Interesting experiences Dave, and the pony shot doesn't look that noisy to me at all, what was the ISO?
As much as anything, I'm just frustrated with my situation. It's very easy to keep putting off upgrades, because there's always another model coming down the road, but I had gambled on the D400 coming this year and so my gamble has failed. But then you think it must come in the next 12 months, so just sit tight a bit longer, in the meantime the shooting opportunities just keep slipping by.
When the D300 was released I'd not had the D80 that long, and I was really happy with it, so didn't consider the D300 for a second. But once I started trying to shoot wildlife, it became much more desirable. Of course now I wish I'd bought the D300 12 months ago, when I first started lusting after a new body.
Obvious why it's a closely guarded secret, but I really wish I knew the Nikon roadmap for the next 3 years or so...
