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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffc" data-source="post: 335734" data-attributes="member: 8705"><p>I bought my wife a D300 shortly after it came out and I struggled on with the D70 for a few years. Eventually I bought the D300s. To say we really loved these cameras is an understatement. They are a top quality piece of engineering. However, I eventually went FX with the D800 as the ISO performance was causing some frustration and the D7100 didn't exist at the time.</p><p></p><p>I kept my D300s for about 9 months after the D800 and it just gathered dust. My wife was still using her original D300. One day we went to a cathedral where I was snapping away with the 800 at ISOs up to 3200 and she was getting rather fed up with all the noise she was getting inside the building. We actually left the cathedral and went to the camera shop opposite and bought a D7100 for her there and then. I don't think she seriously used the D300 again. We eventually sold them, partly for the cash and partly because it was such a shame for them to sit on a shelf. We actually bought a second D7100 with the proceeds so we had a backup between us and I had a crop sensor for wildlife.</p><p></p><p>My real point is that the D7100 does everything the D300 did plus some extra things and the image quality is in a different league. Unlike the D300 I would be more nervous using the D7100 as a hammer but it's more than robust enough for any normal use. If the D7100 had been out earlier I would have struggled to justify the D800 for my needs. So for us D300 die hards the D7100 was very much an upgrade, except for the buffer. Therefore if you can afford it, get the D7100.</p><p></p><p>One final point, if you do get a D300s, don't do so for video as it's not very good.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoffc, post: 335734, member: 8705"] I bought my wife a D300 shortly after it came out and I struggled on with the D70 for a few years. Eventually I bought the D300s. To say we really loved these cameras is an understatement. They are a top quality piece of engineering. However, I eventually went FX with the D800 as the ISO performance was causing some frustration and the D7100 didn't exist at the time. I kept my D300s for about 9 months after the D800 and it just gathered dust. My wife was still using her original D300. One day we went to a cathedral where I was snapping away with the 800 at ISOs up to 3200 and she was getting rather fed up with all the noise she was getting inside the building. We actually left the cathedral and went to the camera shop opposite and bought a D7100 for her there and then. I don't think she seriously used the D300 again. We eventually sold them, partly for the cash and partly because it was such a shame for them to sit on a shelf. We actually bought a second D7100 with the proceeds so we had a backup between us and I had a crop sensor for wildlife. My real point is that the D7100 does everything the D300 did plus some extra things and the image quality is in a different league. Unlike the D300 I would be more nervous using the D7100 as a hammer but it's more than robust enough for any normal use. If the D7100 had been out earlier I would have struggled to justify the D800 for my needs. So for us D300 die hards the D7100 was very much an upgrade, except for the buffer. Therefore if you can afford it, get the D7100. One final point, if you do get a D300s, don't do so for video as it's not very good. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD [/QUOTE]
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