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Nikon D300? good?

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im looking for a pro camera; and i wanna kno if its really worth it :]

does it have liek bomb effects like fish eye and stuff?

if not feel free to suggest a better camera :]

thank you<333

(no price range)

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Nathan!!

Nikon D300 is certainly a pro-level camera.

D40 and D40x are consumer-level--although very usable one at that.

I have played with one in the store. It feels and costs and is used by pros.
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The D300 is worth every nickel! I was using D200's until I upgraded to the D300. The differences are dramatic. Card write times are much improved, the autofocus system is amazing! Very fast and accurate! It seems to be a lot easier on batteries than the D200 was. As previously mentioned, fish-eye is a matter of lens choice, and most other effects are post processing related...

My two cents on whether it is a professional camera or not. Who gives a c**p what number is on the camera and how much it costs? It's the person behind the camera who makes a "Professional" image not the hardware!
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This is the link you should read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_D300

Also you have Nikon cameras categorization in user friendly graphical way.
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I will differ with Nathan's answer.  The D300 is an excellent camera and many pros are using it.  Some are using it as a back-up to their full frame Nikon DSLR's and others are just using it as their main camera.  You mention that fhotoace uses the D300 and he is a full-time professional photographer.  I believe the D300 is his main rig now.

It's not a full format camera, I agree, but it is by no means an "amateur only" camera.

The D300 will do anything that any professional camera out there does.  It does NOT have cute little icons for various modes like portrait or scenery, so you have to know what you are doing to use it properly.

It is not a very good first DSLR for someone who doesn't know how to meter a scene and change the camera settings, unless you just have money to burn.

Nathan is correct in telling you that the lenses make the effects, but don't get the impression that you can do color accent or color swap or special borders in this camera like you can with some point and shoot cameras.

Here's my stock answer on the D300:

Nikon D300

I have had mine since December 2007.  I got the D200 in January 2006, so I used that for almost two years before getting the D300.  As great as the D200 is, the D300 is a phenomenal improvement.  The D300 is now $500 more than the D200 and I would say that it is worth every penny of that.

Nikon just dropped the price on the camera, so you can even get the D300 with an acceptable lens for under $2,000.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/51...

You can read reviews everywhere by now, but the major difference is obviously the switch to the CMOS sensor and the new Expeed processor.  Both are great moves for Nikon.  The camera has excellent image quality, exceptional low-light performance, and very fast auto-focus.  It has many features that make it easier to use faster than the D200.  Live view is not something that you will use the same way it is used in a point and shoot camera, but when it is appropriate, it is a major enhancement.  I appreciate the ability to show the top LCD info on the reaer LCD.  It's much larger and easier to see.  If the camera is on a tripod, this feature along with live view really make your life easier.  There is an in-camera dynamic range booster called "Active D-Lighting" that helps with unevenly lit subjects and scenes.  It's not the same as shooting HDR, but it is a step in that direction.  I could go on for an hour about all the features, but it has a 400 page user manual!  That tells you something.

See the review in PopPhoto where the by-line says, "...pushed the D300 to new performance records in the Pop Photo Lab." http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/4911/cam...

See where PopPhoto chose the D300 as the 2007 Camera of the year:

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/4857/cam...

See the 4Ã‚Â½ minute video explaining why:

http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/4925/cam...

See Michael McNamara's editorial on digital surpassing film in the March 2008 issue of Popular Photography and see how highly he praises the Nikon D3 and D300.  If people keep saying this kind of stuff about the camera, it's going to start selling at a $200-500 premium...

See the dpreview.com review where the D300 where they conclude, "There's simply no better semi-professional digital SLR on the market."

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond30...

See Ken Rockwell's review where he says, "The Nikon D300 is the world's best amateur camera."

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d300.ht...

I must say that I have not read a bad review on the D300 yet.  Practically the only complaint I've read is that it is so hard to find something to complain about!

See a few of my samples and while you are here, click on the link to "All public photos tagged D300."

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

Specific samples:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstei...

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Do You Know About SLR Photography? Lol...

The D300 isn't a professional camera, it's a mid-range camera, it's a few thousand from a professional camera, if you don't have a price range, and can afford a professional camera, you should get the Nikon d3, which is around five thousand dollars, and that's body only, not nice lens.

however, i'mma stick to the D300 for now

first of all, the ' fish eye ' effect, is acheived through a lens, and not through the camera's body itself. To get this effect you have to attach a fish-eye lens. but no, the d300 isn't a fish eye camera, you'll have to buy a fish eye lens on the side, but they have some cheap ones.

it has a three inch live view screen, twelve megapixels, and is really nice at high ISO, plus much more. What's not to like about this camera? it's a really nice camera for the money. This is a really nice camera. If you're a fan of this site, you should know Photoace, he uses this camera ( amongst many ) in his photography, so you can ask him about the camera, or he might answer this question.

this is a really nice mid-range camera, a few steps under professional, but it's a nice camera to start you in digital SLR photography. However, if you're spending so much on this camera, you shouln't use it in automatic mode, that would be a shame.
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