A Photographer’s Dream: Nikon D80

Lower Manhattan is a shutterbug’s paradise. We’ve mentioned before that this is a photogenic town; the architecture, people and street life all have too much color and personality to be ignored. It’s not unusual for lifelong residents, tourists recent transplants to spend an afternoon capturing all that New York City has to offer. Some of them end up on photo sharing sites like Flickr, where you can look at them and complain about how you wish you had a really good camera. You know, the ones that pros use. Thing is, the pro-level cameras are incredibly expensive.

They used to be, anyway. We here at RNYK have fallen in love with the new Nikon D80. It’s a high-performance digital SLR that offers the latest in digital and photographic technology, with all the features that pro photographers insist on. What makes this camera incredible is that it offers professional-grade options at half the price you’d normally pay for them.

Here’s a breakdown of the specs. Yeah, it’s long, but the D80 just has that many features:

10.2 megapixel DX Format CCD image sensor
High-resolution image processing engine
Exclusive 3D Color Matrix Metering II for accurate automatic exposure control, in any lighting
Refined 11-area AF System, for fast & precise focus lock in any shooting conditions
2.5″ LCD screen with 170 degree viewing angles
Onboard features: Red-eye retouching, cropping and trimming
Multiple exposures and filters
Black-and-white, sepia tones & cyanotypes
Auto White Balance (AWB) with 6 manual settings: Incandescent, Fluorescent, Direct Sunlight, Flash, Cloudy, and Shade
Top panel illumination — just twist the power button and the top control are lit
Built-in i-TTL Flash
Takes up to 2,700 shots before the battery drains
Comes with vertical grip & remote control
Size: 5.2″ x 4.1″ x 3.0″ (132 x 103 x 77 mm)

There’s a ton of other features, th ekind you would’ve paid over $2000 for before the Nikon D80. For a full spec list, stay tuned to the J&R site. We’ll keep you posted.

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