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D300 Review by Thom

Postby Glen on Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:42 pm

http://www.bythom.com/nikond300review.htm

After Dawesy was good enough to post about Thom's new D300 book coming out I looked at Thom's site and saw his review of the D300 is out. A very detailed review and very useful for someone with an older Nikon DSLR to see if the upgrade is worthwhile.
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby ATJ on Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:29 pm

Thanks Glen. The D300 looks like a great camera. I'll have to me one. :chook:
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:50 pm

And a Poon plug from Thom ...

Speaking of connectors, the D300 also sports a PC Sync socket and 10-pin connector on the front, both under an F6-like rubber door contraption, which is a welcome relief from those darned small caps we all kept losing. All of Nikon's 10-pin remotes work with the D300, which is nice, but note that they are much more expensive than the ones for the consumer cameras. Personally, I like the Phottix Cleon, which is an inexpensive wireless remote from Hong Kong that works just fine with the D300.
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby gstark on Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:56 pm

And, it seems, Thom has MyProblem when it comes to MyMenu ... :)


And why can't I add Format memory card to MyMenu?.
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby Glen on Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:35 pm

I thought the Poon plug was great too.


Andrew, hope you like it :wink: Just don't get it by UPS, they have a go slow on D300 to the mountains :lol:
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby DVEous on Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:25 pm

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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby gstark on Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:21 am

VK4CP wrote:
gstark wrote:And, it seems, Thom has MyProblem when it comes to MyMenu ... :)
And why can't I add Format memory card to MyMenu?.

Ummm, because it's a readily accessible two button affair to begin with? :wink:


Yes, but no.

We have had this discussion before: the two button mode is acceptable to some, and a PITA to others. I loathe it.

Besides, that is not any reason, let alone a good one, to not have it available on MyMenu.

So, no, that is not the correct answer. :)
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby Onyx on Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:31 pm

"Readily accesible" and "two button" - surely that must've come from a Canon user (req. three buttons to change ISO)! ;)
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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby Glen on Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:42 pm

Onyx wrote:"Readily accesible" and "two button" - surely that must've come from a Canon user (req. three buttons to change ISO)! ;)


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Re: D300 Review by Thom

Postby aim54x on Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:20 am

Onyx wrote:"Readily accesible" and "two button" - surely that must've come from a Canon user (req. three buttons to change ISO)! ;)


lol!!!
I really dont mind the two-button format, use it all the time, it has become second nature
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