How Much To Repair D80 Nikon D80 Camera With Error Message
Nikon D80 repair?
Guys
I'thou only an occasional shooter with my D80, but I use information technology mainly for quick product photography. I was just using information technology via a Nikon remote to shoot some products and it looks every bit though the shutter has jammed after taking a few shots. Nothing viewing through the viewfinder and an Fault message in the read out panel and the viewfinder. My question is, is this a viable repair or do I throw information technology and buy something else? I have no idea what DSLR repairs price.
Thanks for any advice chaps.
Howard
Battery. Before you read too much into it, is it the original battery? Perchance its twenty-four hour period has come. If you accept a spare, try that. If not, can you lot heighten the mirror for cleaning and run into what's going on? (I appreciate the Err message can get in the fashion of the camera doing anything)
If it is broken, search out a used body before going the repair route. Lots of cheap/used D80, D200, D5000, D300, D90, D7000 etc. cameras out there.
OP Kryten602 • New Member • Posts: 10
Re: Nikon D80 repair?
Thank you lot Earthbound. Yes the bombardment is the original Nikon that came with information technology and was showing a full accuse. I've never delved into the trunk minus lens so not sure how or what to wait for, but I'll have a go.
(EDIT) The mirror is sprung up and can be swung downwards with a lilliputian finger pressure. What should I exist looking for? I tried pressing the push button with the mirror upwardly and down and I tin hear the motor whining, but the viewfinder is blackness.
Thank you again.
Okay, so very probable not the battery. (I recently sold my D80 and its OEM battery was still good, too) As well bad.
Then it may be the mechanicals. I found these threads using Google.
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3517958
http://photo.internet/nikon-camera-forum/00R4gv
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/79491/%22err%22+message+on+the+display,+the+reply+is+non+clear
If you determine it's a matter for repair, for what may amount to the same price, I would consider a good condition used unit (demonstrated working condition from whatever number of models) instead of a repair especially considering, wrt prototype quality, the earth has moved on since the D80. Yous tin get the same or better IQ in newer DX and other (smaller/ mayhap cheaper) formats. It depends what lenses you have/ what yous're shooting whether to stick with this format.
OP Kryten602 • New Member • Posts: 10
Re: Mechanical issue mayhap
Thanks once more Earthbound. I accept your betoken virtually DSLR's moving on then to speak. The lens I use is the standard Nikon 18-70 that came with it, whatever the fitting is I'm not certain. I would welcome your recommendation for a later used model that volition enable me to shoot products. In detail become a nice precipitous focus, and so patently I'll probably demand a better lens too.
Any suggestions for this occasional 'amateur' are about welcome.
Thanks again.
Without photographic camera in hand and perhaps a repair manual (or experience), it's not enough data for me to offer a diagnosis, just point y'all in a couple of directions that may look/sound like your situation, where you may place the problem and find a solution. Someone else may chime in hither with more directly experience.
If yous conclude it's a repair issue, you tin plow to a repair shop in your surface area for a quote. Alternatively, you might look at replacing in which case your choices are MANY! (any make, whatsoever sensor format, etc.)
Your lens is a Nikon F-mount DX format lens. It's a nice lens but information technology (a) isn't and so special it should compel yous to stick with Nikon, (b) does have some re-sale value if you choose to leave Nikon and (c) besides has utilty if yous determine to buy another Nikon. The eighteen-lxx is compatible with all Nikon DX DSLRs.
If yous look at used Nikon DSLRs and if the D80'southward epitome quality was satisfactory for your purposes, you lot could look at another D80 or a D200 at the 10 megapixel level. At 12 megapixels, a D90 or D300 or D5000 are within the realm of possibilty. Skipping the D3100, the adjacent pixel (and image quality increments) are 16MPs and 24MPs in DX (besides skipping the $2000 D500 @ 20MPs).
