I was hesitant to take the plunge. I actually gave up my turn when I was up for a D300 back in November. We had just had a costly vacation and I wanted to make sure that the camera would be a notable upgrade over my D200. I waited it out a bit and read some reviews and it seemed that the D300 is, in fact, a substantial upgrade. I can confirm that it is, quite substantial.

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tags: camera | d300 | nikon | photos

By Saturday, I had my D200 for four days. I was anxious to get out to do some real photography, but I just had major surgery and I am limited in my activities. Up until Saturday, all my photos were of my pet cockateil, Blake. Here is one of hundreds… (more…)

tags: d200 | nikon | photos

Note: this entry is based on something I posted on the D200 forum at Nikonians

There has been a lot of posting in online forums about how to choose between the D80 and the D200 (believe me, I have read a lot of it in the past two weeks) and the best advice that I have found in those threads is to look inward at the type of photographer you are and then match the camera to your needs. I am posting this to help others who may be going through the same process, but ultimately, you need to make the choice based on your own evaluation of your needs and your assessment of the equipment you test. In other words, don’t decide to buy one camera or the other based on my choice or someone else’s review. Instead, evaluate your needs; evaluate the features of the cameras you are considering, and best of all, test them all, if you can.

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tags: d200 | d80 | nikon | Photography | Review