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In good conditions the D200 has been fine for my needs. The resolution is more than adequate and the images I have obtained with it have been perfectly satisfying but for stuff which is much more demanding like night time photography, which I haven't really been interested in before it has always been acknowledged the early cameras, like the D1 and D2xx cameras lacked the capacity to produce the goods.
To my mind we are moving into new photographic territory here, these fairly clean and detailed images in almost complete darkness would never have been possible in the days of film, or not easily. To some degree this is why I have not had much interest in photography in poor light, my mind has always been attuned to the idea that you only take good photographs in GOOD light. Fifty odd years of conditioning takes a little effort to overcome and I will still try to make good light photographs.
Whether the D300s will produce better images of flowers in good conditions remains to be seen but I don't expect to feel the need to re-take many, if any of my botanic photographs.
It may enable me to take some which I have struggled with because they are under a heavy canopy, in the short dull days of the winter months like some of the Rhododendrons at Muncaster. I definitely want to revisit one particular bush which has up to now defeated all my attempts to get good images of it's flowers, although I think it might take the D3 to conquer that one! :thumbsup:
Considering I have never used a D300 before, I managed quite easily in almost total darkness, to work the back buttons to access the menu and display buttons although perhaps some tactile difference would be welcome to differentiate the two display zoom buttons which would help when working by feel. A single pip on the zoom in button and multiple pips on the zoom out.
The D300 performance might surprise you even in good light.....
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Last edited on Thu Dec 10th, 2015 06:03 by Eric
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