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Building on the
extraordinary success of the D70 and D70s, Nikon introduces the new D80digital
SLR camera -- an impressively featured, 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.
Bundled
with
with 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor Lens
CAMERA FEATURES:
- 10.2 Megapixel
Nikon DX format CCD imaging sensor: Effectively optimized by
Nikon to deliver a wide dynamic range, producing outstanding images with
high resolution and vivid detail yielding 3,872 x 2,592-pixel files.
- New high-resolution
Nikon image-processing engine: New 12- bit Image Processing
Engine combines color independent analog pre-conditioning with improved
image processing algorithms.
- Instant 0.18
sec. start-up with fast 80ms shutter response. With a power-up
time of a mere 0.18 seconds and a shutter release time lag of only 80ms,
responsiveness is extraordinary.
- Continuous
shooting at up to 3 frames per second and up to 100 consecutive JPEG
images: Fast framing rates contribute to the ability to capture
moments in time instantly. Sophisticated systems throughout the D80,
including high-speed buffer memory handling, fast image processing, high-speed
memory card access and large system bus bandwidth help make this possible.
- Up to 2,700
images per battery charge: High-Efficiency power systems featuring
reduced power consumption and Real-Time Fuel Gauge with Nikon's EN-EL3e
Lithium Ion rechargeable battery.
- Nikon 3D Color
Matrix Metering II, plus Variable Center-Weighted and Spot Metering: Substantially
more sophisticated than traditional multi-pattern metering systems, Nikon's
3D Color Matrix Metering II instantly and accurately evaluates brightness,
color, contrast, selected focus area and subject-to-camera distance information,
referencing the results against an onboard database of 30,000 scenes
from actual photography. Vary the size of the center-weighted area reading
and spot metering readings correspond to 11 focusing points.
- In-Camera
Image Editing with Retouching Menu: Highly versatile in-camera
editing features include Nikon D-lighting, Red-eye Correction, Image
Trimming, Image Overlay, Monochrome Black and White, Sepia and Cyanotype
along with Skylight, Warm Tone and Custom Color filter effects.
- Built-in Speedlight
with Nikon i-TTL flash metering and two-group Wireless Commander: Nikon’s
acclaimed i-TTL flash control evaluates flash exposure with greater precision
to achieve better automatic flash balance and deliver outstanding results
with SB-600, SB-800 or SB-R200 Speedlights.
- 2.5” LCD
color monitor with 170-degree, wide-angle viewing: Playback
images can be viewed easily from all angles with extraordinary color
and clarity.
- 11-area AF
system with Wide-area Center Segment and Auto-area AF functions: Nikon’s
Multi-CAM 1000 provides maximum flexibility and optimum performance under
varied shooting situations. 11-area autofocus system features a cross-type
sensor in the center, broad frame coverage, as well as class-leading
low light detection and convenient AF-assist illuminator to aid in low-light
conditions. New Wide Area AF option gives greater compositional freedom
when shooting sports and action.
- Seven Digital
Vari-Programs plus Programmed Auto with Flexible Program, Shutter-Priority
Auto, Shutter-Priority Auto and Manual: Digital Vari-Programs include: Auto
Portrait, Landscape, Macro Close up Sports, Night landscape, Night portrait
each of which adjust automatically for optimal results under varied conditions—automatically.
- Image Optimization
Mode: Optimize color, contrast, sharpening as well as other
image settings according to the type of scene or output desired. Options
include: Normal, Softer, Vivid, More Vivid, Portrait, Custom, Black and
White
- Large, bright
0.94x viewfinder: Optical glass viewfinder features large (0.94X)
magnification making composing frames easier while overall viewfinder
brightness makes low-light photography possible.
- Built-in Slideshow
function with Pictmotion: Select a range of images, pick a style
and add music for beautiful picture presentations delivered from the
D80 to a television or simply view on the camera’s 2.5 inches LCD.
Effects include: slide-in, slide-out, fade-in, and fade-out
LENS
FEATURES:
- Type of lens: G-Type
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens with built-in CPU and Nikon bayonet mount (Designed
exclusively for use with Nikon DX format digital SLR cameras)
- Focal length: Approximates
the picture angle performance of a 28-200mm lens on 35mm SLR
- Max. aperture: f/3.5 – f/5.6
- Lens construction: 15 elements in 13 groups (with one ED glass element and two aspherical
lens elements)
- Picture angle: 76 degrees
- 12 degrees
- Focal length
scale: 18, 24, 35, 50, 70, 105, 135 mm
- Distance information: Output to camera body
- Zoom control: Manually
via zoom ring
- Focusing: Nikon Internal
Focusing (IF) system utilizing an internal Silent Wave Motor; manually
via focusing ring
- Closest focus
distance: 1.5 feet (0.45m) at all zoom settings
- No. of diaphragm
blades: 7 (rounded)
- Diaphragm: Fully automatic
- Aperture range: f/3.5
to f/22 (at 18mm) f/5.6 to f/38 (at 135mm)
- Exposure measurement: Via full-aperture method
- Filter/attachment
size: 67mm
- Focus method: Compact
SWM (Silent Wave Motor)
- Dimensions: approx.
2.9 in. x 3.4 in.
- Weight: approx. 13.6 oz
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