Nikon F80 - A Great First Film Camera
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- My review of the Nikon F80 35mm SLR.
Purchased untested on eBay in January for £16.49, this is my experience of the camera.
Lenses used on camera:
Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 was bought from Soperfect Images in Plymouth
50mm f1.8 was bought from Gumtree
Apologies and thanks to Mattias Burling. I absolutely love his content and style, and am still getting used to this video making malarky. His style was a great starting point for me as a video maker.
Original music by myself.
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Lol, my first camera was a d90, and my first film camera was an f80 too! Both great cameras, still my favourites to this day.
Modern AF-S Lens work like a charm on that body. I've used my 50mm 1.8G and 85mm 1.8G with excellent results.
Really nice video, thanks for making it.
Interesting going to buy one subscribed
Nice concise video, thank you 🙂 Would you say the light metering is accurate or do you adjust?
I bought one and was so pleased with it I bought another as a back-up. Light and feature packed, great for hiking. My first F80 also produced intermittent Err messages. I tracked this down to the DX coding. If I manually set the ISO I don't get any error messages. Also the back door closing mechanism is prone to breaking but WHEN this happens just use a bit of gaffer tape to keep the door closed while there is film in. I paid £30 each for my cameras; worth every penny. I have an F90x too but I wouldn't take it on a hike as it's far too heavy for my 67 year old legs.
PS: this is praise indeed when you consider I currently own 73 cameras ....
Several of the F80's that I have bought have had the ERR message where the camera locks up sometimes wasting as you said 2 frames, it doesn't always happen and for the money it's worth taking the risk, let's face it, it's the greatest bargain in film photography at less than €20. I have 3, 1 for slide, 1 for BW and one for colour. They can use nearly every F mount Nikon lens except the modern AFP lenses. Get the grip and it looks like an F5. If you get the cool data film back it can imprint exposure details between the frames.
I had this camera in my closet for the past 10 years, thinking I would like to give it a try. What would be a good all around inexpensive lens to get for it?
Thanks for the feedback on the F80. Picked up a Samsung Note 9 phone for the better (Unlocked NIB 45% off retail) for the better camera and used it on recent family vacation. Found that I took ssssoooo many photos in auto mode. Many are very nice (tech is cool that way), but +80% came from me trying to get lucky getting a pick of my family. Thinking about phone for point and shoot and film for pics of loved ones. All the "beginner/budget" videos point to late 70's/early 80's Nikon/Canon/Minolta SLR. For the price, the F/N80s seem to make so much more sense. It feels like film SLR like a used good conidition F80 offer a great quality film camera at a very reasonable price.
Any thoughts on a first lens for the F80? Cheers!
Hey John!
Yeah, I’ve gone down the route of vintage film cameras, and whilst great to learn on, it can be such a hassle if all you want to do is snap.
I’d always recommend the Nikon nifty fifty, I picked mine up for £50, but if you want something more versatile with zoom, you can normally pick up one of their film kit lenses for around £30-50.
Another good option is buying something like an F50 or F65 kit with the lens. You can normally get those pretty cheap and sell the body on.
I managed to get a Sigma 28-70mm f2.8 for £100, before trading in my old Olympus gear, if you keep scouring, you can get some great lenses for Nikon film cameras, that will work if you decided to get a Nikon DSLR as well (model depending)
Hi! I have a problem! This configuration (f80 + battery grip) with the AF-S 24-85 f3.5-4.5 ED VR give me a problem. After I shoot charge indicator flashes and I can't do another shoot. I need to do on-off before shoot another frame. It happens with VR ON and also OFF. Do you know why? Thanks a lot.
Mauro Mini hi, I’ve never shot with the battery grip, but have you tried shooting the camera without it and using the CR123 batteries? The connections in the grip, on the end or in the camera might potentially need cleaning
hi james what would u say was a step up from the f80 as a more modern video camera
Sorry, I’m not quite sure of the question, do you mean video as in movies? Or as in film, which is used for the word video from time to time?
If you mean video, any of the Nikon DSLR’s that shoot video will have a similar feel to the F80, but Nikon aren’t renowned for Video in their DSLR’s.
If you mean film, the F80 is pretty much as modern as it gets when it comes to 35mm film cameras. From this, essentially your only upgrades are things like the F5, F6 or F100, or equivalents from Canon.
The only “downsides” of the F80 really are the 97% (I think) viewfinder coverage vs the 100% in the F5, F6 and F100, and the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000th of a second, instead of 1/8000th. The only other point to note, is since making this review, the plastic clips on the back of the film door snapped off, so I have since upgraded, and would advise caution when opening and closing the door.
Being honest, with the F5, F6 and F100, they are definitely upgrades and in completely different leagues to the F80. The F5 is by far the most affordable of the 3 in the UK, but weighs a tonne and is by no means an “everyday” camera. The F6 will cost you a small deposit on a car, and the F100, the closest to the F80 is a similar size, but all metal build, and you will struggle to get one for less than £250 in the UK.
Hope this helps
@@nermalator yes, thats what i meant apologies poor english. What would u say was above the f80 which is best suited for filming
@@skylinertheeditor f100
Can I mount AF-s FF lenses on it?
You'll certainly be able to mount them. Aperture will work, but Autofocus I'm not sure about. I use D Lenses on mine, however I have briefly used the odd G Lens on it and it seems to have worked fine