Re: D3 vs D300

Mike -- Email Ignored wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:46:01 +0000, Paul Furman wrote:

David J Taylor wrote:
Mike -- Email Ignored wrote:
D3 vs D300: what are the differences? Which should I buy? Thanks for
your advice.
Mike.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond3/

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond300/

Which can you afford?
Which feels best in your hands?
Which can you carry all day?
Wide angle or telephoto?

Yes, both. My favorite lens is about 70-210, f/2.8.

Low light?

Yes, sometimes. I recently did a 5 minute exposure.

Well then get both!

If I get a D3 (or it's smaller future version) I'll be keeping my D200 for telephoto work, and for when I don't want to walk around in public with a huge behemoth. The big advantages of a D3 are ability to shoot in low light hand held and super wide angle like my 12-24 full frame Sigma: that would need an 8mm rectilinear lens on a D200/300 etc. which does not exist. Even 14mm rectilinear equivalent doesn't exist for crop frame. Lots of things don't exist like a 28mm f/1.4 (18mm/1.4).

And the 70-200/2.8 works like a 300/2.8 cropped so that's a big factor too.
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