Nikon D300 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Nikon's D300 is a good-quality, semi pro/enthusiast dSLR camera.

Verdict: While pictures are stunning, there's no getting away from the fact that while to a professional the Nikon D300 is a budget buy, to the average consumer it's a wallet-battering investment. Still, you get what you pay for and, having also taken the D300 ...

Review summary: With a stunningly sharp LCD, excellent image quality, and interface improvements, the D300 is a top contender in the mid-range digital SLR market.

Verdict: Great review--for someone who is still hanging on to film photography, rangefinder cameras, lens, etc. and is reticent to give up on it, the info was spot on. Possibly more $$$ than I would drop on a new digital, but many of the newer, smaller cameras ...

Review summary: The Nikon D300 is a DX format DSLR (1.5x crop factor) has a 12 megapixel CMOS sensor, ISO range of up to 6400, 51 point AF sensor, 14-bit A/D conversion, six frames per second shooting speed (upgradable with the addition of a battery grip), self ...

Review summary: The new flagship model of the Nikon advanced amateur (or semi-pro, if you will) line-up, the 12.3-megapixel DX-sensor (1.5x multiplication factor) D300 incorporates all the latest features in the D-SLR realm, and then some. Sporting a new digital ...

Verdict: To test out the newest features on the D300 I spent a few weeks shooting it under various lighting conditions and settings. I was impressed with what Nikon calls Scene Recognition System, a somewhat cryptic name that makes Matrix metering a even more ...

Review summary: Consumer-level DSLRs such as the Canon 400D (web ID: 97741) and Nikon D40x (web ID: 117800) offer an excellent route into serious digital photography but, after a certain amount of time, users are likely to outgrow their entry-level equipment. This is ...

Verdict: An expensive camera, but one offering superb image quality, features and handling.