Nikon d300

Many of our readers request detailed information on the difference between the Nikon D700 and Nikon D300/D300s DSLR cameras. They wonder why there is such a big price difference, while the cameras look almost identical and the number of megapixels is the same. In this comparison, I will be providing not only feature differences between these cameras, but also high ISO samples to explain the difference between the different types of sensors used in D700 and D300/D300s.

Just under two years since the D200 Nikon reveals the D300, the range of changes is so significant that it wouldn't be inappropriate to call it a 'compact D3' (less the full-frame sensor of course). From the top there's a new CMOS sensor with twelve megapixels, a new auto-focus sensor with 51-points (15 of which are cross-type sensitive), there's focus tracking by color, scene recognition, Picture Control presets, six frames per second continuous shooting (or eight frames per second with a…

How do you use the flash on your Nikon D3300? How do you switch to Live View Mode? Answer questions like these — and tons more — with our huge collection of Nikon camera articles.

Nikon D300s

Whether you are using a DSLR or a mirrorless camera, the might be a special button on the back of it labeled “AEL” or “AE-L / AF-L” (in the case of Nikon) that can be quite useful in many situations. In this article, I will explain what the AE-L / AF-L button does, when it should be used, and how it can be combined with different autofocus modes. I will also demonstrate how I personally use this button on my cameras when I set them up.

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The recent release of the Nikon D800 has thrown into sharp relief the fact that the megapixel war is most definitely not over. In the last few years, there has been a brief lull in the battle, a sort of phony war where the major manufacturers had been quietly suggesting that they had reached the optimum pixel count. Nikon’s D800 is almost certainly the open shot of a new battle for megapixel supremacy. So with this in mind, today, we are going to take a look at how many megapixels you really…