I <3 my Nikon D80
Its purchase has been the best decision I’ve made in my lifetime, closely followed by the purchase of my Intel iMac 2 years ago :]
Being a bit of a technical / geeky guy by nature has assisted me greatly as I’ve found it relatively easy to get to grips with. Aperture, shutter speed, exposure and all that jazz.
The phrase “learning by doing” has never before made such crystal clear sense before!
I love the way that you can figure out how to adjust settings to suit your subject and the vesatility of the kit is astounding, as is any digital SLR I guess.
Anyway, yep. Thought I’d share =op
Damian
I’ve been loving my D70 for a little while now, and hadn’t really had thoughts of another camera until RB, where the D70 images only come into the ‘small’ category! Enjoy the D80!
Vonnie Murfin
I have a Nikon D80, too. I love It! It’s so easy to use.
rarinrob
Hey! I bought my first dSLR, also a D80, a few weeks ago. Did you get the 18-135 lens with it? I’ve also bought a polariser which is causing me a few headaches, never having used one before.
Carl Osbourn
i got the 18-70 lens with mine and also have a circular polariser which creates some awesome shots.
Polarizers have the maximum effect for general outside photography, as stated by others, when the focal plane is 90 degrees from the Sun. Play around with different angles and you will verify this. Rotating the front part of the filter is how you dial in the amount of polarization you want (based on of course what the max possible is to begin with given your angle TO the sun).
You can also use a polarizer to remove reflections from objects such as glare from water. When using it for reducing glare, it’s best to shoot at something like 30 or so degree angle to the reflective surface, Again, a little experimentation will teach you all you need to know here.
Given the nature of polarized light, a CPL is a little more complicated to use than other filters, and requires adjustment each time you shoot (unless you do not change your angle to the sun or surface that has glare coming off it) but once you get the hang of it you will love the results!
Rajiv Ashrafi
Good luck with your SLR. I’m getting myself a Canon 40D pretty soon.
mick
yep D80 way to go best money i ever ever spent
ozczecho
Had a D70 for ages….upgraded to a D200 and loving it.The D70 was (for me) an excellent camera…so I am sure the D80 is great.
BTW you can upsize your images so that they can be sold as “large” – check out a product called QImage, or it can even be done in Photoshop…
Carl Osbourn
can’t my images be sold as large? didn’t realise that!
Antoine Dagobert
Carl I am using NIKON D200 with Nikkor Micro 105AF f:2.8 Lens, UV and PL filters attached on the natural lights on the ECLIPSE…take care
Rebecca McLean
I think the D80 has enough megapixles to be sold as large format! if not just up the pixle dimensions in photoshop!
hillsrain
Onya for the D80! I have had the now legendary D70 for nearly 4 years. Nearly 30,000 exposures in extreme hot, cold, wet and dust and it still never misses a beat.
To sell your pics as a large print, just upsize to a minimum of 3840 pixels on the longer side. The resolution of your cam is just fine. I have 40×30 inch prints from my “old outdated” D70 that look stunningly sharp. Even had the photo lab commenting. Its not about the megapixels mate, but the quality of what you have to work with.
Carl Osbourn
40×30 inch?!? Woah – thats huge! I’ll have a go upsizing my Vertical Reflections shot tonight. Just simply increase to 3840 and keep constrain proportions checked?