Comments on: Nikon D300s LCD screen leaked?

By: Minnesota Joe

Minnesota Joe — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:24:07 +0000

Dual cards? Immediate backup is about the only thing that would have me upgrading from my current 12mpx nikon army right now.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:46:44 +0000

I guess they captured the D5000 screens the same way, but they are not 16:9.

By: NikonMan

NikonMan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:34:42 +0000

the 16:9 ratio of the pictures could easily be because they were captured from the HDMI output.

It doesn’t confirm a 16:9 ratio screen on the camera (it doesn’t disprove it either).

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:01:49 +0000

I’m not depressed in the least. I’m completely ready and willing to take your 24-70 off your sad hands. Let my monays cheer you up!

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:59:51 +0000

Good luck w/ that. Are you a betting man?

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:58:49 +0000

Thanks for that. Someone had to say it.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:57:16 +0000

How about street shooting @ night? My D700 would LOVE to be out in Tokyo @ night w/ a 24mm f1.4 on board.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:55:18 +0000

Who would’ve thought there’d be someone sensible among this group? Holy cow.

Now if the others’d only bother to take to heart what you just wrote…

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:53:40 +0000

So go buy a Canon and quit griping. We’ll be seeing you around when you get mad @ Canon’s upgrade cycle and quit them next time around. Just DO it and quit bothering the rest of us

“the D700 can’t match the 5D Mark II’s low ISO performance.”

Hmm. I haven’t seen any of that news. Did a new 5D mkII come out that was much better than the mkII that just came out awhile back? Saw one comparo where it looked like the 5D mkII might’ve had a slight edge at the high ISO end, but it was pretty minimal and that was w/ excessive pixel peeping. But hey, if you’re convinced, then what are you waiting for?

Put up a For Sale list so we can see if you’ve got anything that we’d like to have

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:49:01 +0000

“the d300 came out almost 2 years ago”

Incorrect. The D300 came out @ the end of November 2007. A year and a half, Yes. “Almost 2 years ago?” Not quite. 5 1/2 months is a considerable chunk of time.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:47:07 +0000

What are you shooting now?

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:45:59 +0000

Evidence of their weakness? Rather the strength of the model (D300) that’s been out for a year and a half which requires no major upgrades* in order to stay at the head of the pack.

*Ok, video could be a “major upgrade” but it doesn’t impact the quality of the D300’s main function: still photography; therefore I’m not counting video as a “major” upgrade.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:43:15 +0000

No, someone’ll get a raise for a job well done.

Two words: Viral Marketing

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:38:18 +0000

My guess is that the marketing hounds @ Nikon are reading each and every post here and over @ DPReview and trying to leverage how/when/where they’re going to plant the next “bomb” in order to maximize coverage.

By: Fried Toast

Fried Toast — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:37:03 +0000

I’m w/ you. Don’t know what’s wrong w/ the 10.5. Love mine. Just about as perfect as can be. Faster would be nice, but I like the compact size, too, so I can handle it being limited to f2.8.

By: shadow

shadow — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:44:51 +0000

what i meant was sd and cf card not sf….hehe….

By: shadow

shadow — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:42:35 +0000

guys, my take will be….’d300s’ will come up with a video that will match (or surpass) 5d MkII (1080p @24 fps with longer time) but lower MP(for still shot ofcourse), but much lower price….remember d5000 and d90 can only last 5 min. for 1080 @24 fps while 5d MkII will last 20 mins….d300 will be the answer to this with dual sd and sf card with longer video time using the extra power of MB-d10…

By: fotosniper

fotosniper — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:48:41 +0000

you could probably sell your d300 for a slight loss in a few months and get a d300s then. its always better to have a camera and get shots than sitting around watching beautiful sunsets and thinking about the camera you are getting in 3 months.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:23:56 +0000

Whats wrong with the old one ? -__-

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:03:34 +0000

A second memory card slot sounds nice, but if I have to carry two different types of cards with me (each for one slot) isn’t that really handy. Two card slots for the same type of cards, like on the D3 and D3x, is much better! I still hope that the slot card cover isn’t like the rickety of the D700. Anyway, higher resolution, video capture mode and maybe a higher frame rate for sports- and nature-photographers, isn’t enough to upgrade from my D300 to a D300s. Something like included an included GPS-reciver and WLAN-transmitter could make me updgrading.