D80 Quick Reference Sheet
(Adapted from Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D80)
Front View
1. Focus Mode Selector switch
2. Lens Release button
3. Infrared receiver
4. Self-Timer, Autofocus Assist, Red-eye
Reduction lamp
5. Depth of Field Preview button
6. FUNC (user-assignable) button
7. Front Command dial(s) (called subcommand dials in Nikon manuals)
8. Shutter release(s)
9. Vertical Shutter Release Lock lever
10. MB-D80 Mounting wheel
11. Lens Alignment mark
12. Lens Strap attachment points
Top View
13. Metering Method button (doubles as
Format button)
14. Exposure Compensation button
(doubles as Reset button)
15. Flash hot shoe (under removable
plastic protector)
16. Power switch (extreme position is LCD
illumination)
17. Top LCD Display panel
1
18. Focal Plane
indicator φ
19. Exposure Mode dial (Mode dial in
Nikon manual)
20. Frame Advance button
21. AF button
1
What’s a focal plane? It’s the point at which the image is focused (i.e. the surface plane of the sensor for a D80 or the surface plane of the film for a 35mm
film camera). In close up (macro) work, it’s sometimes necessary to measure distances from the focal plane, thus the mark.
Back View
22. Delete button (doubles as Format
button)
23. Color LCD display
24. Viewfinder eyepiece
25. Diopter Adjustment knob
26. AE-L/AF-L button(s)
27. Rear Command dial(s) (main command
dial in Nikon manuals)
28. Autofocus Area Direction pad (doubles
as Autofocus Sensor selector and
Direction pad for the menu system)
29. Direction Pad Lock lever
30. Playback button
31. MENU button
32. Thumbnail button (doubles as Zoom
Out and ISO button)
33. Protect button (doubles as Help and
WB button)
34. Zoom In button (doubles as QUAL
button)
35. OK button
36. Secure Digital Card Access lamp
37. MB-D80 Battery Compartment Door
latch
Side View
38. Secure Digital Card Access Door (door
slides towards back of camera—two
green arrows—and then springs to
open position shown)
39. Flash Release button; doubles as Flash
Options button (Flash Sync Mode in
Nikon manual) and Flash Exposure
Compensation button
40. Bracketing button
41. Wired remote connector (under bottom
rubber flap)
42. Video Out connector (under top rubber
flap)
43. DC In connector (under top rubber
flap)
44. USB connector (under top rubber flap)
Top LCD
45. Internal Clock Battery Condition
indicator &
46. AF mode indicator
47. Exposure Compensation indicator
AF-S, AF-C, AF-A
£
48. Shutter Speed indicator/Exposure
Compensation value/Shots in
Bracketing indicator/ISO indicator -
88.88
49. Aperture indicator/Bracketing
Increment indicator/PC Connection
indicator
[8.8
50. Exposure Bracketing indicator BKT
51. White Balance Bracketing indicator
WB
52. Frame Count indicator Note: remains
displayed even when camera is
turned OFF. 888
53. Over 1000 Frames indicator k
54. Flash Options indicators
SLOW, REAR
g AUTO,
55. Focus Area and Focus Area mode
indicator
56. Metering Method indicator
57. Battery Condition indicator !
58. Flexible Program indicator *
59. Bracketing Progress indicator ãåç
60. Black & White indicator B/W
61. Wireless Remote indicator
62. Flash Exposure Compensation
indicator Ù
63. Frame Advance indicators t»
64. Beep indicator
65. White Balance indicators
¯×å®çæãä
(<> indicates you’ve altered the basic
value)
66. Image Size indicators (
medium,
S = small)
67. Image Quality indicators (
NORM, BASIC)
68. Auto ISO indicator
L = large, M =
RAW, FINE,
ISO-AUTO
69. Multiple Exposure indicator ~
Color LCD
70. Frame Number indicator (upper right
corner)
1/1
71. Folder Name 100NCD80
72. Filename DSC_0265.JPG
73. Image Quality FINE
74. Image Size (L, M, or S) L 3872x2592
75. Protected File indicator n
76. Modified Image indicator
77. Date and Time 2006/11/06 14:19:28
Viewfinder
78. B&W Shooting indicator
B/W
79. Battery indicator è
80. No Memory Card Warning indicator
81. Focus Confirmation indicator =
82. Flash Lock indicator ?L
83. Exposure Lock indicator AE-L
84. Shutter Speed value 88.86
85. Aperture value
[8.8
86. Exposure Compensation indicator £
87. Flash Exposure Compensation
indicator Ù
88. Manual Exposure display/Exposure
Compensation setting
òóô
89. Frame Count indicator/Frames
Remaining indicator/Exposure
Compensation value/PC Connection
indicator 88.8
90. Over 1000 Images indicator k
91. Flash Ready light
92. Automatic ISO indicator ISO-AUTO
ç
93. Bracketing indicators WB-BKT
94. Autofocus Sensor areas
95. Center-Weighted Metering area
96. Viewfinder grid lines
This quick reference sheet is adapted from Thom Hogan’s Complete Guide to the Nikon D80 and is intended only
for purchasers of the book. Copying and distributing this document is expressly forbidden. Version 1.0.3.
Copyright © 2006 Thom Hogan – All Rights Reserved
Bythom Press -- www.bythom.com
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