Used, the 10MP cameras will be cheaper, by and large, than the 12MP ones so on upwards the pixel-count scale. Pro bodies command a bit of a premium. Entry-level models typically get discounted (even though they may yield stunning images: they simply have fewer features). Regardless, if yous add pixels, file size and computing requirements increase, especially if y'all shoot RAW (NEFs) but fifty-fifty my phone is capable of editing a jpeg from all of these cameras.
Nonetheless, it's fair to consider all aspects of upgrading and, aye, if you go for a newer sensor, you may want a new lens. Of class, there are new DSLRs that can be had for not bad prices, too, some with very good kit lenses! It's truly amazing what's out there but it may non thing for your purposes (web output at pocket-size sizes, if that'due south all y'all use it for).
So...
Once you lot decide the D80'southward status, come across where that takes yous. You might set it. If you don't and buy another camera, what you shoot, how you shoot, how you utilize the images and your budget all factor into your selection.
OP Kryten602 • New Fellow member • Posts: x
Re: Repair/ supersede
That's really helpful, cheers Earthbound. I'm in the UK then any I do will cost me nearly twice what it costs you in the US. Had a quick look at used D80's and what they are selling for is less than a repair I doubtable.
Give thanks you again.
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Had a quick expect at used D80'southward and what they are selling for is less than a repair I suspect.
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Re: Nikon D80 repair?
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If you find a reasonably priced D5000, your eighteen-70 will work well with it and y'all move upwardly to 12MP.
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photoreddi • Veteran Member • Posts: 7,973
Reasons to consider a used D90 instead of a used D5000
66GTO wrote:
If you discover a reasonably priced D5000, your eighteen-seventy will work well with information technology and you move up to 12MP.
The D90 is a much amend upgrade than the D5000. It also has a 12mp sensor simply uses the same EN-EL3e battery as the D80 where the D5000 uses the smaller EN-EL9 battery used by the D40/D40x/D60 DSLRs. So if a used D90 is purchased, the OP will have two chargers to use, two batteries and a photographic camera that'southward significantly improve than the D80 in many means. Some examples, quoted from Thom Hogan's D90 review :
Bombardment Life : overall, the D90 matches the best functioning of whatever photographic camera using EN-EL3e batteries, fifty-fifty those with triple digits in their numbers. It's night and day better than the D80 and D200.
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Autofocus Organization : in that location was a bit of snap to the D90 focusing that wasn't present in the D80. If your subject has enough contrast and is in the sensor area, the D90 does a credible task, and it does a better job of handling moving subjects than the D80
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Resolution : The D90 is near state-of-the-art at 12mp. Gone are the D80-style JPEG fuzzies (specially if y'all crank up the sharpening). Thus, the D90 is a respectable landscape camera. Given some of the lenses Nikon has put out recently, any softness in the resulting images is probably non the camera'southward fault.
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Dynamic Range : Whereas virtually of the previous consumer Nikon DSLRs all were in the 7 to 7.v finish range of usable dynamic range, I'll put the D90 squarely in the 8 stop usable range, possibly fifty-fifty a scrap more that, especially if you're shooting NEF or get abroad from those pesky default Picture Control settings
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Should you become a D90? :
- Consumer DSLR owner that's upgrading (D40, D40x, D50, D70, D70s, D80). The D90 is a nice stride up in image quality, and even in characteristic sets over something every bit sophisticated as the D80 information technology replaces, thus I'd say that the D90 should hold considerable appeal to this group. It has the correct combination of added features and higher paradigm quality to consider as an upgrade. That'southward especially true if yous covet something similar GPS capability or Live View.
Bottom line: the D90 a great consumer camera. It doesn't really have the cojones to be a professional's working camera, though it equals the D300's image quality. The build quality, autofocus arrangement, and flexibility of the D300 make it a meliorate choice for the pro; merely the price versus performance and well-called compromises without compromising image quality make the D90 a better option for the amateur.
