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the D300 I
only get 17 shots. During my initial test @ 8FPS I used an Extreme IV
CF card from Lexar. I have to be honest, I didn't get to choke the
buffer at that speed but I'm quite sure that in some situations this
could be an issue. Following Nikon's past releases, I have a BIG
hunch that this camera is a good candidate for an ''S''
designation making it a posible D300s. In its category, this
is a near perfect camera and great cameras like the D70, D2H
and DX2 weren't replaced by models and some minor issues and
upgrades at the time have been addressed this way.
Low ISO noise:
I'm no 'pixel
peeper' but to my eyes there is a slight almost unnoticeable grain
looking noise especially at ISO 100 and 200/400 (where I shoot the
most). This to *my taste* gives my pictures some personality and
texture. I'd hate a noisless picture and this gives me a level of
nostalgia and happiness at the same time because I still shoot Cromes
and Ilford XP-2 Super.
There
are 3 NEF's available from the pictures above for you to download
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to download here-
Over exposure:
Yes, I did
experienced some over exposure with the D300 by around a 1/3 stop. I
will point my finger to the possible culprit, my 85 1.8 given the
fact that I used the camera 6 different lenses including my Sigma
APO-HSM 300mm F/2.8 and some shots with the 1.4x tele-coverter
without a single exposure glitch.
LCD Display:
Increasing
the size of the LCD and also to 920,000 pixels is the best thing
Nikon could have done. It works as advertised and all the hype you've
heard on the net is true. I might be too 'picky' but although its
resolution and clarity, it is a little off-set color wise. During my
test shots with my model above, the colors I was seeing in the LCD
was not the same I had on my computer monitor. I know the reason but
I wont bore you with tech stuff. I'm just being too demanding and my
best recommendation not only with the D300 but with any camera, is
not to use your LCD monitor as reference in critical colors in my
case skin tones. Checking for accurate focus with new LCD is a breeze.
Live View:
This feature
is an adoption from Olympus and it works exactly as advertised.
However in *my opinion* the best suitable use for this feature, is in
macro and close-up photography where we have a nice 3'' LCD monitor
to use in critical focus, instead of squinting our eyes for long
periods of time thru the view finder. My Nikkor
105 VR Micro worked like a charm.
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