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Thinking of upgrading. Had a play with the d300 and 18-200dx vr lens today.Really tempted to buy.Any downsides to this camera or lens.Also if I decide to go for it can any one recommend a decent flash(reasonable priced).
 
thanks for the quick reply,not wanting to sound like a numpty but can that flash work wirelessly.:thinking:
 
Both the SB-600 & SB-800 and SB-R200 will work wirelessley with the D300 as it has a built in commander (and probably others to)

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mattyh said:
Yep, the SB600 will with the on board flash in commander mode.. I've just been using mine like that, so it definately works :D
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Thanks again.D300 felt a really nice camera.Never had a Nikon before
 
When I tell the wife how much so far, I might have to put that on hold.Thanks again
 
JIMC said:
Thinking of upgrading. Had a play with the .......18-200dx vr lens today.Really tempted to buy.Any downsides to this ...... lens.
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Well, you already heard how good the camera is, and thats also a great lens. Tends to exhibit lens creep after a while, little bit soft at 200mm, but a lens well worth getting and seems to work better on the D300 than earlier models. Its on my D300 most of the time.

Allan
 
allanm said:
Well, you already heard how good the camera is, and thats also a great lens. Tends to exhibit lens creep after a while, little bit soft at 200mm, but a lens well worth getting and seems to work better on the D300 than earlier models. Its on my D300 most of the time.

Allan
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Thanks for the input,think I've made my mind up now
 
Re the 18-200 VR, it depends what you want from a lens,the 18-200 is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. It's not fast glass, but for a walkabout lens it's ideal.

I'd second the suggestion to go for the SB-600, you can get them new for about £130 delivered, the SB-800 is a bit more powerful, but the deifference in price would buy you a 50mm f/1.8 ;)
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Re the 18-200 VR, it depends what you want from a lens,the 18-200 is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. It's not fast glass, but for a walkabout lens it's ideal.

I'd second the suggestion to go for the SB-600, you can get them new for about £130 delivered, the SB-800 is a bit more powerful, but the deifference in price would buy you a 50mm f/1.8 ;)
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Thanks for the info.Was thinking of that lens as you say jack of all trades to get me started.Can get various others later.Have a 50mm 1.7 for my other camera and fancy one for this also,so cheaper flash as you say money saved buys it
 
lukewoodford said:
I Have a D300 and the 18-200mm lens and i couldnt be happier. Check amazon for the flash everyones talking about aswell, i saw it cheap on there.
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Thanks for the help,alot of checking out to do now
 
I'd get a D40 and and a much better lens.

The lens is the cameras "eye" and you can do WAY better optically. WAY way better than an 18-200 VR.

Spend 80% of your budget on lenses (which last a lifetime), not the 70-30% as you are doing.
 
JIMC said:
When I tell the wife how much so far, I might have to put that on hold.Thanks again
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If you're ok so far with the budget to be spent on your kit, I'd say add a few more £££ and get your wife something nice along the way.

This will ease the physical pain.


That said, the D300 is a fantastic camera; the 18-200VR is a fantastic walk-about lens, and so too is the SB-600. Do enjoy your purchase, and welcome to the Nikon side of things.
 
puddleduck said:
I'd get a D40 and and a much better lens.

The lens is the cameras "eye" and you can do WAY better optically. WAY way better than an 18-200 VR.

Spend 80% of your budget on lenses (which last a lifetime), not the 70-30% as you are doing.
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There's alot to be said for puddleduck's suggestion. I certainly agree that the smart money goes on the lens then the camera. However, I would look at a S/H D80 or S/H D200 rather than the D40 as they can fully use the older AF lenses (the D40 can't).
 
puddleduck said:
I'd get a D40 and and a much better lens.

The lens is the cameras "eye" and you can do WAY better optically. WAY way better than an 18-200 VR.

Spend 80% of your budget on lenses (which last a lifetime), not the 70-30% as you are doing.
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Thanks for the input.I already have a Sony A350 and various good lenses which I plan to keep as backup.So not sure if the D40 would be much improvement camera wise.Thats why i was thinking D300 and later upgrade the lens.I may be wrong as new to this digital area
 
The problem with your strategy is that upgrading the lens later is false ecomony.

But the time you do this, the D400 will be out, and the D300 will plummet in value - and with a 18-200 VR onboard you will never have got the best out of it while you had it. The lens will never drop in value much.

Glass Glass Glass. Seriously.
 
puddleduck said:
The problem with your strategy is that upgrading the lens later is false ecomony.

