What next after D300?

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Bukitimah

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Hi D300 users. I am sure many like me have been contemplating to 'upgrade'. We dear the wonders of FX, the newer sensor with better higher ISO. What exactly with the D300 that we would like to see upgrade?

For me, the crop sensor that makes my 17mm like takes 25 mm pictures. Noise when I hit ISO above 400. Other than these 2 points, I am very happy with this camera.

Of course if I need a wider angle, I can always change to a UWA lens, for example the 11-16 Tokina. When I try out the D7000, I didn't see that much improvement on higher ISO. Maybe just me.

2 cameras have always cross my mind. The D600 and D7000. But I didn't see very good reason to move there now.

So, share your thought here while we ponder what is next.
 
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skene

Senior Member
RON said:
Do the Nikon Gods love us or what? Or do they just want to part us from our Cash?
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They love us enough to help us lose weight from our wallets and a few family dinners away from that fancy restaurant.... In exchange for a nicer camera. I think its worth it.
 
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Bukitimah

Senior Member
The reason why I didn't consider the D700 is because some are selling off their D600 and the D7100 almost the pre-owned D700 price. The D7000 is around USD 600 or lower!

D700 was once my next target. Unless it falls to the USD 600 range, I think D7000 may be a better deal.
 
SkvLTD

SkvLTD

Senior Member
Well, ISO performance on 7000/5100 is about as craptastically identical as rails on the railroad; so if 300 is pretty much a triplet, your only haven would be either 7100 or 600 and up. Newer processing power and more megapixels turn noise into grain at much higher threshold than the older brethren quite well. I'm rather impressed by a lack of noise even up to ISO 5000 on my D600 vs ~400-640 max on my 5100.
 
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Bill16

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I'm likely to add a D700 to my collection someday when I decide to upgrade. Though I think I'll still keep my D300 and hopefully add another D300 before I decide to upgrade. Upgrading isn't really something I need/want to do for awhile. The D300 has tons of room for me to grow into! :D
But knowing me, I'll upgrade to full frame eventually anyway. :D
As much as I love my D300 the D700 seems like the most logical upgrade to choose. I'll just have to wait and see when the time comes! Lol :D
 
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pedroj

Senior Member
My D300 has taken aprox 35000 images, A lot of life left in it yet....WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY I just might buy myself a present...
 
SkvLTD

SkvLTD

Senior Member
pedroj said:
My D300 has taken aprox 35000 images, A lot of life left in it yet....WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY I just might buy myself a present...
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My 5100 took ~46k in a year, and after that amount and knowing practically its every screw that TERRIBLE higher ISO performance just made me want to cry every time I had to shoot indoors faster than 1/25th. And unless I was shooting chairs, 1/160 was quite essential if not higher. Primes didn't quite cut it, and esp. having only wider f/2.8 ap.

So a much more capable sensor first and foremost eased my mind with me being able to trust the camera with at least doing ISO automatically without fear of getting @#$% quality shots afterwards.
 
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aroy

Senior Member
I added D300 to my D70 quite some time back. Now I bought a D3300. Unless you want AF with D lenses, and bracketing, the D3300 is excellent camera.
 
Browncoat

Browncoat

Senior Member
The next logical step in Nikon lineup would be the D800.

The D610 is a lateral move. You're losing just about as much as you gain. That's not a very good trade-off for a $2,000 D610. With the D800, you get a lot more camera and is the only true "upgrade" from a D300.
 
Eduard

Eduard

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Browncoat said:
The next logical step in Nikon lineup would be the D800.

The D610 is a lateral move. You're losing just about as much as you gain. That's not a very good trade-off for a $2,000 D610. With the D800, you get a lot more camera and is the only true "upgrade" from a D300.
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I have to agree. I made that exact move and couldn't be happier. For the most part, the controls are exactly the same as the D300. I just got back from a 2 week vacation and told my wife I couldn't be happier with the move. I spent waaaaay too much time over analyzing it before pulling the trigger. I did buy a used D800 for a little more than the price of a new D610.
 
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pedroj

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SkvLTD said:
My 5100 took ~46k in a year, and after that amount and knowing practically its every screw that TERRIBLE higher ISO performance just made me want to cry every time I had to shoot indoors faster than 1/25th. And unless I was shooting chairs, 1/160 was quite essential if not higher. Primes didn't quite cut it, and esp. having only wider f/2.8 ap.

So a much more capable sensor first and foremost eased my mind with me being able to trust the camera with at least doing ISO automatically without fear of getting @#$% quality shots afterwards.
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I bought a flash...Low light is not a problem....
 
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