Nikon D300

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OK why do I keep it when i have the D800 and the D810?

I use it with my 12-24 DX lens for rooms as I already had them and why pay for the latest when this combo works ok
Currently using it for an en-suite refurb photographing each stage in a small area.

was like this and the "tardis" side and hand held jets didn't work seat torn and radio useless

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoL5wKEsS0Q


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today at this stage with new ceiling as well

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Because certain people have to much money and are totally convinced (even though their photos don't show it) that they couldn't obtain the shot with their older equipment.
Then we have marketing that brainwashes us into needing the new gear.
 
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I used to have the D70s which was my first DSLR and a great camera but only 6 mp if I remember, may be wrong, and couldn't do too much with editing enlarging etc. So went on to the D200, again a great camera but boy did it get through battery power which is why I P/X it for the D300. The difference was like chalk to cheese and the D300 went on all our holiday cruise
 
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I had no issues with editing 5mp or enlarging to A2. Maybe at the time it was down to software or user capabilities?
Bit like the difference between the 18-70 kit lens and 16-85
 
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I've kept all my bodies except the D60 for various reasons.

The S5Pro plus 35mm 1.8 is a great cheap set up if I go out on the MTB and I'm not too concerned if I have a spill.

The D300 is a great back up if I want to take a second body with my D500 and use 2 dx bodies or leave it set up as my dedicated macro combi.

I picked up a used D3 a few years ago and find it very useful with the 70-200 when it's a little tight at 70 on a dx body.
 
Interesting replies thank you. Apart from the D300 value being virtually nothing now compared to when I bought mine new, it still performs as it should and still only has a shutter count of 29,089 so still a young camera. I was thinking of selling it with nikon grip and with BL-3 end cap and enel-4a batteries with charger for, but decided I would not get its true worth back, so keeping it
 
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If you have the grip, then you also have an 8fps camera, which is something your other Nikons don't give you - worth keeping if you ever shoot fast action.
 
Converted my older one to IR. It doesn't have the low light ISO performance of current ones so using it for shooting IR landscapes doesn't really need high ISO as usually working at 1/250 / F8-F11 so rarely need to go above 640 ISO
 
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Because certain people have to much money and are totally convinced (even though their photos don't show it) that they couldn't obtain the shot with their older equipment.
Then we have marketing that brainwashes us into needing the new gear.
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Nope, I had a D300 and took photos at 1100 ISO of nesting birds to enter a competition.

The shots were so full of noise they looked awful and did not edit into much improvement either.

The d7000 onwards are much better than the d90, d300, d300s era and I would not even use a d80 or older as a door stop.
 
At the time the D300 was the best Nikon camera in that price range , things have move on since then
 
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At the time the D300 was the best Nikon camera in that price range , things have move on since then
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it was an oddity that it was a DX with pro controls when you line it up with the D600/10 that was Fx with consumer controls
 
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