Is there something wrong with my camera?

I'm really new to digital photography. So, sorry if this is a stupid question.

When i manual focus theres a line from the center to the bottom of the

viewfinder. I have a nikon d80 I don't know if this is normal or not. It shows

up on autofocus sometimes too. I just recently bought a nikkor 55-200 VR. If its

normal, is there a way to turn it off? Thanks a lot!!

Quite normal - just ignore it.

can't turn it off? It doesn't help me with anything and i don't remember it doing that before.

Andy,

 

I believe the line you are referring to indicates whether you have Normal or Wide Zone selected in the "Center AF area" in you Custom Setting Menu. If you have Wide Zone selected, the line is moved t the left and if you have Normal selected, it will be in the center. Maybe you had Wide selected and recently changed it to Normal.

 

Hope that helps

Joe

in auto mode it will not show, but in P,M,A,S modes it will. and does help you since its telling you that is the area of focus and metering. There is not way to turn it off but you can get use to it. Read thru your manual it might tell you if you can change the settings for it.

I tried both normal and wide autofocus modes and its still there. And Auto mode has it too. I guess its normal. I don't know thanks!

It's normal. From typing "viewfinder line nikon" in the search box above:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Dya6

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Ltk2

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00A43L

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008BKy