Compare the Nikon D300S vs the Nikon D7000

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Carlos Magalhães

(6:15 PM, June 11, 2013)

Hello, the Nikon D7000 has 2 storage slots too.

Engr Omerfaoroq

(9:54 PM, December 13, 2011)

i am not great fan of body for me best body is that can run long time and fullframe is must. but lenses are something worth investing. check pixel-peeper dot com for difference between d300s and d7000. you may never see any significant difference @ same settings (ISO-SHUTTER-APERTURE). but lenses even on same setting give clear difference i have sigma 70-200 its not even close what nikon 70-200 produces. nikon is tack sharp with double the price. for people who earn from photography they always go for nikon/canon glass.

Jonyahblog

(8:31 AM, October 28, 2011)

the D300s is not exactly worse than the D7000, you have yourself a great camera :) did you see nikons latest micro release? the 40mm 2.8. extremely good lens and less than $300, if you haven't already gotten one, you might want to get on that.

you can contact me at jonyahblog@hotmail.com if you want to talk more about photography :)

Jonayhblog

(8:26 AM, October 28, 2011)

i don't think it is fair to say that the D300s is the same as the D3100, there are obvious differences in the D3100, D5100, D7000 and the D300s such as megapixel count, sensor, build quality, etc.

also, the ISO performance of a D7000 is better than the D300s, even if you shot in RAW and lowered the pixel count and tweaked your image in post, in the end, you could do the same with an image taken with the D7000 and it'd still be better. not to say the noise on the D300s is unfavourable, it's still an amazing camera it terms of low light performance.

and i don't understand why you're posting professional lenses on this thread, if people were tossing up between the D300s and the D7000, they probably wouldn't be going to spend $500 on a prime lens (if they even knew what that was), let alone $2000 on some fast glass. . .

Billforgrace

(1:36 PM, October 21, 2011)

Thanks for the information, I have some really nice, expensive lenses. I came from the D40, which is a great little camera to the D300S, which is much better. Hard to learn though. I love to take micro pictures and it works out good since I'm cripple. Again, thanks for the information. Bill

Engr Omerfarooq

(10:30 AM, October 21, 2011)

at the moment other then d3, d3s, d700 all Nikon cameras are same. because the only thing for me is how much light one sensor can capture. crop sensor takes half the light of a full frame. ISO is the quality of one sensor to work without introducing noise and for that all of them are almost same if any body feels d7000 ISO performance better than D300S (and it is) just decrease the resolution of image on d300s and shoot in raw and import it in light room or adobe PS and do post processing there. you will get same or better noise performance. that is the technical way to reduce noise. even d90 is good camera if somebody have too much money then spend it on lenses.

For me lenses are most important. you got to get a sharp lens with big front glass and big aperture f2.8 or less. specially above 50mm get as big aperture as possible like 'f1.2' 'f1.4' 'f1.8' 'f2.0' 'f2.8'. as for f5.6 and f6.3 are more than useless on focal lengths greater then 70mm unless you are doing macro work.

i would recommend these lenses if one wants to spend money as far as camera goes just buy any full frame from nikon d3,d3s or d700.

Nikon 50mm f/1.4G (Short Telephoto)
Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G (Wide Angle, Landscape)
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G (Mid Zoom, Normal use)Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II (Telephoto)Nikon 85mm f/1.4D (Head Shots)
for 3rd party lenses i would not give any comment just go to shop with your camera take photo of same object with both lenses. if you do not feel any difference then go ahead and buy 3rd party. check on both extremes min and max aperture and min and max focal lengths total 4 shots per lens.

Joe90

(7:16 AM, September 14, 2011)

Having said (in my previous comment) there are reasons to consider the D300s... I should add that for my needs I have considered the 2 cameras (D300s and D7000) and I'm going with the D7000, this is despite the recent price reduction on the D300s. From lots of rumours tho' there seems to be a D400 on the horizon. I'm not in too much of a rush, so come xmas 2011? my choice may change.

Joe90

(6:57 AM, September 14, 2011)

There are reasons to buy the D300s, a bit short sighted of this site to say none! Here's a few for starters... D300s has: a better body; ergodynamics; focus; metering; exposure bracketing... check out the excellent dpreview

Billforgrace

(4:28 PM, August 31, 2011)

My wife and I was on the porch enjoying a semi breeze in this hot Ga. weather. I guess the winds are coming from the storm. Thanks for the input on my camera. I don't know much about sensor's and things like this. I know this camera, my D300S, is a upgrade from my D40. I bought some nice lens and have a pretty good package. (I think) I like taking pictures and a Micro lens is one of the best things I bought. Again thank you so much, you can write me at billforgrace@yahoo.com and I'll send you some of my pictures. I'm just a beginner and trying to learn. Thanks again, Bill

Snapsort

(3:33 PM, August 31, 2011)

Hey Bill, the D7000's sensor isn't much better than the D300s, and I imagine D300s has a number of advantages not mentioned in our review, for example as a pro body the D300s probably has more features available on the body as buttons, more advanced menu/customization system, a shutter rated for a higher # of actuations, etc.

Billforgrace

(3:22 PM, August 31, 2011)

Well, I guess I didn't do so good. I thought my D300S was the best camera. Thanks anyway. I can't afford to upgrade any more the wife says.

Snapsort

(3:12 PM, August 31, 2011)

Hi Bill, see the comparison above, the D7000 scores better than the D300s in DxOMark's benchmarks for high iso noise, color depth and dynamic range.

Billforgrace

(3:09 PM, August 31, 2011)

So is the sensor better in the D7000 in Nikon. The man I bought my camera from bought a 7000 Nikon, Later, asking around someone said he really didn't upgrade, besides having more pixels.

Billforgrace

(2:40 PM, August 31, 2011)

So how does my 300s Nikon rate among camera's?? I love my camera but I'm afraid I have not learn to use it proper yet. Thanks!

(10:16 AM, August 31, 2011)

the sensor is the same as seen on Sony A55 and Pentax K-5, so nothing special from Nikon. Still, this sensor is one of the best crop sensors developed and marketed up to this moment, IMHO on par with the one featured on Canon 7d/60d/600d.

Billforgrace

(5:42 PM, July 02, 2011)

Why, when you said the D300s was the outdoor beast?

Billforgrace

(2:24 PM, July 02, 2011)

The new Nikon D7000 is a new generation DSLR that sits between D90 and D300s, which can be classified as an “semi-professional DSLR”. It features a brand new sensor from Nikon, which has been specifically engineered for the Nikon D7000 and possibly other upcoming cameras. The Nikon D7000 is the second camera announced this year by Nikon with the new Expeed II processor, allowing faster image and video processing up to 1080p: Taken from the site: http://mansurovs.com/nikon-d7000-vs-d300s

Billforgrace

(2:07 PM, July 02, 2011)

Would the D7000 be an upgrade from the D300S? I love my D300S.

Maj_mike28

(8:36 AM, June 05, 2011)

I have a question... in what category should D7000 fall into.... Entry-Level, Mid-Pro or Pro... and Kindly make same explanation on this part... because I saw it was tagged here as Entry level but some says its a Mid-pro cam... ThanksBy the way, this is a good site... this helps me comparing two bodies...

Nbjdaoulis

(8:50 AM, May 15, 2011)

I own both cameras d7000 and d300s. D300s is the classic outdoor beast and D7000 is the perfect indoor camera with excellent colour accuracy. Today between the two Iwould choose D7000

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