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Nikon-D300

Nikon - D300 Review

Price (MSRP): $1799.95
Megapixel: 12.3
Type: Digital SLR
Submitted by: glenn from antwerp, otherCountries
Date Reviewed: 5/20/2008
Months Owned: Less than 1
Photos Taken: Less than 500
Skill Level: Advanced amateur

What's Hot: 51 AF points, image quality, burstrate, metering

What's Not: lack of burst in liveview?

Review: Only own this cam for bout few days now. Comming from a D80, this is a well balanced upgrade. I often read bout 'difficult to learn'comments on the D300......... i don't see that, i read through the manual in 4hours and was even shooting without reading it. All functions are where they should be and easy to use. (i only see a steep learning curve if u come from a compact camera......... but than who buys immediate a D300 comming from a 100€ cam??)

Till now i havent found a way to burst in liveview mode, which is quite a shame for me (no Liveview bracketing than...)
But all the rest of the cam i really like so far!!
burstrate, iso, ergonomics, AF points, live view (needs getting used to), bracketing modes, color, everything is alterable, self cleaning (hope it works in the long run)......

only 2minor things that bother me a bit:
- wheres the HDMI cable? for this price range you'd easily stick one in the box for ''free''
- wheres the hotshoe protection plastic.........
(this literarly costs 1€)



greetz
glenn

Overall Ratings
Overall quality
9
Ease of use
10
Fit and finish
9
Click-to-click speed
10
Display quality
9
Flash quality
9
Image quality
10
Overall value
8
RATING SCALE: 1 = WORST 10 = BEST

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