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Since my review of the D80 all the same has a lot of positive elements in information technology, I demand to practise some cleanup starting time for those of you lot who might have read it first (I'll somewhen get around to rewriting portions of information technology). First, over time, I've found myself picking up the D80 less and less than I did my D70 (or N80 back in the days of film). As I started playing with the new D90 I found myself thinking about why I'd fallen out of like with the D80. If I had to narrate the problem, it's that it merely didn't quite perform up to its specifications. The matrix meter on the D80 is the least reliable of any Nikon matrix metering organisation I've ever used: it'south just too prone to picking up on the tonality of the thing nether the current autofocus sensor, so exposures in matrix metering wander all over the place. This is wierd, because if Nikon had been known for one thing since introducing matrix metering its that the Nikon approach worked more consistently than any other I know of. So in a crucial attribute, the D80 felt like a step backward into the world of center-weighted and spot metering.
But the D80 had other weaknesses, too. In long exposures in that location is an amp noise pollution that'southward pregnant, and every D80 I've tried has a strong tendency towards producing hot pixels at loftier ISO, in warm climates, or in long exposures. Curiously, the D40x and D60, which use the same sensor every bit the D80 just didn't take that same problem. The CAM1000 focus system too seemed to exist a slight disappointment--I never quite felt like it was as responsive as the aforementioned autofocus sensing organization used in the D200, though I couldn't quite pin a tangible, objective measurement that supported that.
Now that I've used a D90 for a bit information technology'south very clear to me that in the D70 to D80 to D90 progression, the weakest of those is the D80. The metering, image quality, and focusing of the D80 all seems to sag when you lot map the the D70, D80, and D90 on a chart. Yes, the D80 was a step upwards from the D70, but non a big plenty one. While the D90 isn't without a few nuisances of its own, it feels much more in line with the progression we Nikon users expect from two generations of DSLR blueprint.
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At beginning glance the D90 seems like only a modestly updated D80. The body is, with just a modest number of push changes, literally that of the D80. Same chassis, same size, aforementioned basic layout, same viewfinder, same autofocus sensor (CAM1000), heck, even the optional vertical grip, the MB-D80, is the same. From such a casual glance, the D90 underwhelms.
Fortunately, it's the details that starting time to prove the D90's differences. Get-go upwards, nosotros have that wonderful three" colour LCD that the D3, D300, and D700 utilise (though without a tempered drinking glass cover; be sure to use the supplied or other protective measure to go along the LCD scratch-free). You lot actually accept to view a D80 and D90 image onscreen side-by-side to go the full touch: 980k dots is a dramatic improvement over 230k dots, period. Essentially, you've got a high dpi 640x480 VGA monitor running on the dorsum of the D90. Right now, that'southward about as good equally it gets.
The sensor has been bumped from the old 10.2mp Sony to a modified 12.3mp Sony like to (but not the same equally) the D300's. It's actually not the actress 2mp that yous'll observe, as that's non actually enough pixel heave to make any tangible resolution improvement. No, instead information technology's the high ISO capability that shines here. Just as the D300 was peradventure a finish ameliorate than the D200, we find the same kind of progression in the D90 over the D80. I'll speak to this more in the performance section, but ISO 1600 is very usable on the D90, and ISO 3200 in a pinch, which is about exactly stop amend than where I'd put those marks on a D80 (and peradventure worse for long exposures where hot pixels were a problem on the D80). The downside of this is that the base of operations ISO is now 200 instead of 100 (you tin still set an ISO 100 equivalent using Lo 1.0, but as with the D300 you'll have to sentinel your highlights very advisedly if you do).
Besides the actress pixels and better loftier ISO performance, the sensor on the D90 likewise gets Nikon'southward version of shake-off-the-dust cleaning. I haven't said much nearly this in previous reviews, partly considering it really takes a long term perspective to empathise whether such systems are functional or just a marketing gimmick. Given my experience with the D300, I'd say that we can say that Nikon'southward shake cleaning organization is decently functional. There are however times I need to apply another cleaning method, but that occurs far less often than information technology did with Nikon DSLRs without this system. And then I welcome the add-on: it'll motion your more elaborate cleaning needs from a time measured in days (sometimes hours) to weeks (sometimes months).
