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Nikon D300 Digital SLR Camera Review

Nikon D300 - A Professionals Favorite

The Nikon D300 is another great camera from Nikon and a part of the semi-professional DSLR group. This camera has a lot of features that are up to date compared to its predecessor the D200. The camera features upgraded image censor along with a new VGA 3-inch display and this camera has live view as option when taking pictures.

Nikon went with the DX image censor on this DSLR. The picture quality produced by this camera is a little better than the Canon 40D but it’s the same as the Sony A700. The D300 camera produces 12 mega pixels and 51 focal points from its auto focus sensor. When you use this camera you have two ways for taking pictures you can look through the viewfinder or you can use the 3-inch VGA display in live mode. The viewfinder shows 100% of the image so if that’s what you prefer you won’t be missing anything. If you choose to use the display it’s a good option too with it being VGA the picture it produces is clean and crisp.

Conclusion

The D300 has only minor flaws but it's still a good camera for shooting either fast or normal action photos, this camera takes 6 frames per second. The major thing about this camera is the price compared to the competition its almost 50% more money. The trade off when you buy the cheaper cameras from the competition is you don’t get as many features as you would find in the D300.

The D300 is priced at $1,799.

Nikon D300 Features and Specifications

12.3 megapixel DX format CMOS sensor
Self-cleaning sensor unit (low-pass filter vibration)
ISO 200 - 3200 (6400 with boost)
14-bit A/D conversion
Nikon EXPEED image processor (Capture NX processing and NR algorithms, lower power)
Super fast operation (power-up 13 ms, shutter lag 45 ms, black-out 100 ms)
Shutter life 150,000 exposures
New Multi-CAM3500DX Auto Focus sensor (51-point, 15 cross-type, more vertical coverage)
Auto-focus tracking by color (using information from 1005-pixel AE sensor)
Auto-focus calibration (fine-tuning) now available (fixed body or up to 20 separate lens settings)
Scene Recognition System (uses AE sensor, AF sensor)
Picture Control image parameter presets (replace Color Modes I, II and III)
Custom image parameters now support brightness as well as contrast
Six frames per second continuous shooting (eight frames per second with battery pack)
Compact Flash UDMA support
3.0" 922,000 pixel LCD monitor

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i bought me a digital slr nikon d80.67mm . im still fooling around with it but the more i do that the more i mess it up by locking it up and it wont take pictures or quickly enough. please help me by telling me what is the best setting that i can put my camera on for best portraits.and what do you think about this kind of camera?

Also i bought some filters for the camera on ebay. these filters are softtone,diffuser,duto. the name brand ACE .i have taken pictures with these filters and still cant tell the difference , what am i doing wrong? or is it the filter itself? do i need to set my camera on some kind of setting to make these pictures look right? Please help me with all you can and what you know, thank u
also, i i take pictures without the flash i get this blurry picture. and it also looks yellow. what i do to help that?

That's a lot of questions but it's late and I can't sleep, so here goes.

Q i bought me a digital slr nikon d80 ... it wont take pictures or quickly enough.
A The D80 is a great camera, as dpreview.com, Steve's Digicams, and any other reputable review site will confirm. To speed up the picture-to-picture time, you can put the D80 in continuous shooting mode. This way it will take 3 pictures per second, for as long as you keep the shutter button pressed down. Without the flash, that is. If you're using the flash, the flash itself requires several seconds to recharge. You can speed up the flash time by investing in an external flash - Nikon makes some really nice ones, but it will never be as fast as shooting without flash.

Q what is the best setting for portraits.
A Set the camera in aperture priority mode, with the aperture at around f/4. This will give a nice blurry background.

Q Also i bought some filters for the camera on ebay. these filters are softtone,diffuser,duto. the name brand ACE .i have taken pictures with these filters and still cant tell the difference , what am i doing wrong? or is it the filter itself?
A I personally own only two filters - a uv filter to protect the lens and a circular poleriser on bright sunny days. Everything else, including the effects that you SHOULD be getting with your filters, can be reproduced with image editing software. I suspect that the effects that your filters provide are too subtle to register at a glance. If you did some test shots with/ without the filters, using a tripod, shooting the same subjects with the same camera setings, and then if you compared the results at 100% magnification, you'd be able to see some differences. As for the brand ACE, never heard of them... but whoever made them, I'd expect the filters to WORK. On a side note, cheap filters can actually degrade image quality. And if the filters aren't properly coated (cheapies never are) they can introduce flare and ghosting, as well. All sorts of nasty stuff. Those 2 filters that I use set me back over 70 bucks each. That was for a massively expensive lens though, so I could rationalize the added expense.

Q do i need to set my camera on some kind of setting to make these pictures look right?
A Nope. Filters do not require special camera settings.

Q i take pictures without the flash i get this blurry picture. and it also looks yellow. what i do to help that?
A Without the flash, your shutter speed becomes a lot slower. Any handheld shot will become too jittery due to camera shake. Try using a tripod. Or if handheld, crank up the ISO setting - the image will become a bit grainy as a result, but grainy always beats blurred.
As for the yellow haze, that's caused by shooting in artificial light. Adjust the white balance setting on your camera to correct the issue. Alternatively, as in the days of film cameras, you could use a special filter to compensate. Or altenatively, alternatively, you could correct the image after the fact with image editing software. The white balance setting on the camera is by far the easyest option.

Please pardon any spelling mistakes - it's late and all, and my answer is too long for yahoo's built-in spell checker to work.

Oh, and i'm not a pro. just an avid amateur with a d200 and a lot of spare time.

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