Somehow I justified moving up from the Nikon D70 (see photo of Lucky on left), a camera that four years ago answered Canon's challenging Rebel and broke even newer DSLR ground. Among other novelties of the D70 were steps up to the easy use of "raw" files. These offered densely packed and detailed photos (6.3 megabytes at that time), some said capable of two or three stops "wider" than popular, compressed files like jpeg.
The camera I moved to is the Nikon D300 (12.3 megs per frame), and its an amazing animal. I won't bother to list all the features. You can check those out at Scott Kelby's astounding review from 12/17/2007. Among the startling upgrades are the autofocus system, the three-inch monitor, the placement of plenty of buttons on the outsides of the camera, and on and on. Kelby said the D300 was a no-doubt-about-it professional camera and he was selling his D2Xs and a D200 to prove it.
So here's an alert: I plan to feature shots from my new D300 on this and other sites of mine starting today. My hope is I will prove the investment wasn't wasted. Let me know.
The camera I moved to is the Nikon D300 (12.3 megs per frame), and its an amazing animal. I won't bother to list all the features. You can check those out at Scott Kelby's astounding review from 12/17/2007. Among the startling upgrades are the autofocus system, the three-inch monitor, the placement of plenty of buttons on the outsides of the camera, and on and on. Kelby said the D300 was a no-doubt-about-it professional camera and he was selling his D2Xs and a D200 to prove it.
So here's an alert: I plan to feature shots from my new D300 on this and other sites of mine starting today. My hope is I will prove the investment wasn't wasted. Let me know.