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http://www.bythom.com/nikond90review.htm
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Also as with the D80, the D90 also has a built-in screw drive AF motor and so it will work well with many old, inexpensive lenses that won't autofocus with bodies like the D3xxx and D5xxx DSLRs that don't include screw drive AF motors.
OP Kryten602 • New Fellow member • Posts: 10
Re: Reasons to consider a used D90 instead of a used D5000
Thanks to all for their responses. Some very useful information, much appreciated. I practice quite like the idea of beingness able to utilize the same battery / charger / lens.
But on a different tack, I've only got the i AF lens at 18-70. Begetting in heed it's by and large product photography I do, is in that location a more suitable lens?
Thank you once more to all.
Kryten602 wrote:
Thanks to all for their responses. Some very useful information, much appreciated. I practise quite like the idea of being able to use the aforementioned battery / charger / lens.
Merely on a dissimilar tack, I've only got the one AF lens at xviii-70. Bearing in listen it'south mostly production photography I do, is there a more suitable lens?
Thanks once again to all.
Hi Howard. Re: lens, (a) what do you shoot (large, small, intricate or non quite and so, etc.), (b) how have y'all been shooting information technology (shooting distance/ framing/ perspective considerations/ tabletop vs studio, etc.) and (c) what are your reproduction needs (scaling, method, etc.)?
The 18-70 was a fine lens and so and, while non country of the fine art, it's still okay today, perfectly appropriate for many applications and certainly adequate for a 12MP D90 (for example).
OP Kryten602 • New Member • Posts: x
Re: Lens
Thank you lot Earthbound. Skilful questions manifestly: pocket-sized to medium sized objects, normally nothing larger than say 24 ten 18 10 eighteen" just near are pretty small, correct down to say 1 10 0.v" and then I commonly shoot from anywhere between 2 - 6ft on Aperture setting for depth of field.
Interestingly I do have a local photographic shop nearby so I popped in today for a repair quote of £140GBP but he suggested the new Nikon D3300 for nearly £300GBP and so I'chiliad kinda tempted to go for that.
I likewise quite fancy a Macro lens for close upward stuff but I am blinded by the selection.
Thanks again for your respond my dearest chap.
...and satisfy your macro thirst with a prudent selection of a dedicated macro lens. Or...
There are "auto"-extension tubes or diopter filters to fit the 18-70. ("auto" = supports metering and AF: Kenko brand or similar) Or...
There are reversing rings that volition work with the 18-seventy (or whatsoever other lens of your choosing with step up/downwards rings or unlike sizes): http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=2&_nkw=67mm%20macro%20reversing%20ring&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=2&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 (simply you lose AF and metering)
One downside of the D3*** bodies is in that location'south no AF motor if you wish to look at older AF lenses (vs AF-Southward) including older AF macro lenses. Then once again, if you utilise a tripod for macro, AF isn't fifty-fifty a requirement. Merely D80 and up bodies (not D3*** or D5*** series bodies), even so, will meter with non-AF-South autofocus lenses and have built-in motors to autofocus with non-AF-Due south lenses. (IIRC D80 & D90 don't meter with Ai lenses. See https://world wide web.nikonians.org/reviews/nikon-slr-camera-and-lens-compatibility for compatibility details)
And so, practise you have access to skillful value, good condition legacy lenses that might satisfy your marvel? I didn't enquire budget.... simply due to a broken photographic camera, yous are entertaining a considerably larger expense. With unlimited budget, the sky is, of course, the limit just for what purpose?
I've probably created more questions than answers. Sad! Y'all seem to empathise photography fifty-fifty if y'all aren't an equipment hound. I guess my idea is, if you lot can avoid condign an equipment hound, it may keep things simpler and better in the long run. With a cheap adapter or two, you lot have macro with your existing lens. Your D80 is fixable. A D3300 is dainty merely and then it has its liabilities and it may instill the desire to buy other lenses, the toll of which may not really make your photographic results proportionately ameliorate. Also, if you use strobes, a D3300 doesn't even have a sync port: information technology requires an adapter for that (AS-15 or off-shore equivalent). Merely saying.
