Nikon Announces D80 Digital SLR

MELVILLE, NY, AUGUST 9, 2006 – Building on the extraordinary success of the D70 and D70s, Nikon today introduced the new D80 digital SLR camera – an impressively featured, high performance camera that incorporates Nikon's latest digital and photographic technologies, and offers advanced features as well as automated operation. With a new 10.2-megapixel DX Format CCD image sensor and an exclusive high-resolution color processing engine the D80 can render images with incredible resolution, sharp detail and vibrant color. And it can shoot these images fast – at speeds of up to 3 frames per second, for up to 100 consecutive shots (in JPEG Normal mode).

Read the full D80 press release.