Nikon N80 Custom Settings Menu Virtual Pocket Guide

Like ancient VCR menus of yore, the Nikon N80 requires having a reference guide to understand what the heck its custom settings are. You access the custom settings by switching the top PSAM dial to the CSM spot, then using the front and real dials to change menu items and the status of each of those menu items.

Here’s what everything is:

1 Automatic film rewind at end of film roll
-0 Activated (default)
-1 Disabled

2 Reset to DX film speed setting for new film
-0 Activated (default)
-1 Disabled

3 Bracketing order
-0 Metered value, under, over (default)
-1 Under, metered value, over

4 Grid Lines
-0 Not Displayed (default)
-1 Displayed (heck yeah)

5 Illumination for focus areas
-0 Automatically illuminated for low light (default)
-1 Cancelled/not illuminated
-2 Always illuminated

6 Focus area selection
-0 Normal selection (default)
-1 Enables successive rotation of focus area selection (this seems wild to me)

7 Auto Exposure lock when shutter release button is lightly pressed
-0 Disabled (default)
-1 Activated

8 Auto film loading when camera back is closed
-0 Enabled (default)
-1 Disabled

9 Closest subject priority dynamic AF in Single Servo AF
-Enabled (default)
-Disabled

10 Closest subject priority dynamic AF in continuous servo AF
-Disabled (default)
-Enabled

11 AE-L/AF-L button
-0 AE/AF simultaneous lock (default)
-1 AE lock only
-2 AF lock only
-3 AE lock until button pressed again
-4 AF operation only starts by pressing button

12 Command Dial functions
-0 Main dial for shutter speed, sub dial for aperture (default)
-1 Swapped

13 Film Rewind
-0 High speed rewind (default)
-1 Quiet film rewind

14 Multiple exposure
-0 Single shutter release operation (default)
-1 Continuous shutter release operation

15 Time delay for auto meter switch off
-4 4 seconds
-6 6 seconds (default)
-8 8 seconds
-16 16 seconds

16 Self-Timer Duration
-2 2 seconds
-5 5 seconds
-10 10 seconds (default)
-20 20 seconds

17 LCD illuminations by pressing any function button
-0 Disabled (default)
-1 Activated

18 AF-Assist Illuminator activation
-0 Activated (default)
-1 Disabled (how I always have mine set)