At 07:32 AM 3/25/2008, you wrote:
>;--- In NikonLenses@yahoogroups.com">NikonLenses
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"Bryan Pritchard"
><bryanpritchard...> wrote:
>;
>
> > A D300 is a PRO body
> > Why would it not be? so
much confusion on a D300
> > Bryan
>
>This is where
'marketing promotion' language affects reality. The D300
>is viewed as
an upgrade for the D200, which itself was an upgrade to
>the D100. All
these were considered 'Pro-sumer' cameras, designed for
>the advanced
amateur (and the professional photographer in a pinch!)
>
>The D3
is an upgrade to the D2-series bodies. These were engineered
>for
full-time professional use, which is why they are priced 3 to 4
>times
the 'Pro-sumer' bodies.
>
>The D300 (as was the D200) are
selectively marketed as 'Professional'
>cameras, usually by
Nikon-interest groups. But, as Gianini and others
>;have pointed out,
there are great technical differences between these
>two lines of Nikon
camera bodies.
>
>Still saving for the
D3.......
>
>-Chris Stanford
This is a side by side of the
two. This does not cover all the
features, but a lot of the most
important.
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=nikon_d3%2Cnikon_d300&show=all>
Shakey
Jack
