Finally did it, new toy

[swigginton]

Broke down and bought a Nikon D80. Will start palying with it tomorrow. We are going to the lake for the first time this year

 

[NewfyDad]

Can't wait to see some new pictures of your boys.

 

[Rick]

Cool! Did you get one of the kit lenses, or go for ???

 

[Largo]

That's great Scott, have fun with it!

 

[Jeannie]

I'm jealous. I can't wait to see photos. Have fun and congrats on your new toy.

 

[swigginton]

Originally posted by Rick:
Cool! Did you get one of the kit lenses, or go for ???

For now we opted to go with the kit lens of 18 - 135. Seemed like a good compromise for starters. I am curious how some of my older lens will work. Will have to use them in manual mode though.

 

[Rick]

Originally posted by Scott W:
For now we opted to go with the kit lens of 18 - 135. I am curious how some of my older lens will work.

As long as your lenses are not pre-AI or F3AF, you should be able to use them just fine. If you have any pre-AI or F3AF lenses DO NOT mount them, as they can damage the body. Here's a link to a compatability chart, showing the functions available for all Nikkor lenses cross referenced to the different Nikon Bodies-

Nikkor lense compatability

Regarding the 18-135mm kit lense, I've read reviews across the board on that one, but I like mine just fine, thank you very much, and it is the lense I usually use as a walking around lense. YMMV.

P.S. It's nice to have someone else on the dark side with me...

edited to add-
Here's a link to a plethora of Nikkor lense links at Nikonians.org. I am registered there as "village idiot"

Nikkor lense links

[ 03-24-2007, 09:57 AM: Message edited by: Rick ]

 

[swigginton]

Thanks for the links. My lenses are compatible. The will probably be fine outside in fairly constant conditions.

It was not really a hard choice to come to the dark side, once I started reading reviews and features. Probably have more features than I will ever use. Being able to play with my old lenses and filters is a plus.

Cant believe how cheap memory is now. 2G for 49.00

 

[Largo]

That's nice that you already have lenses you can use.

 

[mudji]

Where did you get memory for 49.00?? I have not blown out my 2 gig card even shooting RAW high quality, but another card would be nice...

hannah

 

[swigginton]

Hannah, Circuit City on special

 

[janices]

Let me know what you think. I'm thinking about it maybe. I just got a new used lens in yesterday for my Nikon that's considered a pretty good lens that Nikon had discontinued. Played with it a little bit last night and was impressed and lens was in excellent shape.

[ 03-28-2007, 12:59 PM: Message edited by: janices ]