Professional camera for unprofessionals... (Nikon D80)

Name: cornzee

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Product:	Nikon D80
Date:	23/06/07 (128 review reads)
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Advantages: Build quality, picture quality, ease of use

Disadvantages: Very occasional difficulties with auto focus, no anti - dust protection for the sensor

I have had this camera several months. I am a young enthusiast photographer who upgraded from a digital compact. The camera has worked very well in all kinds of photography situations, from gigs, sports events and parties to fine art, close up work and portraiture.

The picture quality is excellent and don't be fooled by a need for a greater pixel count. Some rival camera's have more, some cheaper have more too but pixel count is no rival for picture quality and this provides it in leaps and bounds.

Ease of use is superb, amateurs will be overjoyed with the simplicity of this camera and the standard of the results provided. In camera editing is as you would expect, simple, but does occassionally come in handy. More serious photographers will be overwhelmed with just how well this camera handles and responds. The manual use of this camera is a joy. The buttons are all in the right places and taking photographs.

Very occasionally I find the camera struggles with focusing in auto focus mode, but this is to be expected as even the best of cameras cannot know what you are wanting to focus on.

The price is a bit steep and those looking for an slightly cheaper alternative should turn to the canon eos 400d or the nikon d40x but this is camera well worth forking out just that little bit more for.

Don't expect miracles and for your photographs to suddenly become better if you purchase this camera, they might even look worse! But that's only because this camera produces such sharp and accurate results you might not like what your other cameras never showed you before.

An absolute joy to use, worth the money if you have it.


(Note: This review is also featured on my ciao account)

Summary: There are even better cameras out there, but for the money, this camera is brilliant.

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