Welcome along Paul. I’m sure there’s lots of people here using that camera that will be happy to share their experience. Gte posting and get stuck in. Maybe if you ask the question in the beginner forum you’ll get mo help.
I use a D80 and am very impressed with it, moved up from the D50……………..there are quite a few D80 users on the site , so just post any questions and I’m sure you will get advice