Comments on: Nikon D300 price drops

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:55:55 +0000

They’ve gone down to 1599.99 at the camera house in Calgary

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:49:39 +0000

The Canon EF-S 17-55 2.8 IS USM is a fabulous lens. Unfortunately, it only works on Crop sensor bodies. You couldn’t use it on either the 5D Mk II or the 1D. Your number 1 and 3 lens are also great lenses, although I only own #1 and #2. (I use a 50D. I also have a Nikon D90 and wish its build quality was more equivalent to the D300).

By: Jet

Jet — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:54:57 +0000

Argh.. dont know whether to wait for the D300 upgrade or just go for the D300. I would like HD vid..

My Photos

By: Gerard

Gerard — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:52:39 +0000

It goes for as low as € 1.169 at Digital Street – Netherlands, and € 1.199 at Digital Factory – Spain.

By: WaitingfortheD400

WaitingfortheD400 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:46:26 +0000

At amazon.de the D300 is also listed under “Restposten” (= remainder, remnants, remaining stock)
http://www.amazon.de/Digitale-Spiegelreflexkameras-Restposten/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A699498%2Cp_n_special_merchandising_browse-bin%3A190287031&page=1

By: Emanuele Aymerich

Emanuele Aymerich — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:14:10 +0000

In Italy the official distributor (Nital) sell the D300 (body) for only 1.260 euro from 3 months. The price last year was 1.850 euro.

By: Eigil Nybo

Eigil Nybo — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:55:32 +0000

Well, just to sing the song, here in Denmark my dealer has the D300 for 9.500 kr. ~ 1.750$, that’s is a 200 $ pricedrop.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:38:23 +0000

the 85mm f/1.2L outperforms the Nikon 85mm f/1.4, just barely but it still does.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:36:17 +0000

Actually from the tests I’ve seen the D3x isn’t really much better than the Ds mkIII, especially considering its like 15 months newer. the D3 sensor is definately better than the 1D mkIII, but it still has decent performance. so I wouldn’t say crushes, beats yes, crushes, no.

Where nikon really pulls ahead is in semi-pro cameras, like the D300 and D700, Canon does not have a direct competitor to either (50D lies between D300 and D90) and the 5D mkII is like the will be D700x, but it’s AF system is crappy.

Canon has no 14-24mm f/2.8 equiv though. which is an amazing (and amazingly useful) lens.

Canon typically has better telephotos, Nikon has better wide-angles, they meet somewhere in the middle. where Canon is smart is the f/4L zooms, Nikon would do very well to replicate that. Nikon flash system is better, but Canon’s system isn’t terrible

By: Konrad

Konrad — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:32:51 +0000

14-24 is a bit wide for me. I own 24-70 which is a superb lens and so is the 70-200, but as i mentioned before, i love shooting with primes. I find myself composing much much better than with zooms. Weird, but that’s what it is in my case. Shooting with primes bring simplicity to my shooting and i find myself constantly searching and pushing for better composition.

By: Blago

Blago — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:31:19 +0000

what about 14-24 / 24-70 / 70-200 @ 2.8 ? or nikon tilt-shifts ?

as for the super-fast primes… you may be just right.
at 1.2 (85 & 50mm) you get a excellent craftsmanship , not so excellent image performanse wide open and slow autofocus. Not to mention the price…
maybe just 35mm and 24mm mkII are worth it ?

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:59:50 +0000

How much meaningful depth of field would there be? You won’t see much subject isolation even with that extra 2 stops.

By: Konrad

Konrad — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:58:32 +0000

Don’t get me wrong I love nikon cameras, but the lens line pretty much can’t compete with canon’s.

By: Konrad

Konrad — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:54:15 +0000

Depth of field my friend. f1.4 =).

By: rwpl

rwpl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:52:38 +0000

See you! ;]

By: rwpl

rwpl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:34 +0000

Canon is generally more affordable at the moment ( Just look at the price od 50D vs d300 ) with his cheap semi-pro DX bodies and f/4 lens line.

But Nikon still is the best choice for pro users. the D3(X) just crushes canon pro line + D700 which is a great dlsr and were done.

By: Konrad

Konrad — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:48:53 +0000

I shoot with prime lenses mostly and to be honest with you I would love to see a well built 35mm f1.4, 24 or 28mm f1.4 from nikon that has fast AFS not just like the new 50mm f1.4 afs which just drags to be honest with you. My older 50 is much faster and snappier then this lens will ever be. ohhhhhh my dilemma. And the next thing is the build quality of canon primes vs nikon primes. the new nikon 50 just feels weird. it feels like a toy compared to canons 50mm f1.2. Older nikon primes were solid and build like a tank for example 85mm f1.4 which i love, but its time to move on. i can’t keep waiting any longer.

By: Dragos

Dragos — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:48:25 +0000

Blago, I could have a try: TS-E 17mm f4 L; 35mm F1.4; 85mm F1.2; 135mm F2 L and 70-200mm F4 L IS USM. This is my dream collection I am slowly building … but I wish I could use them on a D700 ! Or that Canon offered something similar to D700 in most respects, plus a beter flash system.

I know, I know there are very good Nikkors out there to (read: envyous of the 14-24). (sigh) If only one could combine them with the above canons in one super-collection!

By: rwpl

rwpl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:47:51 +0000

wide angle?
YOU GOT the NIKON 14-24 2.8 prime SUPER KILLER.

What do you want more?

By: Nikkorian

Nikkorian — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:46:28 +0000

Blago:

1.) Canon 70-200mm 2.8 L IS USM is better in tests than the Nikon one.

2.) Canon EF-S 17-55mm 2.8 IS USM offers an IS that Nikon doesn’t offer in this lens.

3.) Canon EF 100-400mm 4.5-5.6 L IS USM offers an IS AND a USM which Nikon both doesn’t offer in its 80-400.

….
shall I look for more?