Re: D300 review at DPReview

"Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Focus wrote:
>
>> Uncle Phil is still a Canon fan, obviously, because he compares the
>> D300 with a 1.8 50mm against the 40D with a 1.4. C'mon Phil! That's
>> BS. He thinks the ergonomics and handling of both camera's is the same.
>> Right. Try to change aperture and shutterspeed in manual mode at the
>> same time and you'll see he's wrong.
>> Then he has sharpness on 3 of 9, because he says the picture will
>> suffer from artifacts. I've been taking pictures from the very start
>> on 9 and have no such problem. Maybe it's Phil?
>> With the samples he shows that he's really not a top photographer:
>> very uninteresting, flat shots, no action shots (in which the D300
>> excels) and no shots that use the Active D-Lighting feature.
>
> The crux of the problem is most Canon shooters aren't used to seeing
sharp
> images when they use L glass.  This is one major complaint when a Canon
> shooter switches to Nikon, the razor sharp images with creamy bokeh is
too
> much for their mind to comprehend all at once.  This is why Nikon has 
> taken
> into consideration of putting in a "Canon" mode in their pro bodies. 
This
> mode will emulate all the blurriness and focus problems associated with 
> most
> Canon bodies.  There will also be an "Error 99" emulator as well.
>
>> All in all: I've seen much better reviews.
>
> True!
>

LOL, your humor is priceless! Too bad there's an ocean between us,
otherwise 
I'd sure would like to have some coffee with you!
Any chance you ever have a holiday in ****tugal?


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Focus