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D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:14 pm
by cawdor
After getting my D300 I couldn't wait to test it, took it to the RC Car WA State Titles on friday. It was good being able to try the different focus modes etc.
Didn't get to try the 8fps mode as I still have to get some alkalines to tie me over until I get the en-el4a etc etc....
Here are some photos, just cropped and resized, no pp:
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Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:11 pm
by Geoff
Some great initial shots Tim!
I don't know what I would have been more excited about though, the RC car racing or the D300!
I love remote controlled cars - what a blast! :) PS - What lens did u have on the D300 for these shots?

Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:22 pm
by Matt. K
Auto focus working well.

Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:58 pm
by cawdor
Geoff wrote:PS - What lens did u have on the D300 for these shots?

Cheers Geoff. I had the 70-200VR on the D300. Wasn't allowed on the track but the access around it was good, nothing was too far away. Though wouldn't have minded a 300mm for some of the shots.
But the good thing with 12mp is that the shots still are good enough to print cropped :)
AF working really well, after some experimenting I ended up using the 21point setting.
I find the D300 focus much more responsive than on the D200 which would hunt for focus quite a bit, especially in high contrast situations. The D300 hasn't hunted yet :)

Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:08 am
by cobby1
Very nice Tim :D :D

Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:57 am
by colin_12
#3 is a corker Tim.
Regards Colin

Re: D300 - first outing

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:54 am
by Killakoala
cawdor wrote:
Geoff wrote:PS - What lens did u have on the D300 for these shots?

Cheers Geoff. I had the 70-200VR on the D300. Wasn't allowed on the track but the access around it was good, nothing was too far away. Though wouldn't have minded a 300mm for some of the shots.



No doubt for your own safety. You don't want a loose tyre hitting you. :) :) :)

The first one is pretty cool. Nice abstract :)