Nikon D300s unboxing and hands-on
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 31st 2009 12:57PM
posted Aug 31st 2009 12:57PM
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Rumor has it that this has the same focusing performance of the D3.
There's no rumor to it. Just like there was no rumor to it that the D300 had AF on the same level as the D3. The D3, D3x, D700, D300, and D300s all have the same AF sensor. One might argue the D300/D300s have a small advantage in this area because the AF sensor covers a larger amount of the image sensor due to the D300/D300s using cropped sensors.
All first-hand reviews of D300s I've read have shown D300s has signficant faster AF than D300
I've used the d300 and d700 extensively... they have the same AF sensor but the guts of the d700 are much quicker and AF on the d700 feels much more responsive. Hopefully the 's' will be the same.
hmmmm.... Maybe it's time to throw out the ol' D70? Idk, that camera has served me well over the years. But i wouldn't complain if someone had an extra and wanted to share :)
D70 to a D300/s is a huge jump, you will now understand why the D300 is one of the best cameras out there. :D
I pre-ordered the D300s to replace my D70, it will arrive in 2 days :)
too bad you didn't buy 2, then you could have taken pictures with one and avoided some blurry cam.
I think the problem is whomever took the photos used such a large aperture that DOF is minimal. Would have been better to use something a little smaller.
It's called 'art'.
Nah, it's only 'art' once they've turned it into an HDR, maybe 'chopped in a different sky or something.
At the moment, it's someone who stuck their camera on Ap mode, and left the 50mm F1.8 as wide open as they can.
Seriously Engadget, when you can't even make out the text on the product you're photographing, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
yeah, someone needs to tell engadet that narrow DOF does not always a good photo make.
+1 For not using Max Aperture in Product shots.
Leave the "Art" (Unboxing shots are never art... especially for Nikon Boxes) to Nikon PR. Trust me, they have a better studio than you do. The purpose of an unboxing is to show us what the product looks like, and a quck glimpse of its functionality. We can't really see that if most of the product is lost in the Bokeh.
i think he's being sarcastic?
That's an expensive camera, but I guess it's worth it for 12 megapixels. I suppose it could also be used as a home video camera.
Ofcourse it is expensive, it's not your ordinary DSLR in the first place.
I really hope the rumors are true about a D700s coming to the market. Nikon needs a better 5D Mk2 competitor.
720p movie mode? HHmmm that would make for some nice home movies.
Yeah, but it still suffers from jellycam syndrome like the D90.
So many new HD enabled DSLRs, it's getting hard to choose.
Nikon's got a few, Canon's got a few (after 7D is announced), Panasonic has one, Pentax I believe has one as well.
Lots of good choices there.
"The semi-pro body is significantly more sturdy and somewhat heavier than our in-house D90, though the rear LCD sure looks awfully similar."
That's because it's the exact same screen. Nikon is using the same one on all their cameras from the D90 up. The D5000 and D3000 user lower resolutions screens.
meanwhile, i wish engadget would get a real photographer. or at least a tripod. i'm surprised you guys don't have a better setup for taking product shots.
It's kind of nice that I can't even keep track of all the different models of dslr now... and the prices are getting lower all the time too.
Another few years and I am guessing the pocket digicam gets greatly merged with cell phones and the dslr (or some form of swappable lens system) moves even lower down the slide to be widely availabe for a couple hundred or so on the low end for intro body/lens kits.
the prices don't really get lower. you can get older models for cheaper, but most of these cameras are made to be released at certain price points. a new DSLR with lens will always cost at least five hundred, and that'd be for the small, amateur models.
You can just hire me as the product photographer :-D I'm a Nikon guy.
Products are a lot easier to deal with than people, which are my specialty.
(cough,cough,joshuaaaronphotography.com,cough, cough)
I want d700... I already have D90... FX is the place to be... no need to invest in cropped cameras
Pictures would look better with FX?
"I want d700... I already have D90"
Stop upgrading and start shooting.
ooh can't wait for a comparison with this and the canon 7D
Upgrading from a D90? Wow. Save the $$, get a lens or two, and start taking photographs. A D90 with an extra lens or two should be all you ever need. Ever. A D90 plus a plane-trip somewhere will take far better photos of a D300 sans trip ever will.
Unless of course you're a hardcore professional, in which case you're probably not upgrading to a D300, or from a D90.
A whole lot of pros use the D300... Looking through my pro photography magazines, I see a lot of the 1Ds's and D3X's, but also a whole hell of a lot of D300's. I agree that the D300 isn't enough above the D90 to upgrade from one to the other, but it's certainly a pro level camera, and there's not a lot of reason to spend from 3-5x more on a D700 or D3X or whatever other top model camera is if you don't need outrageously large prints or more than 8fps burst.
On the other hand, I just upgraded from a D70 to a D300 (Not D300s, it wasn't enough 'new' to make me part with the couple extra hundreds), and it is a very significant improvement.
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