
I have a D80, 18-55mm vr lens, 55-200mm vr lens, tripod, lowepro backpack, remote release for sale. All of this equipment is one year old and is in excellent condition. If there is ever a problem with nikon products they can be sent to nikon for…
The d80 is no longer in production and may be hard to have serviced should a problem arise. The d90 is a bit more expensive, but has current technology and support from Nikon, provides some nice enhancements over the d80 and gives you a glimpse of…