Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide

The Nikon D80 was designed for people like me: Jumping from an advanced digital point & shoot to this excellent SLR- both using Secure Digital cards. I'm not a pro, but I have a moderate knowledge of digital cameras. The Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide fits the type of consumer that Nikon targeted for the D80.This book is an attractive supplement to Nikon's D80 instruction booklet. Nikon's booklet is factual but the organization is fragmented. With Nikon's booklet, new D80 users will spend more time flipping pages than taking pictures. With the D80 Digital Field Guide, facts are presented in an organized, clear, concise, and easy to understand manner. A pro that have been using digital SLR's for years wouldn't need a book in this genre, but I did and have found this book extremely useful!I did receive a very early edition of this book. It is true that there are missing hyphens & a wrong USB port photo. Books like this are rushed for publication because Nikon will eventually make a replacement for the D80 that will make this book obsolete. That's the nature of technology today. Looking past the first printing errors, I find that the good far outweighs the bad- therefore the 5 star rating. The few mistakes are very obvious and repetitive. They do not deter the user from learning the D80 and photography. I suspect that printing errors will be corrected in later editions.This color guide is attractive and formatted like a Frommer's travel guide. The price (an amazing $13.59 at Amazon) also makes it a bargain in comparison to other books in this category. I highly recommend this book.

This is much more than a guide to your D80. This is an introduction to the whole world of Digital SLR techniques. I found that I flipped through most of it when I first got the book and now a year later, I'm still picking it up to look through new techniques and camera features. The D80 is showing it's age these days, but I still take wonderful photos with it and this guide has helped me navigate all of its options and features. Due to the price of a new DSLR I'm probably going to have to wait a year or two, but I'm not too worried because the D80 is still kicking butt compared to all those silly iPhones and compact cameras.

I am very pleased that I bought this book shortly after I purchased the camera. It is far better and certainly better organized than the manual that came with the camera. The quick start guide at the beginning of the guide does an excellent job of explaining each feature in brief while the remainder of the text goes into the necessary detail of how you can use them. I would rate my background/skill level at photography to somewhere between novice and moderate (years in the video business) and I found the guide neither too technical or too simple. In short - a worthy investment for the new D80 owner!

This book is compact, but it packs a lot of easy to understand instructions on full color pages. It is simple enough for someone new to DSLR to understand. There is a quick tour section that introduces all parts and menus of the camera in a way to get you shooting quickly. The other chapters in the book go into more detail and teach manual operations and how to manipulate settings for specific situations.It is small enough to carry along and easy to refer to in any situation.I will be buying another one, because mine got wet and many of the pages are stuck together.

This Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide has shown me how much I had forgotten and taught me several new things. It's well worth the review course this Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide brings

After trying to make sense of the owner's manual I bought this guide from Amazon and have been very pleased. The photos let me take my camera and know exactly what I am looking at. The text I find to be very concise and easy to follow and with a few exceptions, it has been a huge help in my learning curve on this camera. My only real disappointment has been the size of the book because it is not easy to carry in the field.

Tells you how to setup your D80 better than the Nikon guide.Also gives good tips to improve your photographic techniques.Bought the Kindle version and noticed hyphens missing between lens specifications, for example, 1855 instead of 18-55. Not a big deal once you know about the hyphen formatting issue in it. If you have bought or acquired a D80 without the Nikon guide then this book will be a replacement for it to help you set it up well. Also have a printed copy of the Magic Lantern D80 guide that is much more detailed than this guide, but I prefer this guide to it. Handier to keep an iPad mini in my gear bag than printed guides.

The book is terrific. I have had my D80 for several years, but I learned a lot from the book. However, there is a problem; the book I ordered from Amazon was not in full color as described, but in black and white, and the illustrations were washed out and difficult to see. It was obviously a serious mistake in printing. I contacted Amazon, and they immediately refunded my money and told me to keep the book. I ordered another copy of the book, from another source because I wanted to examine the book before paying for it. It arrived as described, in full color. So, get the book but be aware that there are defective copies out there.

Comenta con detalles el manual original y es una gran guía para una cámara un tanto compleja como es la Nikon D80

A must have to understand your camera if needed more technical information.

I have bought a number of camera manuals over the years from Lantern guides to Hove foto books, and they have all really done little more than re-hash the camera manual. The Digital Field guide starts with the manual and simplifies it and pulls out lots of useful customisation settings on the D80. It very quickly helps you around all the key featrures of the camera, then digs deeper into some key areas of operation. It is clearly and logiclly written and with lots of clean illustrations. The latter half is made up of a lot of general photography tips and an experienced photographer may skip a lot of this section, although I have to put my hand up and admit it refreshed me on a couple of key elements around flash. If you have bought a D80 and have spent hours poring over the manual this will be a welcome aid to getting the most out of what is a very capable camera, I can highly recommend it.

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This book follows in the tradition of the Digital Field Guides in being an easy, informative read well worth the money. I previously purchased the D40 Guide and this is just as good for someone who wants to find their way around a new camera quickly and in an entertaining way. It is far more than merely an expanded camera manual, containing as it does a lot of practical shooting tips for all sorts of situations the photographer may want to shoot and some good practical advice on lens choices and other equipment to supplement the photographer's arsenal of gear. In short this book is well worthy of a five star recommendation. If you buy it you will not be disappointed.