Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: 
Summary for Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Buy It
Notes on Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- To start I am an a amateur photographer with about two years experience.
I own a D40,which was my first and really enjoy it for family and everyday shooting.Great colors and focus.I then purchased the D80 which I have had
great success with and love it!But when I purchased the D300 there is no
comparison.The 51 point focus is awesome and the color choices are unbelievable! This thing is awesome when it comes to speed and focus.Quick
accurate response time is great for nature and fast moving subjects.
The pictures you take will make you feel like a pro with the very first shots taken.
The menu is so easy to use that it makes ease of changing and getting exactly what you're looking for.There is a lot in the menu but with a little time you'll get it fine because it has a help section.Anyone thinking of going another step up to a pro camera should not look elsewhere as Nikon truly has created a gem!To me this is a five star camera because of performance and the rugged build quality,A+
Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Me talking about my D300
Notes on Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1UIR5WOG8SIOP Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
I'm Dustin Diaz, a Web Developer and Photographer at Google. This is me talking about my D300. I have opinions and I talk about them here. Overall this is an excellent camera and would highly recommend this camera. If anyone has a question or comment, feel free to comment on the video. Cheers.
Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- An improvement over the D200
Notes on Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- I had not learned all the features of the D200 but I am glad I upgraded to the D300. It makes better pictures. More pixels, less noise, higher ISO. I adjusted saturation up a notch and like the result.
The thick and well cross-referenced manual still leaves me with some questions about how things work, specifically about non-Nikon lenses and about how flash controls interact.
Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- Sayonara to L glass
Notes on Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- I owned both the Canon Rebel XTi and 40D with 24-70 F2.8 L and 70-200 F4 IS L and just used them as a casual amateur photographer. I was very happy with the images they produced. I was even strongly considering the 5D when along came the D300 w/ 18-200 VR lens. We all know Canon and Nikon regularly leapfrog each other. But I seriously believe 2008 is Nikon's year. I compared the image results from the 40D and D300 and the latter just trumped the 40D hands-down on every aspect. It was close to film quality. Colors were more vivid, ergonomics are MUCH better, a rockin' LCD screen, dust and weather sealing, 51 AF points, 100% viewfinder coverage, vital controls like flash exposure compensation are not buried in the menu, ISO 1600 images with little decrement in quality, etc. Taking photographs is lots of fun with this bad boy. Another big reason for the switch was the 18-200 VR lens. Instead of changing lenses and risking dust to get in the sensor, I just leave this lens on and it does most everything I've ever wanted in a walkaround lens. One downside is that my Canon buddies have labeled me a "traitor," and always give me a hard time for it, but I can live with that.
Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- User Rating: Summary for Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- The D300 is a superb camera.
Notes on Nikon D300 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera ...- I've been using the D300 for slightly over a month now and so far I haven't been disappointed in any way with how it's performed. At the beginning I wasn't getting pictures as sharp as I would have liked them but that was mostly my fault and since then I've refined my technique and I don't think I've ever seen sharper results. The camera is fast and paired with a faster CF card you can just keep shooting and never run out of buffer space shooting in raw.
If you're coming from an older camera like the D70s like I did, some of the new features may take some getting used to, the biggest change was the focus points. They did away with Closest Subject, the Dynamic Area focus is now quite complex with options for 9/21/51/51 point 3d area tracking options and the third option is "Big White Rectangle Mode" Ken Rockwell refers to it as such and since I can't remember it's actual name, I'll just refer to it that way. BWRM uses all 51 points automatically and the camera decides what should be the focus point, so far it's worked great for me, the things I want in focus are usually sharp, sometimes it gets it wrong, but since the camera can't read my mind, I don't mind really. Unfortunately the camera can sometimes be bogged down in 51 point mode if there's a really busy scene. The focus can sometimes lag before taking your initial shot but if you choose a mode with less than all 51 points then you'll never have this problem.
Battery life on a single EN-EL3e seems to be around 400-500 shots with heavy LCD usage which is much better than I thought it would be. Still, I ordered a second battery and the MB-D10 grip so I can continuously shoot without stopping to change batteries. I'll probably do an update to this review once the grip is here.
I don't think I can say anything bad about the camera, it's definitely a step up from the D70s, using the D300 exclusively then trying out the D70s makes the D70s feel like a child's toy. The D70s is still a great camera that I took some wonderful pictures with but I'd never go back to it after using the D300.
