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Nikon D300 Digital SLR Review

Author Cliff Smith
Published 19th Feb 2008
Manufacturer Nikon
Price £956.52 (Exc VAT)
as reviewed £1,100.00 (Inc VAT)
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Features Score 10 for Features
Image Quality Score 10 for Image Quality
Value Score 8 for Value
Overall Score 10 for Overall
Nikon D300 Digital SLR
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A range of general test shots are shown over the next two pages. In some cases, the full size image has been reduced for bandwidth purposes, and a crop taken from the original full resolution image has been placed below it to show the overall image quality. Some other pictures may be clicked to view the original full-size image.




The complex AF system and 1005-point metering have made a good job of this close up.




The 17-55mm lens produces almost no distortion at wide angle.



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This shot is processed from a 14-bit RAW image. The exposure has been adjusted in post-processing to bring out the highlight details, and the image has been straightened and cropped, but no colour adjustments have been made. Click to see the full-size JPEG converted from the un-adjusted RAW file.


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comment Sabyasachi Bose said on 18th July 2008

Don't you think shutter noise is too much considering the other aspects of the camera and the terget users? Some times 'red' tends to bleed in vivid mode. focus brak... more

comment ravi said on 7th February 2009

I WISH i had money to buy this dream cam...someone in FLICKR has taken bird's photo which is my desktop background...the picture is amazing with even the faint hairthin cobweb... more

comment amin said on 13th July 2009

Hi Cliff
I have been considering going from my K20D to the Nikon D300, particularly due to the faster AF locking and it seems the D300 has a slightly better noise control th... more

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