Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Nikon D300 impressions so far
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Sun Jan 20 20:56:29 2008

Holy crap! As a long time Nikon user I can finally shoot above 800iso with 
no noise! Even 3200iso looks great. I've seen good 6400iso images from the 
D3 so I'm going to assume this is also possible with the D300 though I have 
not tried it.

The D300 is miles above the D200, faster focusing,faster response time when 
shooting(always thought the D200 was sluggish), extreme improvement in high 
iso's, easier menu readout, etc. Still trying to figure out this 51 point AF 
thing but so far I like it! And this new LCD 3" screen, it's almost down 
right accurate! Big thanks to Nikon for including a new zoom feature when 
viewing images. And file information is easier to read on the screen. 

Now why Nikon used the same stupid too easy to bump C-S-M control switch on 
the side of the lens mount is beyond me but I have learned to live with it 
on the D200. The D2h,D2x cameras have the switch reversed so you do not 
accidentally bump it into Manual focus when you're in Auto focus. 

I have not read the manual yet so I need to figure out this whole 12 bit vs 
14bit RAW/NEF recording. Does it really make the image any better with 
14bit? I've always shot compressed(D2h,D200,D2x) RAW/NEF with Nikons so this 
may be a learning curve.

Time to find a Red Dot to cover the Nikon logo! 

Chris
NOLA
www.zoeicaimages.net



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