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Message: <blockquote data-quote="birdeast" data-source="post: 1845675" data-attributes="member: 25124">I'll be the first to agree that the latest model isnt required in order to take good photos.  I will also say that when making a point regarding one's point of view a poster need not be belligerent.  For the record, I dont buy the story that what we just witnessed was all done in the name of proving a point.I upgraded from a d50 to my d300 and it was a nice step-up ISO wise (and in many other ways)This past week I was in Malaysia shooting birds.  On one particular morning, several photographers congregated in one location.  As the bird action commenced, I and other d300 users found ourselves at 1/40 or some other terribly slow shutter speed while pushing ISO to the max around 1000.  At the same time there was a D3s user that was getting very good shutter speed (more than 1/200ish) with his ISO at 12,500.  He was getting nice photos.I will categorically state that the next evolution of the d300 (if its sensor is anywhere close to d3s) will be purchased by me as that would be a phenomenal increase in performance for what i need.</blockquote>