D80 Review
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One week with the D80, 192 shots later… some early thoughts.
What’s bugging me…
Exposure - I’m fairly sure my D70s was underexposing. And I’m pretty sure the D80 overexposes. In technical terms, it’s exposing for the shadows, which it should, but without the Blessed Voice of Saint Ansel whispering in my ear, the camera’s exposure system is blowing out the hightlights. At least in extreme cases. So for what it’s worth, I’ve been setting exposure compensation to -0.7 and most everything comes out fine. Your mileage may vary.
Interface - Why oh why did they move the buttons around and change the arrows to press when reviewing pictures in the LCD screen? Oh well, progress I suppose.
What’s to love…
Everything else - Color is much richer and sharper than with the D70s. The LCD screen is HEUGE and bright. Special modes, like the black and white mode (see picture above) really work, unlike with most digital cameras. Whatever the little elves in the file buffer are doing, they should keep doing it because this camera is fast, almost as fast as a film camera.
In short, this camera almost makes me want to sell my film cameras. Almost. Which is saying alot.
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