The Nikon D80 is a digital single-lens reflex camera model announced by

Nikon (, ; ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group. Nikon's products include cameras, camera ...

on August 9, 2006. The camera shipped the first week of September to US retailers. Considered by many to be a hybrid of design elements of the entry-level D50 and high-end D200 cameras, it occupied the same price bracket the

Nikon D70 The Nikon D70 is a digital single-lens reflex camera, introduced at the 2004 PMA Annual Convention and Trade Show, as Nikon's first consumer-level digital SLR, and a Competition, competitor to the Canon EOS 300D. It was often sold in a "kit packa ...

did at the time of its release. It was replaced by the Nikon D90 in August 2008.

Features

* 10.2

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CCD sensor * Seven preset scene modes (Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Macro, Sports, Night Landscape and Night Portrait) selectable using a top-mounted dial * User-selectable image optimization options (Normal, Softer, Vivid, More vivid, Portrait, Custom and Black-and-white) * In-camera Retouch feature with D-Lighting, Red-eye correction, Trim, Image overlay, Monochrome and Filter effects * In-camera Multiple exposure feature (merges up to three consecutive images) * USB 2.0 Hi-speed interface *

Pentaprism A pentaprism is a five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by a constant 90°, even if the entry beam is not at 90° to the prism. The beam reflects inside the prism ''twice'', allowing the transmission of an image through a r ...

viewfinder In photography, a viewfinder is what the photographer looks through to compose, and, in many cases, to focus the picture. Most viewfinders are separate, and suffer parallax, while the single-lens reflex camera lets the viewfinder use the main ...

, rather than the more compact penta-mirror set up (0.94× magnification vs. 0.8× for the D40x). Same one on D200. * 2.5 inch, 230,000 pixel LCD monitor (same as in D40, D40x and D200). The Nikon D80 also inherits some of the D200's features such as the 10.2 MP image sensor, albeit with slower data throughput than the D200. The D80 is the second Nikon DSLR to use the

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(the D50 being the first), rather than the

CF card CompactFlash (CF) is a flash memory mass storage device used mainly in portable electronic devices. The format was specified and the devices were first manufactured by SanDisk in 1994. CompactFlash became one of the most successful of the ea ...

storage used in the D70, D70s and D200 and higher-end models. The higher storage capacity

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standard is also supported.

Optional accessories

Wireless Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...

ML-L3 (IR) remote control and MC-DC1 remote cord * Battery MB-D80

battery grip A battery grip is an accessory for an SLR/DSLR (and occasionally other cameras), which allows the camera to hold multiple batteries to extend the battery life of the camera, and adds a vertical grip with an extra shutter release (and other contro ...

. Cheaper after-market clones exist.

Firmware

The last firmware set was released September 24 2008. v1.11 is the last version number for the A and B firmware. As of August 2018, it is available on th
Nikon support site.
The last firmware release coincides with the release of the D90, the replacement of the D80.

Images

Image:Nikon_D80_body_028.jpg, D80 body Image:Nikon D80 body topview 030.jpg, D80 body top view Image:Nikon D80 70-300mm lens031.jpg, D80 with 70-300mm lens Image:Nikon D80 70-300mm lens033-rotate.jpg, D80 with 70-300mm lens top view

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