Nikon D300 - What a stunner! - Page 3

Boddie · #21 (**permalink**) 18-12-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by eeyore

you do know those are basically panasonics with a different badge on the front , right

Yeah and Top Gears car of the year is a Mondeo, but I'll keep my convertible with the small black, white and blue logo on the front of it

wizzo · #22 (**permalink**) 18-12-2009, 04:54 PM

Richbrew - as soon as I get 'out & about with it mate I'll certainly give you my honest opinion. Now.....just hope this weather holds out

Regards - Wizzo

RichBrew · #23 (**permalink**) 18-12-2009, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wizzo

Now.....just hope this weather holds out

I think you are okay for the coming weekend.

The one criticism I will level at the D300 is its native ISO of 200. There are many times when I would like to be able to set the camera to ISO 50 for example, when doing landscape work. I rarely stop down below f/11 using a DX sensor due to diffraction, and would like a slower shutter speed for pictorial effect.
Yes, I know the camera is capable of being set to LO .3; L0 .7 and LO 1.0, but this is not the same, and faffing about with ND filters can be a pain. In the quest to get good high ISO performance the camera manufacturers have neglected the other end of the scale. Nikon, are you listening?

RichBrew

wizzo · #24 (**permalink**) 18-12-2009, 07:30 PM

Well Rich, this was something that I hadn't noticed. I must admit that I would have, or in fact did assume, that the ISO range would have started at ISO 50, ideally lower but at least ISO 100! Is the ISO lower range, any better on the full frame Nikons do you know? Not that I'm gonna part with the D300s now! Wizzo

pressld2 · #25 (**permalink**) 18-12-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by wizzo

Is the ISO lower range, any better on the full frame Nikons do you know?

Nope, the D3, D3S and D700 all have ISO 200 as the lowest "official" ISO setting but can be extended down to ISO 100 using the three LO settings.

Dave P.

acherontia · #26 (**permalink**) 21-12-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pressld2

Nope, the D3, D3S and D700 all have ISO 200 as the lowest "official" ISO setting but can be extended down to ISO 100 using the three LO settings.

Dave P.

Correctomundo! Why they call them that I do not know. My camera just goes from ISO 100 - ISO 6400. No fancy LO settings - but it's only a Sony

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DrNickBurton · #27 (**permalink**) 22-12-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by acherontia

Correctomundo! Why they call them that I do not know. My camera just goes from ISO 100 - ISO 6400. No fancy LO settings - but it's only a Sony

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The reason they (Nikon) call it that is that 200-6400 ISO (I use the D700 as an example) is the normal working range of the camera, outside which the performance degrades. In a sense, Nikon are saying "go lower than 200 or higher than 6400 at your own risk". So nothing fancy here - just a warning from the manufacturer.

Although cameras like the D300, D700 and D3 can each go to 100 ISO (Lo 1), since this is below base ISO of 200, there is a drop in dynamic range. These bodies are all designed with low light or sports/action work in mind, hence the working ISO range starts high relatively and ends high too. In contrast, the working range of the D3x is 100-1600.