|  The D80 digital SLR camera is a high performance camera that incorporates Nikon's latest digital and photographic technologies, and offers advanced features as well as automated operation to satisfy any photographer with the passion to create beautiful photographs and preserve special moments. With a new 10.2 effective megapixel DX Format CCD image sensor and an exclusive high-resolution color processing engine inherited from Nikon's latest professional digital SLR cameras, the D80 can render images with incredible resolution, sharp detail and vibrant color that is unmatched in this class of cameras. And it can shoot these images fast - at speeds of up to 3 frames per second, for up to 100 consecutive shots (in JPEG Normal mode), ensuring that the camera's always ready for the next fleeting moment.
The modes that the camera offers are the regular PASM (Program, Aperture priority, Shutter priority and Manual) along with an Auto mode and six programmed modes, more than enough for any buyer to play with. The Auto exposure is Nikon’s acclaimed 3D Colour Matrix Metering II automatic exposure control which ensures ideal exposures in most lighting conditions. It evaluates brightness, colour, contrast, selected focus area and camera-to-subject distance. The system references the data against an expanded onboard database created using data from more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes to instantly and accurately calculate the final exposure value for the shot. It does work exceptionally well. Autofocus is the new CAM 1000, which, as mentioned before, first saw light in the D200, although some of the function selections are down to button presses and menu selections rather than the dedicated switches of the D200 but are still relatively easy to use. New features include In-camera editing and effects including D-Lighting, red-eye correction, trim, overlay and monochrome as well as filter effects. There is also the opportunity for multiple exposures with the D80. Some of the new features on the D80 versus its predecessors include: - 10.2 megapixels
- 11-area Multi-Cam 1000 AF system
- ISO sensitivity range ISO100 to ISO1600 plus HI-1(equivalent ISO3200)
- SDHC compatible
- File formats - Compressed NEF or Jpeg
- 2.5inch LCD screen
- Compatible with all Nikon AF lenses.
- 3D colour matrix metering II, and centre-weighted or spot metering modes
- Exposure metering range - EV0 to EV20 with 3D colour matrix or centre weighted metering
- Exposure compensation up to +/-5EV
- Shutter speed range - 30secs to 1/4000sec and bulb
- Flash synch up to 1/200sec
- Flash compensation -3 to +1EV
- Depth-of-field preview
- Rechargeable EN-EL3e Li-ion battery
- Dimensions 132mm(W) x 103mm(H) x 77mm(D)
- Weight - 585g without batter
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