Comments on: Nikon D300s updates

By: A.S.

A.S. — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:55:59 +0000

The samples are ok, the camera to, the only problem is the price, which suks!
At that price point man may consider a Sony Alpha 850…

I think Nikon is exagerating with all the camera prices!!!

By: Jarvie

Jarvie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:26:02 +0000

In actuality I think I might.

I have a D700 and a D300 and D200
But I’ll probably sell the 300 and 200
and get the 300s (as a backup camera)

So it’s kinda dumb right?
But here’s why I’d do it.

I want a new warranty so I almost always upgrade.
Cameras start to degrade so much faster than lenses… my $1700 D200 is now worth barely $500 and I never ever use it.

I shoot enough that I’d hit the shutter click allotment on the D300 pretty soon.
I also would find it fun to have video. (Fun to throw in on smugmug galleries from time to time and record workshops I do)
Going through some other improvements on the D300s it looks like a good deal for the essentially $500-600 “Upgrade cost” from my old to this new one.

So again not for everyone but you asked.
My camera store called and said I’d have it tomorrow… if so I’ll probably write something up on the blog about it perhaps.

By: msb29

msb29 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:22:36 +0000

Best online place for Canadians IMO
mostlydigital.com D300s at 1929$CA instead of 2100$,,,and D300 on sale for only 1475$….Im sure thecamerastore will have a good deal later too and vistek has a a kit for d300s and the new lens for 2999$CA…maybe 2700$ US?
Bestbuy.ca so far only got the d3000, they never had the best Nikon cameras here in Canada…you cant even purchase the 3000 and it has reviews already on Bestbuy, I dont get why they let people rate it and give it a bad review.

By: JAK

JAK — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:37:44 +0000

RTFM?

By: JAK

JAK — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:26:59 +0000

I always wonder, when a new camera comes out “they” refer you to a website to checkout photos taken by the camera. Usually it is some stupid curio or a squirrel or a bland house. Now what are we supposed to see from it? I have no idea.

Almost all cameras that come out today captures good photos as long as they have good lenses. Lenses are more important than the camera, but I don’t see even the camera manufacturers advertising lenses as much as the cameras. When did you last see a lens advert on TV? Most impoartant are the Photographer, Lense and Camera in that order.

By: rciu

rciu — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:51:35 +0000

Some people aren’t intelligent enough to learn the shortcuts to format the card using only hardware buttons. I figured it out five minutes after taking my D300 out of the box…

I won’t even get started arguing about calling Nikon lenses “crap.” I laugh in your general direction.

By: Ricster

Ricster — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:14:09 +0000

Personally, I use TriState Camera. Based out of NY, I’ve had great service and the prices are much lower than B&H, etc. No gray market products here either. Have bought two lenses and they’re all registered without a problem.

By: J. Mitchel

J. Mitchel — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:40:31 +0000

Best Buy Long Island markets won’t have them until Sept 9th. 79 in transit to the Long Island market.
I saw this info on the internal screens when a worker was looking for the item today for me in the Baldwin NY store.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:29:27 +0000

How often do you have to format your card, princess?

By: Ron Adair

Ron Adair — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:43:13 +0000

Wow. Crap camera, and crap lenses from a generally crap-centric camera company. Yeah, I think I’ll sell my real camera and blow my wad on a camera that you have to access the freaking lcd menu on back just to format your dang cf card. That’ll be really cool.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:15:38 +0000

FX is more about HIGH ISO performance, big light viewfinder and generally sharper images.

Is it worth switching from DX to FX?

If you already have the lenses = heck yes.
If not = how rich are you? =/

By: Ronan

Ronan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:13:33 +0000

Big lol.

By: Ronan

Ronan — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:12:29 +0000

South Africa gets D300s in stock before Canada and the US? What the frack?

By: sonnt

sonnt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:32:40 +0000

The guy in the D300s video is using a new 70-200 VR2, right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:26:05 +0000

Screw the d300s: http://www.canonrumors.com/2009/08/upcoming-releases-cr3/

By: Scottinbr

Scottinbr — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:09:11 +0000

Several d300s bodies have been made available for review (as evidenced to the numerous test shots and videos we have seen online). They are out there and have been out there for some time, just not available to the public (yet).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:05:43 +0000

Or attribute it to the buyer being clueless since the old 18-200 has VRII exactly like the ‘new’ 18-200.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:02:59 +0000

Who do you expect to hear it from? The camera isn’t even shipping yet.

By: Jurno

Jurno — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:52:37 +0000

Well, I think you’re basing your conclusion on a very sound foundation, a few poorly taken shots and videos. Best not to wait for a proper, extensive review. Make your decision now, while you can still jump to quick conclusions.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:50:38 +0000

Re: ABT

I can also vouch for ABT – I would be extremely surprised if they didn’t take care of the customer who reported the problem.
They are a local institution , we have bought numerous appliances from them and I personally know one of the owners.
They’ve been around for at least a generation or two and didn’t get to be where they are by mis-treating customers.
They sell cameras, but are not a dedicated camera/photographic store – most of their floorspace is TV’s and appliances.
I’d suggest we attribute the issue to an honest mistake until we know better.