These are exciting times if you happen to shoot (or want to shoot) Nikon's prosumer or pro-bodied DSLRs. After months of rumor and rampant speculation, Nikon formally announced the much-anticipated pro body D3 on August 23, 2007. Somewhat of a surprise was the concurrent announcement of what most folks assumed to be the prosumer Nikon D300, ostensibly the follow-on to the D200. Both cameras reached the market near the end of November, with the much more limited production D3 still being hard to find if you don't qualify as a Nikon pro or weren't on the pre-order bandwagon back in August. The D3 is a singularly significant camera for Nikon � their first full-frame (FX) sensor DSLR � but that's a story for another day.
The D300 retains the familiar Nikon DX format sensor, which results in a 1.5X crop factor for any lenses (35mm film equivalent). I've owned and shot Nikon's flagship D2X for several years, and the prosumer D200 for almost as long, but with the arrival of the D300 the hierarchy of Nikon's DX sensor DSLRs has undergone a dramatic change: the D300 is the best of these digital Nikons. Better than the now less expensive D200, and better than the pro bodied D2X/Xs at a fraction of the cost. The D2X/Xs and D200 are still the great cameras they always were, but the D300 is just better. Maybe that's why Nikon ad copy makes no mention of anything other than "professional" when talking about the D300.
J. Keenan
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