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rezMole
Paul & Sue
Registered: February 2005
Location: Bury
Posts: 1085
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Review Date: Sat April 12, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Image quality, fast focus, low noise at high ISO, build quality
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price a little high, some compatability issues
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As an upgrade from my Nikon D70, this camera is an absolute marvel. I've only had it a couple of weeks but already I'm getting far more usable shots than I did before.
Took several shots from the Bunting Hide at Pennington on a dull, rainy day, today (something I just couldn't have done with my D70), and I upped the ISO to 3200 just to see what the camera was cabable of. Yes, there was some noise, but only as much as I was used to at 400 ISO with my D70. On it's own, this is worth the upgrade, but the camera offers so much more.
6 frames per second is ample for most situations, and with the battery pack that goes up to 8!
Build quality is exceptional, and rubber seals are use throughout - the camera isn't waterproof, but it'll keep the rain and dust out.
I am still getting used to the camera - the manual is over 400 pages - and that's just the one language! I love the way you can focus using the AF-ON button instead of the shutter release button - makes it so easy to go from manual to single to continous focussing without having to use any switches.
I have used it mainly with the Sigma 500mm f4.5 HSM, and it's a cracking combo - photos are so much more sharp than what I was getting before.
So far I've only got two gripes - the first is the price is still a little high, but it is falling somewhat - I just couldn't wait any longer!
The second "proplem" is that when I use the Kenko 1.4x converter with the Sigma 500, if the light isn't great, the low battery warning light comes on and the camera freezes, - switching off and on unfreezes the camera. This isn't a major problem - I always used to have to focus the Sigma and converter combo manually on the D70 anyway as it used to hunt too much.
This last issue is the only reason i haven't given a score of 10.
I won't go into the multitude of other things this camera can do - there are far too many for here, and I haven't even tried most of them (live view, 51 point focussing, etc). And it has got a fantastic monitor on the back too.
Last words - this is a great camera!
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My bird photos http://www.freewebs.com/rezmole/index.htm
Camera gear: Nikon D300, Sigma 500mm F4.5, Tamron 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 Di, Kenko 1.4x Pro 300 TC
Viewing gear: Leica APO77 with 20-60 zoom (cheers Salty), Nikon Sporter 10x36, Opticron Imagic TGA 10x42
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Richard189
Registered User
Registered: June 2008
Location: Accrington
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Sun June 29, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 3
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Large CMOS
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The desinge and weight
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This was the first DSLR i bought and was quite dissapinted so i gave it to a freind of mine who takes landscapes.After that i moved to a Eos 400d and liked it a lot more.
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Luke-Fotografia
Luke-Fotografia
Registered: June 2008
Location: California
Posts: 14
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Review Date: Wed July 2, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Image quality, D-lighting, 8 f/sec, quality construction, 3" Screen
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None
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Sold my D200 for a good price and got this baby...FANTASTIC!!!! Camera. List of positives are to long to mention, read the expert reviews on-line.
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Hauer
Registered User
Registered: February 2005
Location: The Hague, NL
Posts: 234
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Review Date: Sat July 12, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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See below for details. 3" LCD (920k pixels), multiple battery types when using battery grip, 4 memory banks for independant programming, etc
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Absolutely none so far!
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I have come a long way with my digital cameras having initially started with Sony's DSC-S85 > Nikon D50 (still my back-up camera > and now... the Nikon D300. The D300 is in a league of it's own. It is a blazingly fast camera capable of taking up to 8 shots per second. This makes it ideal for fast-action wildlife! Focus accuracy is absolutely terrific and though it can make use of up to 51 focus points (and predictive focusing when panning), I generally have it set at 11 points. Why, because it uses less processing power and is therefore even more responsive...
All in all, Nikon's best DX camera todate!
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My motto: To learn more today, than I knew yesterday!
Nikon D50+Grip & D300+Grip | SB800 | 50 f/1.8D | 12-24 f/4G |105VR f/2,8 Micro | 18-200VR f/3.5-5.6G | 70-200VR f/2,8G | TC-17E II | Sigma 50-500 f/4-6.3DG HSM | Various Nikon & B+W F-Pro filters | Vanguard Tracker III | Manfrotto 681b Monopod+ballhead 488RC2 | Lowepro Mini Trekker AW + SlingShot 100 AW
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JulianMark
Registered User
Registered: July 2008
Location: e.anglia
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Fri July 18, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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great cam. LV and iq superb
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