No mode dial!? Crazy!
The D400 will communicate directly via Bluetooth to the Nikon chip implanted in your brain. Most of those dials will no longer be needed. What's really crazy is Nikon doesn't know why anybody wants or needs a D400. They don't want you to want it because they can't comprehend a pro Dx body when they are handing you Fx below $2k. Since they don't want you to want it, they ain't gonna make it!
(I Hope I'm wrong!)
The D300 the camera i should own,if you remember i had a secondhand one on loan but took it back and bought the D7000,this is not total regret the 7000 is the right camera for my bird shots as they are nearly always crops,the D300 though for macro,close up and landscapes when i can work with the full image sensor would i feel have been better than the D5100.
There was just some thing magic about the way it felt and handled
I followed you right up to the D5100, then you lost me, sorry, it's not even in the same ball-park. Maybe you meant something else.
No i just got so much more pleasure from using the D300,not saying the 5100 isn't a great camera,it is but when i have the 7000 already the 300 would have made a nicer stable mate IMO not into changing gear so unless something goes wrong with the 5100 it will be kept.
I rushed out and got the D300 when it first came out,, LOVED it,, thought I was done for while,, and the D700 came out, and
yes,, had to have the full frame which at the time, was an amazing price, I got the D700 for only 300 dollars more than what
I had paid for the D300 at the time!, and the D300 collected dust, and more dust, until I sold it to raise cash for the D800,,
funny thing,, I have been posting up on 500 PX,, and sometimes I notice the camera was the D300,, and I go wow,, the D300
produces wonderful image, It held up well to the D700 except for the LOW light,, The D700 is clearly superior.
except for the 1.5X for bird photographers,, I would go with a Used D700 vs a used D300,,
The D700 remains a classic, and will stay there for a long time.
but,, confesses, my D700 collects dust now,, the D800 is just that good!..
and when I want the backup or lightweight,, I go with the D7000.