So finally I have upgraded to a new camera. After using my D70s for several years I had a careful look-around at what was out there and I decided on the D300. I have met many photographers, both beginners and professionals who have used the D300 in the last year and all of them seemed very happy with their investment, although some said they’d waited for the D700 FX sensor camera instead if they had known it was about to be released.
I decided against the D700 for several reasons and the most important one was the lenses. DX lenses won’t be able to work very well on the FX sensor in the D700 and I like the DX lenses for two reasons, they are sometimes half the price of the comparable FX lenses and they are lighter to carry. The last point is important because I love to hike and bring the camera gear with me.
The D300 is also a fair bit lower priced than the D700 which meant I got a nice kit including three lenses and an SB-800 for just a little more than what the D700 house would have cost me so I am really happy with it.
The main reasons for my upgrade was the following
- The small display on the D70s makes macro work difficult
- There is no mirror lock-up function meaning mirror slap shakes when using long exposures and tripod.
- The noise at higher ISO on the D70s is shameful compared to the modern cameras, in reality anything above ISO 600 is unuseable.
- D-Lighting exposure control in the D300 and newer cameras is fantastic in some difficult light conditions.
- 14 bit RAW format (12 in the old cameras) meaning 12 dB better image dynamics per colour!
- No vertical grip for the D70s (that is seriously useful), the MB-10 battery grip for the D300 is awesome!
- Faster serial shots, lovely when shooting animals like birds. 8 frames per second on the D300 is a vast improvement from the D70s.
- Larger buffer memory also helps with serial shots.
- Easier controls on the camera – even if the D70s had nice controls the D300 is not only nice, they are seriously well laid out and though through.
- Faster in every aspect.
- Has PC sync connector on camera
Here are some test shots, these are taken handheld in the middle of the night just using existing light. Yes there is noise, but not much and the pictures are actually quite nice. The D70s would come nowhere near this and would not even reach ISO 3200.
Always nice with a new camera. I wish I was as technical as you seem to be.
Absolutely, I already love it dearly!
Being technical means nothing really, you take excellent pictures, that’s what counts. Some people improve their photography by improving their technique, some people just work from the more artsy side and focus more on what they photograph rather than how to do it.
I still don’t know the camera well enough to be able to work it like my D70s which I know all the menus, buttons, fiddley things in my slep, the D300 is still not an extension of myself yet, but it will become.
When it does it is a very inspiring feeling to see something, to raise the camera and at the same time twiddle the settings to the optimum and then press the release. That kind of relationship with the camera (and many technical products) are necessary for me and the reason why I shoot Nikon in the first place is that me and their stuff get along really well, the menus and buttons and functions and all feels just natural for me.
I am going to Skogskyrkogården to shoot on Sunday. Come join if you don’t have other plans. Around 10:00 at the subway entrance. I’d be the redhaired guy with a huge camera.
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Är netvibes bättre än http://reader.google.com/ som jag använder mig av som RSS aggregator? Jag tycker mycket om den, bl.a. för den är online och samlar saker fast jag är offline och den har ett mycket bra interface också.
Jag har bara testat bloglines förut som onlineaggregator och den var också bra men reader var ett strå vassare när det gäller att organisera osv och det är skönt att ha äggen i Googles fina korg med integrationen mellan mail, rss, news och whatnot.