It’s either wide open only, or min aperture only. I think it depends on which electronic diaphragm lens.
Isn't that an ED lens, so you can only shoot it wide open on F80 (or any other film SLR)? How does that make it a great combination?
Isn't that an ED lens, so you can only shoot it wide open on F80 (or any other film SLR)? How does that make it a great combination?
Yes, a G lens, that is correct. The eight "E" lenses were all manual focus, and pre- chip, so not going to work on all the AF cameras.
You're thinking of Series E from circa 1980, there are now E lenses ( as a successor to G) that have an electronic aperture instead of mechanical. I think these are compatible with newer digital SLR's only.
My favorite photo of one of my granddaughters taken with an N80 and a Nikkor 85mm 1.8G
Anwyn by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr
I purchased a number of different "defective" N80's a few years ago, cleaned them up and made sure the error code (if they said there was one) was not something to worry about and resold them. Some of the error codes come from improper loading of the film or not securing the lens all the way. I made enough from the sales to buy an F100 and I still have one of the N80's. Love both cameras for different reasons.
I have my #1 F80 over 2 Decades. To be honest, it does shoot simply like a later Nikon DSLR. (I bought the D100, D70s, D40, D60, D80, D90 & D7000) after i stopped, because there was since my D100 never a 23/24mm F1.8 or F2 AF-S DX lens, for ~35/36mm into FF-terms. I never went to FX with Nikon but via Canon (EOS 5D) and Sony A7. I shoot my ordinary F80 with a 28-70, and the #2 which is a F80D with matching battery grip, much better to use AA batteries, cheaper than the expensive lithium cells, albeit the F80 gets bigger, heavier so, but better grip for my pinkie. Also using the F100.
I use rechargeable lithium cells so don’t need to worry about the cost, but how long do the regular lithiums last in your experience?
Sorry, I meant how many rolls do you get out of two in your N80?
I had never had that issue either, but it scared me enough to always have replacement batteries at hand. And I'll certainly be careful to never let the batteries fully drain again!Never had that issue with the N80/F80 you wrote, during the past 2 decades.
I had never had that issue either, but it scared me enough to always have replacement batteries at hand. And I'll certainly be careful to never let the batteries fully drain again!
Wonderful pic!
I have never tracked how many rolls I get out of the batteries either, but I've experienced two things:
-cold makes them drain faster (isn't that the case for all batteries?), and
-the one time that the batteries completely drained because I inadvertently left the camera on for a couple of days, the camera turned off and, once I put fresh batteries in, I couldn't get it to work again. I turned it on and off a million times until something clicked and, thankfully, it's been working well ever since. I don't know if this is an issue for all N80s or just mine.
I’ve got two N80s, one for color, one for b/w, great cameras!
I’ve got two N80s, one for color, one for b/w, great cameras!
I’ve got two N80s, one for color, one for b/w, great cameras!
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