The F80 was actually considered to be a semi pro camera not a cheap consumer camera. I bought one new when they came out just for that reason. Not a point and shoot camera but a very capable camera when shooting in manual. Was not designed to be a point and shoot as it has a phenomonal amount of features available for those who want to be creative and use the camera for what it was designed to do.
I'm trying to decide if I want this camera, and I wanted to see a young artsy person shooting it with G lenses and using consumer grade film. You delivered perfectly. Thanks mate!! Awesome photos!!
Nice review, thank you. This was my last 'modern' film camera and I still have it but haven't used it for a long time. I now use a Olympus OM4 and OM1. The 1 being more mechanical/manual but the 4 always giving me way better exposure since it does OTF metering rather than me having to get it right I guess. I don't claim to be a great photographer! The OTF makes it fun to play with long exposure pinholes too as the 4 can deal with the very long shutter times. The F80 always gave me great shots though. I just dug it out again, after using the old OMs it does feel VERY plasticky. I found the MB-16 grip/battery pack helped there making the camera feel more weighted as well as letting me use AA batteries. Unfortunately it seems to be giving me a lot of 'ERR' messages and is behaving a little erratically like the mirror locking up after shots sometimes. The other thing with it from memory is there is no way to leave the film leader out when rewinding. These days I shoot B&W and develop my own so that could be tricky. Would need to get a retriever. Edit: The old trick of licking the back of an old piece of negative and pushing it into the canister and using it to stick to and pull out the leader worked! Camera still give ERR messages though.
Hey! I have the same camera and grip and get the same messages. 1) try the camera without the grip. 2) clean the contacts inside the grip. I ended up gluing steel wool at the tip of a pencil to get inside the battery grips of my camera that use them 3) try good batteries. I don’t just mean new ones. I mean good like energized lithium etc. For some reasons, several of my Nikons of this era are prone to the ERR messages when they use grips. Never had a problem with Canon grips. Speaking of, I heard that these cameras didn’t come with leader out rewind options is because Canon patented it so it couldn’t come factory with the option.
Just purchased a f80. Person I bought it from included extra batteries and several rolls of film. Some of its expired , but I have watched videos where people have used expired film and had some surprising results . I am excited to try it. Used to have a fe2. So everything comes full circle again.
I have the N80 which is the American name for the F80. I use it with my 50mm 1.8G AF-S. It's a great combination. I'd hardly call it a point and shoot.
A great combo for sure, that 50mm 1.8G is a beautiful lens for rendering with film, Ektar 100 works so well with it! Not a point and shoot for sure, but in my eyes the most advanced P&S (if you wanna use it in that way 😅)
I just got the F80 this week and I was looking to buy a 50mm 1.8 G. I came across a few 35mm DX but as these are APS I assumed it would make a lot à vigneting. Can you confirm if it does and how much ? Cheers. Great video btw
Great review of this camera. I'm torn between this and the F100 right now after watching your video. will be having a good think about getting one of these now. will see what I can find.
F100 is built like perfection for a modern day film camera, F80 is functionally identically but doesn’t have the same magic of build quality. Purely down to if you want to pay 2x for better ‘craftsmanship’
Yup - hit the nail on the head. I have an F80 and F100. (Actually I current have an F100 as my daughter has stolen my F80!) Perfect camera if you just want to capture the world around you - especially if you have friends and family in tow. Love the wee flash on the F80 too - lets you go anywhere. If I'm out on a solo trip just to take photos and have the time to do it, then I would go for a manual camera like an M6 or FM3a. It feeds the creativity in a different way. On holiday with the family in a village market in Spain - it's the F80/100 every time. Loving the videos as ever.
Really nice review on this camera, and your images. You explain very clearly that imaging quality has to do with the most modern film cameras and modern digital lenses that will mount on them. I agree too that the 70s slrs are more fun to shoot, but to get ease of use and highest quality colour images, good glass and a excellent meter are the best.
