Nikon D300 Expert Reviews

Is this the camera for sports?

Excellent image quality, excellent ergonomics, great design and control layout, menu system, good combination of usability, control and custom modes plus value for money.

Slight issues over white balance control but otherwise, well, nothing really.

Billed as a professional model by Nikon it looks set to capture a big slice of the market.

This digital SLR camera has high resolution, a very fast burst-shooting capability, and exceptional flexibility, but it's quite complex.

(as of 07/13/09) without a lens. It's also a complex camera that offers 12.3-megapixel imaging and straddles the line between professional and consumer

Nikon has started 2008 with a brace of 12-megapixel DSLRs; the pro-spec D3 and this, the D300, for the semi-pro and enthusiast markets

Handling and build quality, high ISO performance range of features and overrides, focusing and metering performance

Price (for some, but not me and I'm poorer than a church mouse), weight, some switchgear could be better

Every now and again, a camera comes along that redefines the market it serves. The D300 is just such a camera. It is a superb piece of kit that never fails to impress. While some may find the £1300 body only price tag hefty, I can only wonder how ...

Nikon has today announced a firmware update for the Nikon D300 digital SLR (Version 1.10). The upgrade offers improvements related to auto focus acquisition and white balance, and provides a number of other enhancements to the performance of the Nikon ...

A monster truck of a camera for less than you might expect to pay. The D300 gets almo

One of the first things is some serious mass. The D300 is built like a tank, and its magnesium-alloy body shell is environmentally sealed against dust and moisture. And with mass comes size: put it next to the diminutive Olympus E-420 and the D300 ...

Nikon's new D300 DSLR camera slots in above the D200 'pro-sumer' model but does not replace it. Although five grams lighter, the new model has essentially the same sturdy body as the D200, with a magnesium alloy chassis and dust- and moisture-proof ...

Other third-party converters can't be far behind, although they will have to contend with Nikon's new NEF format. Nikon's track record for supporting third-party developers is far from good, so it's to Adobe's credit that they managed to 'crack' the ...

An expensive camera, but one offering superb image quality, features and handling

Instead, it's Nikon's DX format, which at 23.6 x 15.8mm is almost exactly the same size as the APS-C sensors found in Canon's consumer range and the Sony A700. But, like Nikon's professional range, the D300's body is magnesium alloy and weighs 964g ...

Visibly better photo quality and slightly improved performance make the Nikon D300 a significant upgrade over the D200 and an excellent all-around choice.

Excellent performance and photo quality; solidly built; extremely flexible custom settings architecture; onboard wireless flash controller

A bit too expensive, given the competition

For the most part, Nikon sticks with the tried-and-true body design and interface of the D200, with its intelligently laid out controls. The dust- and weatherproof body weighs a hair over 825g, and feels as solid as a little tank. The viewfinder is ...

With camera phones increasingly popular and useful as a means of taking a spur-of-the-moment snap, attention has shifted from digital compacts to their more fully-featured cousins for amateur photographers wanting to get the best quality stills. We ...

The Nikon D300 has more features than the beginner photographer would ever need. It now also features Live View, which works like in most other DSLRs. Which is to say, it is not like what you are used to on your consumer point-and-shoot digicams. The ...