My Nikon D80 won't shoot multiple pictures when in sports mode.

You don't. The screen on the back is for menu settings, shooting information, and reviewing pictures you've already taken. The ability to see the scene before taking pictures was introduced with its successor, the D90. With the D80 you need to use the viewfinder to compose and frame your pictures.

Setting it to portrait mode should do it. Hold down the shutter button, it should be working. I'm not overly familiar with nikons, but otherwise it'll be in a menu mode if you switch it to a more manual setting. Probably under shooting mode. Set it to continuous shoot

The sport setting uses a faster shutter speed to stop motion. However, if you have the ISO set to a low number and try to take action shots in dim light, they will be blurry. Either use auto ISO or use a higher number such as 400 or 800.

Hi and welcome to FixYa.

I could go into a long disertation about your camera settings and what you should use, but I should let Ken explain it. I read this a couple of months ago (because I love photography too)! He has some good ideas, tips, tricks and really has the D80 dialed in. You can read it here.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d80/users-guide/d80-users-guide.pdf

Good luck and have fun with your camera.

Rob

Impossible. The D80 is an SLR which means there is a real shutter curtain blocking the imaging array, essentially 'blindfolding' the array.It cannot see the image until the shutter is opened. Nikon just introduced a new SLR that can do live view mode, if you want to spend a couple of grand.

Select one, then control-click on each succeeding picture.

Hi - You can download the Nikon D80 Guide to Digital Photography manual by clicking the link underlined in blue below:

Nikon d80

Firstly see page 58:



Try setting the white balance to fluorescent an compare. Also you could set your own white balance preset by shooting a white card as per page 59. Lastly you can play with the "tone adjustment" on page 80.

Let us know how you get on!


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I will need more info on the settings you are using. It might be that the camera is in a specific mode which is not allowing you to take continuos shots.

That's just the quirky autofocus of the d80. Try tilting the camera diagonally to focus and tilting back up to shoot.
Unfortunately, autofocus issues like those are the difference between a d80 and a d200/d300 :/

maybe you have changed the mode to "Remote control" - it's the button on top with multiple pages on it (in front of the AF button)
If a remote is shown on the LCD press the button until [S] is shown