I like them enough I bought 3, but one was a gift to someone. It's great with the battery trip, but a shame they for some reason they left out the vertical shutter release which they had on the grip for the F65
I picked up the N75(F75) for just $10 USD in prime condition with the kit lens. Waiting for my first scans but as a rookie to owning a camera, I'm pretty stoked!
Awesome little video! I managed to snag a F80 with a 24-120mm AF D lense for $40 on local classifieds. Wasn’t sure how good the camera was but seems like it should work out really well!
wait, you're using a DX lens on full frame film? is it covering everything without vignetting ? I know that some lenses do work both on DX and FX format but this is new to me.
The stills have pretty bad vignetting, e.g. at 0:32. I thought it was something he did in post until I saw your comment and got to the part where he says the lens. Given how much film has risen in price I personally expect better performance out of a lens.
no there's heavy vignette-ing but you can just scan and then crop it down 1.5x in Lightroom and get good results. Grain at the 200iso he's shooting is fine enough to not be an issue imo
I've owned Nikon F80S with Nikkor 28-80 F/3.3-5.6 G AF Lens & Nikon SB 80DX Flash , bought them all in Nov. 2002 all brand new from Henry's Camera Store @ Quiapo Manila.
Your review is great. And I fully agree! I sold all my P&S cameras. And use like you the same setup on my F80 and my 35mm1.8 G from my D90 ! I was never happy with P&S because with the lack of settings (I figured out, I’m more the SLR person - I have only 2 RFs left). I will check now more of your channel.
Thinking of getting this with the 50mm 1.8d AF Nikkor lens. I shoot in program mode but do I need to manually set the aperture ring on the lens or will it set it automatically when shooting in program?
Any idea what other dx lenses will work best with the F80? I've got an 18-55 dx already and just worried about extreme vignetting at different zoom levels.
based on view finder observations, 18-24 has significant vignetting, 25-30 moderate, 31+ is minimal to no vignetting. This lens at 35mm produces almost no noticeable vignetting while the 35mm 1.8 produces noticeable corner vignetting. Nikon d lenses for full frame are relatively cheap these days and good quality. The 28-105 also has a macro mode.
@@nakedexposure964 great, thanks man! I recently decided to get a film SLR and am waiting for my F80 and was wondering what cheap lens I can put on it. The 35mm sounds like a great option. f2.8 is still plenty open.
@@NintendoPlayBox360 if I’m being 100% honest I wouldn’t solely buy this APS-C lens for a full frame, more so it’s amazing to use if you already happen to have one! It’s smooth sailing most of the time, but yeah there can be some weirdness to image rendering F80 is a great camera, I’m very sad that I sold mine big regrets - enjoy!
@@nakedexposure964 yea that is a fair point. I do have a z50 with the FTZ adapter tho, so it would not be completely out of place. That being said, I already do have a 33mm lens, so I would first try to find a 35mm or 50mm f1.8 AF-D lens. They should be cheap enough to get. Meanwhile, the camera comes with a 24-80 AF-D lens, its super cheap and slow, but supposedly pretty good all things considered.
F80 was the last film camera I bought new. Still in good condition and works perfectly. Recommend the 8200i for scanning, the infra red second scan works wonders. Nice vid !
You have ColorPlus rolls! Those are very hard to come by in the US at the moment. Totally agree how similar the F80 is to the F100 they sound and feel nearly the same when you press the shutter, although he build quality of the F100 is superior. Isn't there a crop factor visible on the film when using DX glass on the F80? Technically 35mm film is Full Frame with APS-C sized glass. I would expect you could get even better images using FX series lenses.
Unfortunately that was the last of my colorplus haha, I think I managed to get some of the last of it for cheap before stock disappeared! Amazing film stock though The 35mm lens on an apsc would be close to 50mm so on full frame is 35mm, only issue is if I shoot past F/4, like 5.6 or 8 for example heavy vignetting starts. So I just stick between 1.8-4, saves me a lot of money on buying a new G lens which I just couldn't afford right now 🌟
Using a 2009 DX(APS-C) 35mm F1.8 onto a 36x24mm Size 35mm (36x24mm) FX SLR isn't a great idea, nevermind. It does have vignetting & such. You should've better used a matching 35mm/1.8 or any other 35mm Nikkor lens hereby.
