Scott Kelby—photographer, author and trainer—has published his review of Nikon’s new D300 digital SLR.
I recently made the plunge and replaced my D80 with a D300. Recent health issues and inclement weather has prevented me from giving the D300 a good workout, however, so this review is rather timely. The little I have done with this camera, though, suggests Scott’s comments are right on the mark.
See Scott’s review here.
Each year, the editors of Popular Photography and Imaging (PopPhoto.com) select a camera of the year. This year, they have named Nikon’s D300 digital SLR The Camera of the Year 2007.
They praised (1) the low-light performance: “Excellent image quality right through ISO 3200”; (2) the fast auto focus: “The fastest in very low light and most sophisticated we’ve ever seen”; and (3) the impressive shooting speed of 6 RAW frames per second.
They concluded that, “By any bang-for-the-buck standard, this is one heck of a deal.”
A good example of the power of modern day marketing is the persistent myth that the higher the number of megapixels a digital camera has the better its picture quality will be. Most experienced photographers know this for the myth it is, but the broad cross section of those who purchase digital cameras seem to buy into this persistent and sometimes misleading marketing hype.
Over at Jeff’s Photo Gallery, Jeff Revell has his own take on this in a recent post. I’ve posted on this before and so I’ll not repeat myself here, but check out Jeff’s post if you want to learn more about the roll megapixels play.
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