Which backup camera for my D300?

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I've been using my Nikon D300 for about 6 years and am very pleased with it. I need to buy a backup camera but only have a budget of around £300 to £400 max so have been looking on ebay at second hand. I was thinking of another D300 but that would not be particularly adventurous. I would like a camera that uses the same lenses as my D300. I have a Nikon AF 50mm 1:1.8D, A Tamron AF 90mm 1:2.8 and finally a Nikon AF-S 18-200mm. What would be the best option for me to go for? Thanks in anticipation, Daryl
 
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If you're after something that offers something a little different to what you already have, maybe worth considering the Fuji S5 Pro. It's basically a Nikon body (D200) with Fuji 12mp sensor. Takes Nikon lenses. It's incredible for portraits, the skin tones and colour rendition are superb.

Also maybe worth looking at the Nikon D2X or D2XS. The appeal of those is the full size gripped body and the incredible images at low iso.

Both worth a look.

And lastly if you want to save some pennies, a Nikon d200 makes a fine companion to a D300.
 
Daryl Chapman said:
I've been using my Nikon D300 for about 6 years and am very pleased with it. I need to buy a backup camera but only have a budget of around £300 to £400 max so have been looking on ebay at second hand. I was thinking of another D300 but that would not be particularly adventurous. I would like a camera that uses the same lenses as my D300. I have a Nikon AF 50mm 1:1.8D, A Tamron AF 90mm 1:2.8 and finally a Nikon AF-S 18-200mm. What would be the best option for me to go for? Thanks in anticipation, Daryl
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What sort of work do you do? The d300 is fast. Would you benefit from something with a higher mp count?
 
Wow, thanks for so many useful replies. I will certainly take a look at the D200. Thank you all.
 
D200 is fine as long as you aren't looking at high ISO stuff, I used to own one and moved onto the D300 for that very reason
 
D90 - smaller, lighter, same IQ as the D300 plus basic video. For me, a backup needs to have similar/same IQ as the main camera, and it helps if they both use the same batteries, which the D90/D300 do. I think if you went with a D7000 you'd be wondering which one is the backup, high ISO is significantly better than the D300, you've got dual cards etc, plus they use different batteries so that's another complication.
 
A 300s should be within the budget. And as others have said all the accessories will fit ( my reason from moving to a D700 from a D300s).
Another D300 is an obvious one as well.
The reality is that your D300 ought to be the backup and use this as an opportunity to see what the last few years improvements have to offer. I loved my D300s, but above ISO 1100, things started to go south. This is where a D7000 would show you what improvements have been made.
But, if high ISO is not your thing, then a D200 could be the one.
 
I wish if your budget was more then i can say got for D700, but i can't help here because i am not a Nikon Shooter and don't have much background about all Nikon cameras since the last one i remember which is D3 and D3S or D3X, those Dx0/Dy00/Dz000 i have no much idea rather than how many megapixles only.
 
Buy another D300. I have two D300S Nikons and love the way I can pick up either body and they're just the same. It also means you can carry two cameras and swop between them without having to think

Nick Froome
 
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Buy another D300. I have two D300S Nikons and love the way I can pick up either body and they're just the same. It also means you can carry two cameras and swop between them without having to think

Nick Froome
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I agree that is nice but itd be nice if he had a 2nd body that offered something different. Higher mp , iso range or bigger DR
 
Easy, another d300. Great value for money. I have a d700 as well as a d300 as I need the crop factor sometimes, but would rather have 2 d700 as I could easily swap between the 2 if that makes sense.
 
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