Upgrading

12 years 1 month ago #206155 by britohh
I am looking to upgrade from a Nikon d3000/beginner to a better camera, I am looking at the D7000 and D300. I did the comparison and it seems that that the d300 sensor is a bit more powerful than the d7000. Also the ISO rating on the d7000 is much broader than the d300. Can anyone please advice on what the best choice would be.

Thank you


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12 years 1 month ago #206156 by Darrell
I have the D7000 and love it, by brother in law has the D300 and loves it, but he does comment about wishing he had the higher ISO ability. Both are fantastic cameras.

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12 years 1 month ago #206159 by chasrich
Will you be shooting more in low light conditions?? - ISO might be the deciding factor. Go to the store and try one on in your hand. See which one feels right.

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12 years 1 month ago #207360 by Joves
Well the D300 has a Magnesium body which is weather sealed, the D7000 is plastic and not sealed as well. The D300 has 51 AF points to the D7000s 21 if I remember right. The D300 has more feature sets to work with if you use them, I dont myself but to some that is important. I dont find the D300s 3200ISO to be too much of a bottle neck to the D7000s 6400ISO but, if you do shoot a lot of low light shots then it could be for you. I shoot landscapes and when Im shooting sunsets or rises the camera is on a tripod and at maybe 200 to 800ISO. I don plan on doing some night time shots but again I use support as it stands. And I do plan hopefully going to a Full Frame higher ISO camera for that.
Also my D300 has taken some good healthy abuse and is still shooting. So Im pretty happy with it.


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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #207391 by Stealthy Ninja

Joves wrote: Well the D300 has a Magnesium body which is weather sealed, the D7000 is plastic and not sealed as well. The D300 has 51 AF points to the D7000s 21 if I remember right. The D300 has more feature sets to work with if you use them, I dont myself but to some that is important. I dont find the D300s 3200ISO to be too much of a bottle neck to the D7000s 6400ISO but, if you do shoot a lot of low light shots then it could be for you. I shoot landscapes and when Im shooting sunsets or rises the camera is on a tripod and at maybe 200 to 800ISO. I don plan on doing some night time shots but again I use support as it stands. And I do plan hopefully going to a Full Frame higher ISO camera for that.
Also my D300 has taken some good healthy abuse and is still shooting. So Im pretty happy with it.


D7000 has 39 AF points.

You forgot the D7000 has about 14 stops of dynamic range at base iso. Which is nice for landscapes. The D300s has about 12.
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12 years 1 month ago #207445 by photobod
I use a D300 and would highly recommend it to anyone :judge: :judge: :judge: :judge: :judge: :judge:

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