Yesterday San Jose Camera called me out of the blue and said that the Nikon d300 I was on a waiting list for came in. It took me a couple of minutes to decide to go ahead and buy it and I did. It was expensive - I paid about $1800 - but I expect this camera to last me a long time. I was going to go ahead and wait until the dust settled with the new release of the camera, but since they called me a day before my vacation, I thought, hmm, maybe the camera deities are telling me something. Gives me a chance to spend some time with it over the next week.
So far I’ve turned it on and shot a couple of random pictures, and my initial impression is that it’s much faster than my d70s showing pictures and navigating the menus and just in general. It feels extremely responsive. And its LCD screen is frankly amazing. It’s a bit heavier than the d70s, but it’s not really very noticeable.
I’ll post more about it when I’ve done some more playing with it over the next few days. Can’t wait!
Btw, here’s more about the camera at dpreview.com.