Sorry, but I stopped listening when you talked down the older lenses. Old lenses may not be so critically sharp as the modern ones, but their less clinical photographic appearance and unique character produces (in my opinion) a more interesting to photographs. Having said that, all credit to you for using film and not just firing away thousands of shots a minute on a digital camera like many others.
The 'Contax T2 on steroids' still makes me genuinely laugh. I'm going out with this camera, soon, and will probably drop some of that metropolis lomo film it. Good photos- keeping it real with Nikon F80
The F80 was actually considered to be a semi pro camera not a cheap consumer camera. I bought one new when they came out just for that reason. Not a point and shoot camera but a very capable camera when shooting in manual. Was not designed to be a point and shoot as it has a phenomonal amount of features available for those who want to be creative and use the camera for what it was designed to do.
I'm trying to decide if I want this camera, and I wanted to see a young artsy person shooting it with G lenses and using consumer grade film. You delivered perfectly. Thanks mate!! Awesome photos!!
Nice review, thank you. This was my last 'modern' film camera and I still have it but haven't used it for a long time. I now use a Olympus OM4 and OM1. The 1 being more mechanical/manual but the 4 always giving me way better exposure since it does OTF metering rather than me having to get it right I guess. I don't claim to be a great photographer! The OTF makes it fun to play with long exposure pinholes too as the 4 can deal with the very long shutter times. The F80 always gave me great shots though. I just dug it out again, after using the old OMs it does feel VERY plasticky. I found the MB-16 grip/battery pack helped there making the camera feel more weighted as well as letting me use AA batteries. Unfortunately it seems to be giving me a lot of 'ERR' messages and is behaving a little erratically like the mirror locking up after shots sometimes. The other thing with it from memory is there is no way to leave the film leader out when rewinding. These days I shoot B&W and develop my own so that could be tricky. Would need to get a retriever. Edit: The old trick of licking the back of an old piece of negative and pushing it into the canister and using it to stick to and pull out the leader worked! Camera still give ERR messages though.
Hey! I have the same camera and grip and get the same messages. 1) try the camera without the grip. 2) clean the contacts inside the grip. I ended up gluing steel wool at the tip of a pencil to get inside the battery grips of my camera that use them 3) try good batteries. I don’t just mean new ones. I mean good like energized lithium etc.
For some reasons, several of my Nikons of this era are prone to the ERR messages when they use grips. Never had a problem with Canon grips. Speaking of, I heard that these cameras didn’t come with leader out rewind options is because Canon patented it so it couldn’t come factory with the option.
Just got this camera! Cool video man, thanks mate
Just purchased a f80. Person I bought it from included extra batteries and several rolls of film. Some of its expired , but I have watched videos where people have used expired film and had some surprising results . I am excited to try it. Used to have a fe2. So everything comes full circle again.
I shoot with the F65 and F75 absolutely nothing wrong with either. F80 same nice feeling and so easy to use
I have the N80 which is the American name for the F80. I use it with my 50mm 1.8G AF-S. It's a great combination. I'd hardly call it a point and shoot.
A great combo for sure, that 50mm 1.8G is a beautiful lens for rendering with film, Ektar 100 works so well with it! Not a point and shoot for sure, but in my eyes the most advanced P&S (if you wanna use it in that way 😅)
nice video man! what did you use for the video?
Great video, inspiring casualness too
I just found an F80 for 20€ at the flea market. Can't wait to go out and shoot it
Thanks man. Love the review. I’ll have my n80 soon. Cant wait to try to my existing g lenses. Cheers!
