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Product Reviews:
The perfect camera for the serious amateur, November 30, 2003
Reviewer: Chad A. Lauterbach "chadl2"
Photography has been a hobby of mine for nearly ten years now. Having shot
on a lot of Minolta and Canon I can say that Nikon equipment is
sufficiently superior to its competition unless you are in need of fast
auto focus (i.e. for sports) where Canon tends to rule. However, in nearly
every other arena in the 35mm SLR world Nikon is at the top of the list.
From build and lens quality, to controls and light meters Nikon beats out
the competition. So if you are already sold on buying a Nikon (which you
should be) the N80 is a great pick for the serious amateur or beginner,
but probably a little bit too high on the food chain for the casual
photographer.
The N80 fits nicely between the N55, N65, N75 cameras and the F100, F1
cameras. The F100 and F1 (as well as the D100 and D1) are geared for the
professional photographer and provide quality and features only an
experienced amateur or pro could notice. Those cameras are definitely not
appropriate as first cameras unless you are serious and just have money to
burn. The N55 and N65 are geared toward the casual consumer that wants
more quality than a point and shoot offers, but likely doesn't really know
or care much about photography. These cameras provide "easy" to use
features including some that are simply annoying for the serious
photographer. The N80 operates in a very similar manner to the F100, F1,
D100 and D1 and it makes the transition to these cameras down the road
much easier when the time is right. The N80 also provides 10 segment
metering, selectable auto focus regions, composition guides (awesome!) and
it opens up features of the more advanced Nikon lenses. Overall the N80's
build quality feels better than its smaller counter parts as well.
Who is this camera for:
The serious amateur and student photographer, especially those wishing to
move up in the Nikon line in the future.
Also, make sure you get a great lens too, I'd highly recommend the Nikon
24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S Zoom as a first lens.
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Great Camera, January 23, 2005
Reviewer: Sonya George
I bought this camera almost a year ago before I went on a trip to Italy...
I was kind of worried about it because I had never had an SLR before, but
I really wanted one, and I wanted to make sure I didn't have cheap looking
pictures from my trip which I often had before.
It worked perfectly! I only got a chance to use one roll of film on it
before I went, but ALL of the pictures came out great! I just love this
camera, I still use it all of the time. I am learning all of the features,
like how to use the bulb setting. I used it for 4th of July fireworks, and
they also came out wonderfully.
I would highly recommend this camera!
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Back From Digital, December 1, 2004
Reviewer: Digital Photographer "Used to Like Nikon,s"
I have had several digital cameras, including the Nikon 8700, I feel that
digital is still got a way to go, they are wonderful, yet can be very
tiring, printing gobs of prints for friends and family is tiring , tedious
and expensive.
The cameras unless using some exotic means still cannot focus well in low
light, also dont like taking pictures at a place and the whole world
standing over my shoulder.
Soooo, happily back to film with the N80 and a Nikon 28-100 Nikon that I
bought in a kit.
Its so great to be back in film, now I can get some control back.
As far as the N 80, it really is beautiful done and highly intuitive to
use, well made, features are wonderful, a joy to own and use. I made the
right move, know that now, shot a few roles of Kodak Color 200, results
were so good, if I still want to get lazy, can have the photo processor
put the shots on a disc, havnt done it yet, enjoying the prints too much,
think I,ll run out and get some Echtekchrome. Photography is an important
component for me in my life, the N80 is bringing it all back in a slick
very competent manner and I completely enjoy it.
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