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Average Ratings
Image Quality8/10 Based on 5 ratings
Battery Life7.8/10 Based on 6 ratings
Features9.5/10 Based on 6 ratings
Ease of Use7.7/10 Based on 6 ratings
Value for Money6.4/10
Reviewer Rating8.4/10
Overall Rating8.1/10 Based on 11 ratings
71% Recommended5 out of 7 Reviews
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7- Nikon D300 Reviews

  • Full review by
    amclaurin Rank: Lance Corporal
    on 11th Jun 2009


    User Rating : 9
    Respect : 0

    Good Points: Autofocus is excellent, once it locks on to a subject you can set it to follow that subject and it will continue to track even if it temporarily moves out of vision, I don't think there is a better camera than the D300 at doing this. Shooting options are excellent, there are a huge variety of shutter speeds, exposure bracketing and flash options as well as a good range of ISO settings (and ISO up to 800 in low light gives very usable results). JPEG are also well rendered, having shot hundreds of JPEG and RAW files side by side unless you have a high ISO setting you have to look very hard to see any loss of detail in the JPEG. The fast shooting speed (6.3 frames a second using high quality jpeg) is also excellent, I have one excellent shot of my son in mid air scoring a rugby try, when friends compliment me on the shot I rarely explain that I actually took around 18 shots in 3 seconds and just picked the most dramatic.

    Bad Points: This is a heavy camera, you will notice it if you carrying around for a full day or tracking a subject for an hour. There are no really easy point and shoot modes, I have shot some truly useless shots with this camera through having the settings incorrectly set (although you can set up presets as you learn how to use it). Both the D90 and D5000 have some interesting features which this camera may lack. Although not bad in low light it really isn't a patch on the D700 if indoor photography is your thing. Nikon make you pay for the image processing and camera remote control software which I understand Canon supply for free with their SLRs.

    General comments: Before buying any camera I would advise people to go to a real dealers and actually try holding the camera and using it for a few minutes with the lenses you want to use. I say this because I went to a dealers after reading many reviews to buy the Nikon D90 and ended up with the D300, simply because paired with the lens I most wanted (the 105mm Macro) the D300 fitted my hands perfectly and the D90 didn't. This is a heavy camera but one where you feel the engineering quality, after a while you can concentrate on the picture / viewfinder and know the controls are where you want them. The build quality is superb, I have dropped it (once, but from height!) taken over 6000 pictures and the thing looks like new. The viewfinder is excellent, another factor which led me to pick it over the D90. The lens selection is also very good, I love the 105 macro, the 18-200 zoom is a use all day lens and I have recently bought the excellent 11-16mm Tokina to play with wide angle.
    amclaurin's review and ratings     | 477 words

  • Review by
    brian102 Rank: Corporal
    on 18th May 2009


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : 0

    Bought this D300 as a backup to a Nikon D700 (well you never can tell), performs just as well and sometimes forget which is which! Went for a 300 over another 700 (besides cost) was for the smaller sensor giving a 1.5x extra zoom. Ok ISO not quite as good but nice to have the extra reach with a 300mm!
    brian102's full review     | 97 words

  • Review by
    1964Dylan Rank: Sergeant
    on 16th Apr 2009


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : 0

    The Nikon D300 is a superb camera for the Money. Definately better than lower models. great speed, controls, ease of use. Much better than D70, 90 etc Instant flash
    1964Dylan's full review     | 28 words

  • Review by
    dwlarry
    on 10th Nov 2008


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : 0

    Where in the world did you get your data for rating image quality @ 6/10. What planet are you on. This is the best camera I've handled since my Canon F1! The Nikon D300 Rocks in my opinion! Low light sensitivity, Weight, Controls design, Built-in intervalometer, Auto ISO/w selectable min shutter speeds, mega color sensitivity profiles, 3" 920000 dots screen, High contrast auto adjustment, auto ev correction/bracketing, 8fps motor drive, 14 bit raw capture option, built-in GPS ability w/your GPS ...
    dwlarry's full review     | 86 words

  • Review by
    patito
    on 20th Oct 2008


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : 0

    The nikon d300 is the super camera, the price is not expensive for what do you get...with d300 you are going to be able to do what the pro camera does... i get this camera in march 2008... before i was chequing all website, most of England,UK, were they are the most profesional, and everything about the d300 was exelent, and compare side by side... the d300 was superior.... so if you want to buy it... do not think more.. just go and buy it!!!!! fast, with good light....with the flash s800 shoot ...
    patito's full review     | 126 words

  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 23rd Feb 2008


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : 0

    Excellent image quality, even at high ISOs, Live View, Active D-lighting I really recommend the Nikon D300 it is awesome.
    Guest's full review     | 21 words

  • Review by
    zombie371 Rank: Corporal
    on 11th Dec 2007


    User Rating : 0
    Respect : -4

    If you're going to shell out 1,300 quid on a camera, chances are you'll be at least a semi-professional, if not a pro. And so you'll be using Adobe Photoshop and running the camera in RAW mode, rather than cheap and cheerful jpg mode (and hey, if all you want are jpegs then this may be your dream camera). It's a great pity then that Nikon forgot to ask Adobe to release a RAW plugin for this camera before they released the kit. Oh, Adobe have done a plug-in for the LATEST version of Photoshop, ...
    zombie371's full review     | 420 words | 4 comments added.


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