christian_lalor

Besides the differences already mentioned, the N80 has a faster shutter speed (1/4000) than the N65 (1/2000), it has two dials to control shutter speed and aperture separately instead of one dial on the N65, and it has the option to display grid lines in the view finder. I don't use the faster shutter speed or the grid lines every time I use the camera, but I have used them enough to know that I would have missed them had I bought the N65. Having separate dials for shutter speed and aperture makes a world of difference as I found it to be a much more natural interface than the N65, but it still took a little getting used to since I've used only manual cameras in the past. In the three months that I've had the camera, I've taken approximately 98% of my pictures on the manual setting, but it's nice knowing that I can put the camera into an automatic mode when I want to.

I've also run about eight rolls through my N80 and I've noticed a bit of dust inside my N80 as well. So far I haven't noticed any problems with my negatives because of it, but I haven't looked at them close enough to really notice. I also make sure to clean it as much as possible between rolls.

 

Overall, I'm happy with the N80, but I think this is one of the areas on this body that Nikon has failed. I would have been more than happy to pay a few extra dollars for an N80 with a better sealed back, but to have to pay 2-4 times as much to get this is a joke.