Nikon D300

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Hi as a newbie I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly.
I have a Nikon D300, which has been a good friend to me. But I want to upgrade. So help is needed .
I have looked at the D610, D800e, D3 and i'm confused. Any help would be gratefully recieved
 
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Maybe you could give us a clue as to what you want to achieve, where your photography is going. What lenses do you have now?
 
Say what type of photography interests, Stuart and we will be able to help.
 
I like walking. So it's probably more landscape and buildings. But I would like to start a bit of family portraits.
I use 10-20m and 24-85mm mostly
 
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Depends on budget, but your 10-20 will need to go as you have listed FF cameras.

All have their merits - a used D700 will be cheapest and give great results. A D610 has the edge on IQ but falls down on AF, body quality and controls. A D3 is virtually a D700 with a grip, and the D800 has massive files but gives you the best bits of the D700/D610 although less FPS I think.
 
Thanks for that. I was edging towards the D800e, but as yet have not handled one.
 
If youre used to the build quality and feel/size of a D300 then youre really limited to a D700 or D800/E, anything else simply sucks.
 
But before you drop £1000+ on a new body and new lenses... in what way do you think your existing kit is holding you back? The D300 is a very capable camera.
 
StewartR said:
But before you drop £1000+ on a new body and new lenses... in what way do you think your existing kit is holding you back? The D300 is a very capable camera.
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The OP hasn't said his kit is holding him back, he just wants to upgrade, its like most things, people want the newest technology, i still have a 32 inch CATHODE RAY TV in the spare bedroom and the pic quality is better than anything i have elsewhere in the house so why did i upgrade to LED/Plasmas etc?????
 
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LED/Plasmas etc?????
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You mean LCD/Plasma of course :)


Gary's first post pretty much sums it up. The D610 will feel a little plastic and cheap compared to the D700 or D800.


Having said that though, it's the images that matter, and the D610 is utterly superb. Unless you're going to be giving the cameras a hard time, don't worry about build quality. There's nothing WRONG with the build quality of the D610... it's just part plastic. It's not cheap plastic that yoghurt cartons are made from, it's tough. It just feels cheaper. People don't look at your cameras though... they look at your images. Just bear that in mind when choosing. The only down side to the D610 is the rather narrow and bunched up AF points which can be limiting if you shoot a lot of stuff that relies on AF.

Do you print big? If not, then the D800's only advantage if you don't is the dynamic range and better ability to make larger crops to the final images.. but the D610's dynamic range is identical, and if you don't print big, even the D610 is absolute overkill in resolution.

In terms of handling, layout, and overall usability, the D800 is the better camera without a doubt, but don't discount the D610. My advice is go and handle both.. see if the feel of one over the other persuades you.
 
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Going off topic a bit... retailers really shouldn't refer to them as LED TVs, as you CAN get LED TVs... and they're massively superior, but awesomely expensive. It misguides people. If there was a retailer's advert for a camera that misguided people, you'd all be over it in a flash, picking it apart, so pedantry seems to be selective :) What you bought is a LCD TV. There's never been a LCD backlit TV; it's either cold cathode or LED. A LCD is not a light source.

Anyhooo....

carry on.
 
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Going off topic a bit... retailers really shouldn't refer to them as LED TVs, as you CAN get LED TVs... and they're massively superior, but awesomely expensive. It misguides people. If there was a retailer's advert for a camera that misguided people, you'd all be over it in a flash, picking it apart, so pedantry seems to be selective :) What you bought is a LCD TV. There's never been a LCD backlit TV; it's either cold cathode or LED. A LCD is not a light source.

Anyhooo....

carry on.
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I was taking it as a given that you/we both knew the older method of backlighting LCD's was the CCFL tubes

But yes, i take your point about retailers, theyre not lying as such because the TV has in fact got LED backlighting, theyre just relying on the consumer NOT asking the right questions.
 
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You know I'm only messing with you... don't you? :)
 
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