Re: Not sure about the D300
The D300 isn't yet in the hands of anyone. Let's not forget that. We simply don't know anything yet.
If the D300 gets me into ISO 1600 and perhaps 3200 land far more cleanly than the D200, I'll be extremely happy with it.
The focus system improvements will be very nice. I'm also interested in the lenses "above f/5.6" language out there and what it means to those using consumer grade lenses with variable aperatures and focus reliability. Wasn't the D200 language "above f/8"?
I wanted to intentionally avoid a Nikon / Canon debate. The ISO cleanup gap is closing and, personally, I never thought it was far enough apart to make any difference to me. There are always a ton of other factors to consider... type of photography you do, price, lens needs, lens inventory you already own, etc.
I've made poster size images from events with the D100 when it was around and at normal viewing distances they were pretty clean. I would run some images though Noise Ninja at times, depending on the image itself, but noise was a problem with that camera, flash was another, and auto WB accuracy was yet another problem though to a lesser extent.
The D70 and D50's cleaned up the act quite a bit. The D200 did as well. The D3 series (300 incl.) will probably do more as well, but I currently wonder about "Lo" ISO to get to ISO 100... wouldn't it have been nice to get ISO 50 to 6400 with clean images? Maybe I'm dreaming but I don't want to gripe before the model hits the streets so let's see what comes out and see what Nikon has done for us.
I take all of the current "informational reviews" with a grain of salt. I don't know what they did or what camera settings they used, how familiar they became with the body or it's functions before doing their tests...etc...
Time will tell and I wouldn't make purchase decisions based on advance reviews.
Julio
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