I just got the F80 this week and I was looking to buy a 50mm 1.8 G. I came across a few 35mm DX but as these are APS I assumed it would make a lot à vigneting. Can you confirm if it does and how much ? Cheers. Great video btw
Great review of this camera. I'm torn between this and the F100 right now after watching your video. will be having a good think about getting one of these now. will see what I can find.
F100 is built like perfection for a modern day film camera, F80 is functionally identically but doesn’t have the same magic of build quality. Purely down to if you want to pay 2x for better ‘craftsmanship’
@@nakedexposure964 Thanks for that, I might just have to grab one of these if I find one cheap enough. 🙂
@@catey62 good luck can’t go wrong with either camera 😊
really great video on the Nikon f80
Yup - hit the nail on the head. I have an F80 and F100. (Actually I current have an F100 as my daughter has stolen my F80!) Perfect camera if you just want to capture the world around you - especially if you have friends and family in tow. Love the wee flash on the F80 too - lets you go anywhere. If I'm out on a solo trip just to take photos and have the time to do it, then I would go for a manual camera like an M6 or FM3a. It feeds the creativity in a different way. On holiday with the family in a village market in Spain - it's the F80/100 every time. Loving the videos as ever.
Thanks for the comment, you've definitely got a nice combo going on over there. Just lucky she didn't take the F100 instead haha!
Really nice review on this camera, and your images. You explain very clearly that imaging quality has to do with the most modern film cameras and modern digital lenses that will mount on them. I agree too that the 70s slrs are more fun to shoot, but to get ease of use and highest quality colour images, good glass and a excellent meter are the best.
I like them enough I bought 3, but one was a gift to someone. It's great with the battery trip, but a shame they for some reason they left out the vertical shutter release which they had on the grip for the F65
I picked up the N75(F75) for just $10 USD in prime condition with the kit lens. Waiting for my first scans but as a rookie to owning a camera, I'm pretty stoked!
I own this camera from my old days, thinking of getting back into film for a little bit of fun. Wondering if you ever have the labs do your scanning?
Another bonus to the F80 which I cover in my review of it is that really quiet shutter. Its very inconspicuous.
Awesome little video! I managed to snag a F80 with a 24-120mm AF D lense for $40 on local classifieds. Wasn’t sure how good the camera was but seems like it should work out really well!
wait, you're using a DX lens on full frame film? is it covering everything without vignetting ? I know that some lenses do work both on DX and FX format but this is new to me.
I do it too. have only trouble with my 10-20 mm wide angle on my F90x. But with the F80 and 35mm1.8 I had never issues!
Another great DX lens on FX is the Tokina 11-16 f2.8
The stills have pretty bad vignetting, e.g. at 0:32. I thought it was something he did in post until I saw your comment and got to the part where he says the lens. Given how much film has risen in price I personally expect better performance out of a lens.
no there's heavy vignette-ing but you can just scan and then crop it down 1.5x in Lightroom and get good results. Grain at the 200iso he's shooting is fine enough to not be an issue imo
I've owned Nikon F80S with Nikkor 28-80 F/3.3-5.6 G AF Lens & Nikon SB 80DX Flash , bought them all in Nov. 2002 all brand new from Henry's Camera Store @ Quiapo Manila.
Thank you for the video 🙂 Were all the photos shown at 0 EV as in auto exposure?
Your review is great. And I fully agree!
I sold all my P&S cameras. And use like you the same setup on my F80 and my 35mm1.8 G from my D90 ! I was never happy with P&S because with the lack of settings (I figured out, I’m more the SLR person - I have only 2 RFs left). I will check now more of your channel.
Great shots! what film and lens did you use?
Love the F80!
Also that's the first time I've seen colorplus in ages haha (never in stock whenever I try to buy it)
Thinking of getting this with the 50mm 1.8d AF Nikkor lens. I shoot in program mode but do I need to manually set the aperture ring on the lens or will it set it automatically when shooting in program?
Great video mate. Just new to film and this camera is on my “to buy list”
Thanks for the insight.
