dSLR Dad

The Nikon D300 dSLR has been out in the wild for some time (shipping now at Amazon). For all you dSLR Dad’s out there who are looking for one more bit of information to justify that purchase, here you go:

As a primer, the D300 comes in three ways:

1. Nikon D300 (Camera Body Only) (Amazon and B&H Photo)
   
2. D300 with 18-135mm AF-S DX f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF Nikkor Zoom Lens (Amazon and B&H Photo)
3. D300 with 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens (Amazon and B&H Photo)

On with the Reviews:

Popular Photography Magazine - The camera that best refines or redefines photography? The D300 triumphs on both counts, and raises the benchmark for every camera maker.

CameraLabs Review - ….ultimately the D300 remains a superb DSLR and one of the best we’ve tested at Camera Labs – it’s certainly a model we can Highly Recommend. But unless you’ve already bought into the Nikon system, we’d advise closely comparing it to (it’s) rivals….

Digital Camera Resource - When people call the D300 a “baby D3″, they’re not kidding….Nikon has done a really impressive job with the D300. They made a lot of promises, and the D300 has delivered on them. It keeps up perfectly with its closest competition, the EOS-40D, and surpasses it in several areas…..

Digital Outback Photo - D300 Diary, updated regularly with new articles.

dPreview - Nikon D300 Hands-on Preview

Imaging Resource - (initial test with sample shots)

ePHOTOzine - Not only is the D300 a worthy successor to the D200 but it also improves on the old flagship model, the D2Xs and it carries Nikon’s DX format (1.5x crop factor) into the future. It is being marketed as a full Pro spec camera and, given a couple of extras, it is hard to argue with the claim.

Scott Kelby, Photoshop Insider - ….the D300 is a much better, more fully featured update to the D200 than I had ever imagined it would be. How much so? Well, needless to say, I’m selling my D200, but I guess what I’m most shocked about is that I’m going to sell my Nikon D2Xs now, too.

Ken Rockwell (a bit haphazard and all over the place) - If you want a new Nikon DSLR for about $1,800, just order a D300. If you already have a D200, I wouldn’t go out of my way to dump it for the D300 unless one of the D300’s new features, like live-viewing on the exquisite new LCD, faster frame rates, or possibly broader range of color adjustments, are critical to you.

Inside Digital Photo Special Report: Vincent Versace, the Nikon D300 & Shooting in Remote Locations (podcast). A gallery of his images from his trip to Vietnam may be found here.

The Image Doctors #55, a Nikonians Podcast - Vincent Versace joins the Image Doctors, Rick and Jason to discuss the D300.

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