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Yesterday I spent a whole busy Sunday for test shot of Nikon D300 and editing some files. I’m proud to say that I’m the only  wedding or portrait photographer in the country to have been given this camera to test.  I’ll definitely post a review of the camera in the next few days, but I’ve got clients to take care of before I take the time I need to write it.

My first impressions, as expected, were mind blowing. To be brief, I’m stunned at how responsive this D300 is and I didn’t believe there was  much room for improvement to the way the D2xs handled. I was clearly wrong. The Focus, feel of the shutter, focus point selection, enormous  LCD, auto white balance, dynamic range, color rendition, and a few other things have all been written about and touted, but nothing prepared  me for the incredible quality of the files out of camera. In addition, the high ISO performance, which was also talked about, is nothing short of  revolutionary.

In case anyone was wondering, I’m unable to post full rez files until after Photo-plus and these files were absolutely STRAIGHT OUT OF  CAMERA!!!! In addition, there is no software to open NEF(RAW) files yet so these are all JPG’s with absolutely nothing done to them besides a  reduction in file size for the web. Most images were captured with auto white balance. For the decor photos, I dialed in 2500 K to nail the color  temperature. If these are the JPG’s,
This camera literally changes the rules of photography and will simply allow me to capture things like never before. I’ll post the full review as soon as possible.  I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the new lenses Nikon sent to me. The 14-24mm 2.8 and the 24-70mm 2.8 are amazing pieces of glass. I’ll also  review these as well. In a nutshell, you must handle them at Photo-plus if you go. In any case, I took it for a test drive at yesterday’s wedding.  Cristina and Steven at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia. The decorator was the fabulous Evantine Design and the orchestra was The Eddie  Bruce Orchestra. Please keep in mind that I shot this camera quite sparingly. I only had it in my hands for 24 hours before I needed to use it for a  wedding. My obligation was to capture this day for my client, not test a camera. I did, however, find a few parts of the day that screamed for this  camera. The only hard part was putting it down. I love my D2xs, but I’ll be replacing them when I get my D300’s on a permanent basis. I’ll post  some data above the files.

Last night, I input all the images to the computer, turns out those pictures are fantastic, they are just like from a professsional photographer.

Nikon D300 digital camera is definitely a piece of art.

Relative links about Nikon D300

Nikon New Introduce D300 Digital Camera

D300 is a Dream to Use and Hold

Nikon D300’s Day Has Come

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