Getting a D300 this weekend...

[doom102938]

I just got my D300 too! after buying 50D in Sept, selling it in oct, and finally got my favourite nikon D300. Of course not going to jump ship this time, why i changed camp is because 1. I grow up a Nikon fan, 2. canon image quality sucks.

But after testing the 51 point AF i was slightly disappointed. After test many times, i realised that the 51 point autofocus speed is slower than using single point, am i wrong? Cos when I used my canon 50D with 17-85 IS USM lens, the focus speed is the same whether I used the a single point or the 9 point autofocus. And the focus will be locked almost immediately under normal indoor florocent light. I tested using the D90 18-105mm AF-S ED VR DX lens.

So, am i facing this alone? or am i expecting too much? ;p Or i thought i should be, since it by right should be better than Canon. Afterall, D300 scored 9.5 for performance in DPreview while 50D only scored 9.0. Or is it the lens that is the limiting factor? But if that is the case, still there shouldn't be any difference between single point and 51/21/9 point.

But generally still love my new toy. just that maybe next time I will need to use single point focus more often.

Lol, like you suggested its 9 AF points on the canon versus 51 AF points on the nikon. If you are using the 51 point auto auto focus(yes 2 auto cus its the auto mode of the auto focus), the camera has information from 51 AF points to process, so the camera thinks where to AF first(which is the intial lag time) then it focuses.

Also Canon's AF is faster than Nikon's but i feel that the 3D auto focusing on the nikons'(d90 and above) are really good and the 51 points of AF offers alot of flexibility (ESP when the AF points cover 50% of the view finder).

If you really need brute AF speed, AF on a line or a something like the side of a persons hand or what ever, and use single point AF, it will auto focus very quickily

 

[chickenwing]

not a bad one..

OP $2000 no freebies
AP-SLS $2080 8gb bag

orient photo for 2000 flat?

 

[tkbonz]

Was at John 3:16 two days back helping friend buy compact cam and heard sam quoting 2050 for D300. Comes with nikon bag and at least a 4g CF card.

 

[BlueBull]

orient photo for 2000 flat?

Was there yesterday and yes, confirm. OP is $2000 flat, no free gifts.
AP SLS $2080 with Nikon gifts.

 

[MrJelly]

CP offer 2.1k with nikon gifts which will include 1 camera armor.

 

[kero89]

orient photo for 2000 flat?

yeps flat..

just got back from hunting..

MScolor $2050 4gb bag lenspen armour (rmb to ask for it)
AP-F $2060 same freebies above
CP-P $2200 same freebies above
john $2080 no gifts :thumbsd:

any idea about TK guys?

 

[pgopal]

2050 in TK a week ago..
no freebies , i guess

 

[jnet6]

but i think can buy SB900 @ special price. go down and ask.

 

[kero89]

but i think can buy SB900 @ special price. go down and ask.

CP mscolor mentioned tt.. both their SB900 at 549 with purchase of D300 and i think applies to D700

 

[mcn]

yeps flat..

just got back from hunting..

MScolor $2050 4gb bag lenspen armour (rmb to ask for it)
AP-F $2060 same freebies above
CP-P $2200 same freebies above
john $2080 no gifts :thumbsd:

any idea about TK guys?

as i oready said in post #42, no matter how u hunt, price difference won't be more than $500/-; might as well buy from your usual retailer ...

 

[kero89]

as i oready said in post #42, no matter how u hunt, price difference won't be more than $500/-; might as well buy from your usual retailer ...

haha.. dint hunt for the sake of buying.. just a usual walk for weekend.. lool.. though bought a laptop at the end

 

[skipbo]

will someone standup and initiate a mass meetup on all D300 future buyers and in the end - all get a better deal by buying not 1 but 5-6 D300.
haha...
so everyone can get the best!

- if there is ... do count me in..as my brother is getting one too.

 

[cybertron]

CP-M D300 $2200

 

[thomaschan]

honestly, if u are new, get a d90 and a 18-200. No regrets!

I had a d70, jump to d300 and LOVE IT!!! but d90 is really ALMOST as good as d300, save the money and get a good lens.

17-55 or 18-200.

with either d90 or d300, both have such good low noise that ur lowlight/indoor shots will be great

 

[luntut]

CP-M D300 $2200

not a good time to go buy D300s now, especially from CP.

I spoke to a salesman there 2 weeks ago, he quoted me 2150 with the usual freebies like bag, tripod, card, cant remember wat else. The following weekend, when I really wanted to go buy, he tell me he offering the Christmas deal, which is at 2170, no freebies. I was like what the....

decided to hold off all purchases for now. they are just using the "Christmas Festive Sales" nonsensical explanation to rip us off. booo.

 

[erictan8888]

if you do not need the camera urgently, best is to wait and hang on...
the economy is so bad that they are gonna lower the price sooner or later when the cameras are stuck on the shelves...
not to take advantage of the companies, but this is a very simple way to stretch your dollar...
only if you are patient enough.....

 

[cybertron]

if you do not need the camera urgently, best is to wait and hang on...
the economy is so bad that they are gonna lower the price sooner or later when the cameras are stuck on the shelves...
not to take advantage of the companies, but this is a very simple way to stretch your dollar...
only if you are patient enough.....

good thought
my cam fired over 13k...& still going strong...
until then.... D400 ;p

 

[skipbo]

not a good time to go buy D300s now, especially from CP.

I spoke to a salesman there 2 weeks ago, he quoted me 2150 with the usual freebies like bag, tripod, card, cant remember wat else. The following weekend, when I really wanted to go buy, he tell me he offering the Christmas deal, which is at 2170, no freebies. I was like what the....

decided to hold off all purchases for now. they are just using the "Christmas Festive Sales" nonsensical explanation to rip us off. booo.

They really tell u that.. I am not surprise. big camera shop like them alway wanna leech abit here and there..
Try going some small but well known shop. u can just test test and ask.see wat's the bargain play... if u are at the winning zone.. maybe u can think of buyin..
will there be a chinese new year sales. haaha.. advertising gimmick.:sweatsm:

 

[virus530]

as i oready said in post #42, no matter how u hunt, price difference won't be more than $500/-; might as well buy from your usual retailer ...

Wow...If I am earning so much that S$400-S$499 difference wont be any pinch to me, then I wont be getting D300. I would go for D700 or D3 then.

 

[Hachiman]

They really tell u that.. I am not surprise. big camera shop like them alway wanna leech abit here and there..
Try going some small but well known shop. u can just test test and ask.see wat's the bargain play... if u are at the winning zone.. maybe u can think of buyin..
will there be a chinese new year sales. haaha.. advertising gimmick.:sweatsm:

i did much hunting around last week too and end up buying D300 from orient at $2000 flat .. then i got a sandisk extr3 CF from them at $85. i prefer to buy at more reputable and well known shops and will only ask price from them. the rest i dun bother. oh ya.. when asking around .. do remember to check if they include GST to the price they quote you k!!

i still remember one kuku shop around lvl 2 at SLS .. that fellow bluntly quote me $2850 for D300 .. both my friend and i was stun for a while .. we stare at one another then tried to keep ourselves from laughing out. we gave some !%$&^@$ face and left the shop immediately. he probably thought that i'm some angmoh chai tou.