> It [shutter] also has very low vibration. The N80 is my "official" > "museum camera". > > BR > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> And by the way, since I'm always nattering on about noise and quietness, the >> N80 shutter is exactly what I think the noise level of an SLR should be.
I probably would have gotten one last summer if there hadn't been that absolutely ridiculous situation with the AF-Nikkor 35mm f/2 lens. For those of you not up on this, Nikon evidently produced a bunch of lenses that leaked gummy oil on to the aperture blades, causing the aperture blades to fail to close down during exposure--with nothing to alert the photographer that anything was wrong. So there were lots of outcries on the internet from people who had returned home from a trip or whatever to find that all their film was completely overexposed and ruined. Worse, Nikon never owned up to the problem, and would take its customers' money to fix the problem--which in some cases would then _come back_. Really disgraceful. You'd think after all these years Nikon would know how to make a simple aperture mechanism, but, at the very least, you'd think they'd 'fess up and make it right after they screwed up. Personally, I contacted a Nikon PR munkety-munk to find out if the aperture problem had been fixed, and he e-mailed back that Nikon was not aware of any problem. Not an answer to instill confidence. So I e-mailed him a large number of other peoples' messages reporting the non-existent problem, along with a rather sarcastic note from me inquiring about the décor of the cave he'd been living in. At least now he can no longer say he's unaware. Anyway, that was the lens I wanted to use on the N80 at the time, so I passed. Really nice body, though. --Mike
