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Nikon-D300

Nikon - D300 Review

Price (MSRP): $1799.95
Megapixel: 12.3
Type: Digital SLR
Submitted by: Reviewer from Half Moon Bay, CA
Date Reviewed: 5/1/2008
Months Owned: 1-5
Photos Taken: 2500+
Skill Level: Advanced amateur

What's Hot: Auto high ISO with little image degradation. Live view, good battery life, built in flash.

What's Not: Higher priced but a deal for prosumers.

Review: This is the best camera ever made, in my opinion. I have owned Canon, Pentax, Minolta and all were good, not great. Most recently owned F5 with multiple lenses. Now I can use them again! There is very little to complain about....perhaps a mirror olckup button...but this camera does everything. I was waiting for live view to jump into the digital pro camera market but now I find that this isn't so important. The photo from this camera seem to be 3D. Even a picture of an old shoe looks artsy!
I'm impressed!

Overall Ratings
Overall quality
10
Ease of use
9
Fit and finish
10
Click-to-click speed
10
Display quality
10
Flash quality
10
Image quality
10
Overall value
10
RATING SCALE: 1 = WORST 10 = BEST

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