But the time you do this, the D400 will be out, and the D300 will plummet in value - and with a 18-200 VR onboard you will never have got the best out of it while you had it. The lens will never drop in value much.

Glass Glass Glass. Seriously.
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Thanks again,thought I had made my mind up,back to drawing board.
 
I don't think I agree with the idea of going for a D40, a D80 or a D200 yes, but the D40 is too old and too low spec to be worth considering nowadays...no offence meant to anyone that owns one :)
 
but the D40 is too old and too low spec to be worth considering nowadays

I guaratee that a D40 with a Nikkor 70-200 VR onboard will blow away a D300 with an 18-200 onboard.

About the same price all in, but its GLASS that makes the difference.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
I don't think I agree with the idea of going for a D40, a D80 or a D200 yes, but the D40 is too old and too low spec to be worth considering nowadays...no offence meant to anyone that owns one :)
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having a Sony A350.thats what I was thinking as the D40 doesn't seem any better then what I have really.Thats why I was thinking D300???
 
Obvious question, but why not just get good lenses for your A350?

The D300 isn't - despite the hype - some piece of magic that will suddenly produce better photos.

Honestly - get lenses. Doesn't matter what for. Treat your A350 to a nice Zeiss lens.

You seem to want a D300, but not spend on the glass. Doesn't make sense.
 
puddleduck said:
Obvious question, but why not just get good lenses for your A350?

The D300 isn't - despite the hype - some piece of magic that will suddenly produce better photos.

Honesty - get lenses. Doesn't matter what for. Treat your A350 to a nice Zeiss lens.
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Was also thinking that.I had a previous post about this (no replies).Agree with you that money is better spent on lens.Will have to give it all some careful thought.Thanks again for your help.Will keep you posted
 
The D300 is a far superior camera than either of the others mentioned.
 
fracster said:
The D300 is a far superior camera than either of the others mentioned.
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It has a superior specification.

Printed A4, then I doubt many people would see the difference between images from a D40, A350 and D300.

There is a specification superiority, then a real tangible superiority that you can see on your wall when you have a nice picture framed. I don't think its far superior at all in that regard. Could you spot the D300 image blind tested...?

Specifications, features, weather sealing etc and "bells n whistles" rarely show in print.
 
I have a D70s, a D200 and a D300, the 300 is far superior in every way than the other two,especially for action photography.

In my opinion.
 
fracster said:
The D300 is a far superior camera than either of the others mentioned.
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I know its a good camera, read quite a lot of reviews etc ,really like the feel and layout compared to my Sony.
As said above will have to give it some serious thought.Mabe even the D300 and another lens for general photography(not the 18-200) to start with.keeping the sony kit as a backup(as my Son uses this also)Decisions decisions.
Thanks
 
fracster said:
I have a D70s, a D200 and a D300, the 300 is far superior in every way than the other two,especially for action photography.

In my opinion.
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Not at ISO100 its not. The D200 has better dynamic range, and better shadow noise.

The D70 is sharper than both due to to the weak AA filter.

Depends on what you shoot really. I test drove a D300 for a month alongside a D2X (which has better AF than a D300 IMHO) - its OK for sure.

There isn't a lot of mileage in throwing out "far superior" comments without context.
 
puddleduck said:
Not at ISO100 its not. The D200 has better dynamic range, and better shadow noise.

The D70 is sharper than both due to to the weak AA filter.

Depends on what you shoot really. I test drove a D300 for a month alongside a D2X (which has better AF than a D300 IMHO) - its OK for sure.
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What about at ISO 800? The 200 is awful over ISO 400, the 70 is awful over ISO 200.I still use my 70 for landscape, but for anything that requires shutter speed in low light, the D300 wipes the floor with both of them, yet is perfectly capable of matching them at all other things.Hence, it is a superior camera......:shrug:

Can`t comment on the 2X as I have never used one.
 
OK, I am being argumentive now.. but you said it was "superior in every way", so I just threw out two examples, where it isn't :)

Oh, and the D200 had a dedicated BKT button. For landscape shooters the better ISO100 and BKT button (for HDR etc) is more useful than 8fps and an ISO800 they will never use.

It depends on context when making sweeping "far superior in every way" because there are some scenarios when it isn't.
 
Makes one wonder why Nikon brought it out then........;)
 
fracster said:
Makes one wonder why Nikon brought it out then........;)
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Money. Simple as that.

As soon as the D400 comes out, the classified will be full of D300s and people will be saying how the D400 is "far superior in every way" to the D300 they just lost £800 by selling so they could get latest toy that produces identical images to the last one :)
 
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