Gaz Shilton
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Will this camera be available by September?
it's available now!! B
According to Grays of Westminster (Nikon specialists) sales of the D300S start 28 August.
Bill
Guys, Nikon are also improving the image quality throughout the range and have been tweaking many cameras. I just tested the D5000, an entry level camera, and the image quality was better than the original D300. So I think that the D300s may offer better noise performance, more on a par with the D3 and D700. Who knows until we see one and I should get one later this week to test out, reviews and thoughts on my BLOG for anyone interested.
Not wishing to question a professional like Andy Rouse and I know I'm not worthy but.......
The only info that Nikon offer would indicate that the CMOS sensor in the D5000 is slightly different to the D300 and the D300s. The D5000 has 200K less usable pixels than its bigger brothers, so should I assume that the CMOS sensor is a new an improved one? If this was the case would not Nikon have used the newer one in the D300s as well?
I look forward to the reviews but at the moment I can't help but think that the D300s is on paper a buffed up D300.
Hope I'm wrong as it would be wrong for Nikon to increase the price by almost 50% for what is a very similar body.
Guys, Nikon are also improving the image quality throughout the range and have been tweaking many cameras. I just tested the D5000, an entry level camera, and the image quality was better than the original D300. So I think that the D300s may offer better noise performance, more on a par with the D3 and D700. Who knows until we see one and I should get one later this week to test out, reviews and thoughts on my BLOG for anyone interested.
Not sure what the "not worthy is about"
I think that Nikon do a lot that they don't advertise, I know for a fact that a lot of cameras are tweaked under the covers from model to model. I can also only report what I see and for my money the D5000 image quality was stunning. At this time we have no idea what new image processing or sensor enhancements they have put into the camera, it is all conjecture until we see some results. But knowing Nikon as I do now I would say that the D300s will have image quality improvements. Of course the main reason for it is the HD support, which I for one welcome as I need it. Canon are also concentrating on this area as they know it is a much desired and requested feature. So for my money I give them credit if they have got the HD right in the D300s as they will be the first. Just so you know a few people had the 5D MK2 on my recent Svalbard charter and they were all shooting video and loving it, clearly a popular feature for some but not all.