I have 2 of these they are so good to use and of course I have the gorgeous F100 the F80 is a I camera I pick up just to go and shoot for the pleasure
Just got my f80. I have a question about lenses. Is sigma art series work with f80?
Any idea what other dx lenses will work best with the F80? I've got an 18-55 dx already and just worried about extreme vignetting at different zoom levels.
based on view finder observations, 18-24 has significant vignetting, 25-30 moderate, 31+ is minimal to no vignetting. This lens at 35mm produces almost no noticeable vignetting while the 35mm 1.8 produces noticeable corner vignetting. Nikon d lenses for full frame are relatively cheap these days and good quality. The 28-105 also has a macro mode.
How is that an ASP-C lens is working on a film camera (basically full frame)? Is there any vignieting?
Wide open it’s vignettes, from 2.8 onwards improves hugely - super affordable & sharp cheat lens
@@nakedexposure964 great, thanks man! I recently decided to get a film SLR and am waiting for my F80 and was wondering what cheap lens I can put on it. The 35mm sounds like a great option. f2.8 is still plenty open.
@@NintendoPlayBox360 if I’m being 100% honest I wouldn’t solely buy this APS-C lens for a full frame, more so it’s amazing to use if you already happen to have one! It’s smooth sailing most of the time, but yeah there can be some weirdness to image rendering
F80 is a great camera, I’m very sad that I sold mine big regrets - enjoy!
@@nakedexposure964 yea that is a fair point. I do have a z50 with the FTZ adapter tho, so it would not be completely out of place. That being said, I already do have a 33mm lens, so I would first try to find a 35mm or 50mm f1.8 AF-D lens. They should be cheap enough to get. Meanwhile, the camera comes with a 24-80 AF-D lens, its super cheap and slow, but supposedly pretty good all things considered.
F80 was the last film camera I bought new. Still in good condition and works perfectly. Recommend the 8200i for scanning, the infra red second scan works wonders. Nice vid !
If we speak about the difference, the F100 works with old manual Nikkor glass.
thanks man this was helpful
F80 will not meter with old ais lens, there is no apature pin. Thus you need a external meter.
You have ColorPlus rolls! Those are very hard to come by in the US at the moment. Totally agree how similar the F80 is to the F100 they sound and feel nearly the same when you press the shutter, although he build quality of the F100 is superior. Isn't there a crop factor visible on the film when using DX glass on the F80? Technically 35mm film is Full Frame with APS-C sized glass. I would expect you could get even better images using FX series lenses.
Unfortunately that was the last of my colorplus haha, I think I managed to get some of the last of it for cheap before stock disappeared! Amazing film stock though
The 35mm lens on an apsc would be close to 50mm so on full frame is 35mm, only issue is if I shoot past F/4, like 5.6 or 8 for example heavy vignetting starts. So I just stick between 1.8-4, saves me a lot of money on buying a new G lens which I just couldn't afford right now 🌟
Using a 2009 DX(APS-C) 35mm F1.8 onto a 36x24mm Size 35mm (36x24mm) FX SLR isn't a great idea, nevermind. It does have vignetting & such. You should've better used a matching 35mm/1.8 or any other 35mm Nikkor lens hereby.
I do the same, and it is a great idea for me, as I had the 35mm 1.8G DX already :D The vignette is mild enough. Probably same story here.
Sorry, but I stopped listening when you talked down the older lenses.
Old lenses may not be so critically sharp as the modern ones, but their less clinical photographic appearance and unique character produces (in my opinion) a more interesting to photographs.
Having said that, all credit to you for using film and not just firing away thousands of shots a minute on a digital camera like many others.
The 'Contax T2 on steroids' still makes me genuinely laugh. I'm going out with this camera, soon, and will probably drop some of that metropolis lomo film it. Good photos- keeping it real with Nikon F80
damn dose this mean I can use nikonf80 with sigma 35m canon lens with canon to f mount with film? fucking genius.
As long as you get a Canon to Nikon adaptor for the lens. it wont just fit straight on there.