I appreciate the opportunity to share my opinion and look forward to hearing yours too as others'.
David Lal • Forum Pro • Posts: 12,943
Why the D3300? ...
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Kryten602 wrote:
.. I practise have a local photographic store nearby and so I popped in today for a repair quote of £140GBP merely he suggested the new Nikon D3300 for nearly £300GBP so I'm kinda tempted to get for that.
.. What features does the D3300 have that you need not offered by other models?
It's an entry level photographic camera, skillful for beginners, no doubt merely yous seem to have defined a business need. I think a secondhand D90 or D300/s would exist a better, more serious proposition.
OP Kryten602 • New Member • Posts: x
Re: Go along the 18-lxx then...
Sincere apologies for delay in responding Earthbound. Some very good points y'all and others accept raised. I feel a piffling overwhelmed in terms of features for price for what I actually need, which is occasional product photography but. I'll read through the posts again and attempt to sympathize the gist. Thanks again for taking an interest.
Kind regards
Howard
OP Kryten602 • New Fellow member • Posts: ten
Re: Why the D3300? ...
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David give thanks you. Apologies for delay in replying. My reply to Earthbound sums up I suppose what I'll do. I don't really want to spend lots as I don't practise a lot of photography. The only effect I have with ownership a used DSLR is warranty I suppose. Although my D80 is several years onetime it actually hasn't had a lot of utilize: for example information technology died at paradigm no. DSC_2795.NEF which isn't a lot bearing in mind it doesn't travel very often so hasn't been thrown around moving from one location to another. Perhaps I've been unlucky. If I can become a new DSLR for nigh £300-£350 GBP either with a lens or without I'll be content with that.
I practice realise you become what you pay for, so paying more will produce ameliorate results, but I merely don't do that much.
Thanks very much for helping with your advice. I volition seriously consider everything guys accept posted and reflect.
Kind regards
Howard
I had a D80 a few years dorsum. Information technology was - and therefore nonetheless is, unless information technology's broken, ha ha - a perfectly capable camera. Recently I quite fancied having one once more - it was the in-body AF motor that swung it, something the D3300 doesn't have, and which would therefore turn your eighteen-70 lens into transmission focus but if you become that route.
I got curious about 3 weeks ago - there were quite a few on ebay UK, some very cheap, some a bit overpriced. I bought 1 somewhere in the middle range, and got information technology, delivered "next day" Royal Mail for a bit less than £100.
I'yard not sure I e'er had my own version of the 18-70 fastened to my old D80 - but information technology was (and therefore yet is) a really proficient lens. A standout "kit zoom" at a time when not many 18-55 kit zooms were very highly regarded. Some of my favourite pics were taken with the xviii-70 on a D2x I had for a year or so.
Then if your combination of (recently deceased) D80 and 18-70 delivered results yous were happy with, then I remember the answer to your original question is really quite easy. Buy a used D80 from a good seller (Non Grays of Westminster, unless you have an arm and a leg to spare, they are very expensive). Bob'south your uncle, back to where you used to exist content, for about £100. Probably no guarantee - I don't worry near that sort of affair, only if yous do, then you might finish upward paying more for a used D80 with some sort of warranty.
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OP Kryten602 • New Member • Posts: 10
Re: Why the D3300? ...
Thank you John. Oh dear and I was first to remember my heed was made up. That's withal worth considering but I am wondering at present what is the cheapest NEW Nikon that will employ my lens, have auto focus with manual override, (when needed) and be able to use the remote I have for the D80? I practice employ this quite a flake. I think I'll either go for that or get my D80 repaired, at least I know its history.
The xviii-70 is an AF-S lens and will piece of work fine with a D3300 or whatever motorless body for that matter.
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