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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gentoo" data-source="post: 1207822" data-attributes="member: 35131">One thing to note is that the D300 is less grainy at higher ISO's but it sacrifices sharpness. click the link to see photo comparisons of the above.I have been thinking about a D300 myself but haven't made up my mind yet. Currently, I'm still shooting with a D40 and just got the 70mm-300mm Nikkor with VR. Thing is, this lens was made for a normal film 35mm camera so the smaller sensor size on these Nikon digitals means that you have an apparent zoom of 105mm-420mm, a 1.5 conversion factor. Plus I slapped that kenko pro 300 1.4 teleconverter on it so I get the equivalent of 580mm or whatever plus VR for hand held shots. The VR allows you to step down further in F stops and performs better in low light than non VR does.</blockquote>