[Leica] OT: Nikon D300 impressions so far

[alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)]

Thanks for the report Chris. The LUG looks forward to your user reports
on the 28/2.0 and 100/2.0 ZF lenses. :-).
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Williams" <leicachris@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 11:56 PM
Subject: [Leica] OT: Nikon D300 impressions so far


> Holy crap! As a long time Nikon user I can finally shoot above 800iso with 
> no noise! Even 3200iso looks great. I've seen good 6400iso images from the 
> D3 so I'm going to assume this is also possible with the D300 though I 
> have not tried it.
>
> The D300 is miles above the D200, faster focusing,faster response time 
> when shooting(always thought the D200 was sluggish), extreme improvement 
> in high iso's, easier menu readout, etc. Still trying to figure out this 
> 51 point AF thing but so far I like it! And this new LCD 3" screen, it's 
> almost down right accurate! Big thanks to Nikon for including a new zoom 
> feature when viewing images. And file information is easier to read on the 
> screen.
>
> Now why Nikon used the same stupid too easy to bump C-S-M control switch 
> on the side of the lens mount is beyond me but I have learned to live with 
> it on the D200. The D2h,D2x cameras have the switch reversed so you do not 
> accidentally bump it into Manual focus when you're in Auto focus.
>
> I have not read the manual yet so I need to figure out this whole 12 bit 
> vs 14bit RAW/NEF recording. Does it really make the image any better with 
> 14bit? I've always shot compressed(D2h,D200,D2x) RAW/NEF with Nikons so 
> this may be a learning curve.
>
> Time to find a Red Dot to cover the Nikon logo!
>
> Chris
> NOLA
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