Features

• The binoculars they used couldn't look more like the Nikons, and couldn't be more suited to inclement outdoor conditions
• These 7x50 power binoculars are 100% Waterproof/Fogproof
• The optics are of a new, brighter design and a special UCC coating allows 95% light transmission
• They are rubber-armored, shockproof, and constructed of heavy gauge materials, with metal body construction
• A deluxe, heavy-gauge neoprene floating strap is included

Features

• Screw-in lens hood for NIKKOR 28MM f/2.8 D-AF & 24-70MM f/3.5-5.6 IX lenses

Features

• When it comes to serious photography, the SLR is the choice among professional users. When it comes to joining superb performance and extreme ease-of-use, the Nikon N65 35mm SLR is an obvious choice among knowledgeable consumers
• 6 Segment 3D Matrix metering with 5 programmable auto exposure modes and a manual exposure mode
• Automatic (with 5 detection sensors) and Manual Focus modes
• Uses Nikon F and AF series lenses (28 to 80mm Zoom Lens is included)
• Quartz dating feature; comes with 28-80mm Nikon Zoom Lens

Reviews (2)

Reliable, fantastic quality and ease of use - all you need
Well, maybe not ALL of you. If you are a professional who earns his living by talking photos, read no futher, because (a) you will want to get more a robustly built N80 or even N100, and (b) you know about cameras so much already you do not need my guidance anyway.

Rest of you, please read on.

Do not be fooled or made feel like a cheapskate by those chilling words: "amateur", "entry level", "budget priced". With Nikon N65 (marketed as F65 outside the U.S.), you are not spending a lot of money, but you are not getting an inferior, cheap, bargain-basement product, either! Make no mistake - this is one solid product, an example of very advanced precision engineering DELIVERING stunning results.

Why is N65 is REALLY all you need. Because if you were to go for pricier models, then for a lot of extra money you will be getting a heavier, more heave-duty camera and some extra features which you are unlikely to use anyway. For some of us, it's worth the extra money, but the rest of you will buy little more than more prestigious badge.

I will not go into detail as to what this camera can do: there is a good description by Amazon, and anyway, it is so loaded with features that for me personally there was nothing left to be desired.

I have tested this Nikon in Africa for three months (including tropical rainforest in Ghana!), with plenty of dust and humidity around. It performed like a dream. It also worked beautifully in January, on a particularly cold winter day (-28 Centigrade) in Lithuania, which, being in northern Europe, can be biting in winter, thank you very much.

My friends who spent similar amounts of money on cameras in the same class (Canon, Pentax and Minolta) admitted that mine delivers appreciably higher quality, especially on close-range shots and in high-contrast situations.

The main competitor in this class is Canon EOS Rebel 2000 (again, marketed differently outside the U.S., where it would be EOS 300). They are very similar in functions but Canon is slightly cheaper (and hence more popular, one would think); the only trouble with Canon is its appearance - jazzy shapes and rather sad looking black plastic makes it look a bit like a large compact camera with a large lense... My opinion, anyway. And for bigger hands, Nikon N65 just feels chunkier, more secure and more satisfying (in fact, Nikon specially made N75, which is really a later version of N65, which is slimmer and more suited to feminine hands). Again, "feeling" is a matter of opinion. And while we on about N75, it's been "sexed up", seemingly to catch up with Canon's soapy shape. Big mistake, the way I see it.

Many people ask me - don't you want to go digital? I have to explain to them that digital is not for everyone: if you are happy that most of your photographs would be shared by e-mail, then of course, digital is fine. You will save film money, developing costs, and with digital, you do not have to wait for films to be processed.

HOWEVER, if you are after high-quality printed pictures, which can be enlarged to be put in album or hung on the wall, you would have to spend SERIOUS money on digital to achieve results even approaching what a relatively inexpensive film camera can do. We're talking thousands and thousands of dollars - to match the quality provided by this Nikon for 300 bucks.

With traditional photography, you do not have to forgo the convenience of electronic storage and sharing online: scanning from film is cheap, for a few bucks you can have the whole roll on a CD, with much, much higher file quality than ANYTHING that you can produce with an average digital camera.

Back to Nikon N65 - if there is a five-star product, this is it. Do not think about it as an interim entry-level solution: you are likely to be with this camera for years, and it will give you enormous amounts of satisfaction and pleasure. Go for it.

The Best
Nikon N65 QD has all the features that any professional photographer needs. People serious in photography should own one. ... Read more

Features

• Image adjustments provided -Brightness, Contrast and Color balance, White Balance control, Tone compensation, Color mode, Sharpening, and more
• Batch processing automatically converts images at transfer
• Nikon's original NEF file allows you to make as many adjustments as you like without affecting the original image
• Direct printing of single images possible
• Lets you transfer and store large amounts of image data, including RAW data, on your computer ? no media cards needed

Features

• Screw-In Hood for NIKKOR 20-60mm f/3.5-5.5 IX, 24mm f/2.8 D-AF, 28 f/2 AI-S & 35mm f/2.8 PC Lenses

Features

• Hybrid aspherical lens elements and ED glass elements
• RF (Rear Focus) system for superior performance
• Rectilinear design provides straight line subject rendition
• Built-in flower design lens hood
• F-Stop Range -2.8-22

Reviews (1)

Superb, if you can afford it
This is an absolutely fantastic lens - light for its size, and fast focusing too (not that you often need fast focus for wide-angle shots, that is). Quite simply, once you get used to Nikon speed of focusing, even very marginally lower speeds of Canon feel like an eternity.

If you are even considering buying this product, you know very well already what it is and what it does. I just wanted to emphasize the AF speed and clear markings which, in my view, are better than on comparable products from other manufacturers. ... Read more