I have a Nikond D80, and shooting in pubs and clubs has been a fun, exciting but often frustrating experience. Time to get with the technology… D3s are sexy as hell, but outside the realm of possibilities, but a D300 looks the goods.
I’m not looking to be sold on the quality… what I need, is for someone that has got one, to testify to the awesome performance at high ISOs, and would be willing to call my girlfriend and explain how my life will cease unless I get my hands on one
Not too much to ask right?
(Steph, if you are reading this, please check the tags from the journal entry to prove that even while I’m looking at spending silly amount of money, I’m still thiking of you!)
pehpsi2, 7 months ago
Do it! Do it now!
Adrian Carmody in reply to pehpsi2’s comment, 7 months ago
That’s the sort of thing I’m looking for… positive re-enforcement!
Nicole Goggins, 7 months ago
I say go for it (not that i have or have used a D300) and nice touch with the i love you tags…
Adrian Carmody in reply to Nicole Goggins’s comment, 7 months ago
sadly, the tags are alphabetical, so they come up as “I love Nikon”... I would remove “Nikon” from the tags, but I do’t want to hurt their feelings
Jessica Heidi ..., 7 months ago
sips excitedly
Henk Stolk, 7 months ago
Hi Adrian, check with Antoine Dagobert, he has one.
And… check with me next week.. because I ordered one yesterday!!!
Adrian Carmody in reply to Henk Stolk’s comment, 7 months ago
well, I can’t be the only one without one… it would be silly
pehpsi2, 7 months ago
Just show Steph some High ISO samples and I’m sure she’ll be impressed..
Adrian Carmody in reply to pehpsi2’s comment, 7 months ago
You would think that was all it would take… ISO 1600 looks like 400 on my D80. What sort of world do we live in, where she can’t understand that??
pehpsi2, 7 months ago
1600 on my D70 looks like sensor-malfunction sometimes! Oh how I would sell my soul (don’t believe in souls) for a D300!
John Robb, 7 months ago
Steph – when you throw him into the garage give him at least one blanket to keep him warm.
Stephen Colquitt, 7 months ago
Just wait till the lens lust hits you after you get your D300!
Evil game this photography
Adrian Carmody in reply to John Robb’s comment, 7 months ago
With a D300, I wouldn’t need a blanket…. I’d simply put the beast onto live view, and at ISO3200 I could be easily fooled into believing that it was the middle of the day. That would comfort me while I froze to death slowly
Adrian Carmody in reply to Stephen Colquitt’s comment, 7 months ago
Sadly, for gig photos, I don’t really have much more to lust for… I have a 50mm 1.8 and a 30mm 1.4 which are superb for the venues I’m shooting. The D80 noise is my limiting factor. I love to try, but continue to suck at landscapes, and find little waking hours for other sorts of photography. Lens lust is there, but it isn’t yanking fiftys out of my wallet at any sort of alarming rate
ozlat, 7 months ago
o love my D80… leave the D300 alone and go straight to the D3… ful sensor :) black is black even at 3200 ISO
Kathryn Potempski, 7 months ago
First Steph loves you,second after the shock of finding out how much you are going to spend she will still love you,thirdly Steph loves you! OTFL.
You only get one life and thats for living go for it, tell Steph how exspensive sky diving is that should do the trick.
Adrian Carmody in reply to ozlat’s comment, 7 months ago
Triple the price for a D3, with all the extra ticks in boxes I don’t need… if black was black at 1600 with my D80, it wouldn’t be a problem. Sadly, black is often litered with red, blue, purple and green noise which eats away at details like a disease. It took me about 30 seconds with a D300 to see how different it would be in low light.
Since low light is pretty much my bread and butter now, and I have all the gigs and events lined up to pay for the thing… the D80 will sadly be retired. I love it, but I’ve found myself in a niche that it doesn’t suit :(
Adrian Carmody in reply to Kathryn Potempski’s comment, 7 months ago
Steph is 30 in 6 months, and we are going to New York to celebrate. Every cent that goes into the camera isn’t going to our trip. She is very, very, very, very, very supportive… but makes me feel guilty enough to carefully consider my camera lust :D
Kathryn Potempski, 7 months ago
What about second hand I know its a long shot but you never know we have lots of contacts here someone may know someone who’s selling one.
goodluck :-)
Adrian Carmody in reply to Kathryn Potempski’s comment, 7 months ago
I don’t think anyone has been silly enough to get sick of their D300 yet!
Paul Louis Vil..., 7 months ago
LOL!! Go for it mate! :D
Adrian Carmody in reply to Paul Louis Villani’s comment, 7 months ago
D80 is boxed up, ready for trade in… would now be a good time for giggle noises?
Adrian Carmody, 7 months ago
sold… first pics to be uploaded tomorrow, first gig with the D80 tomorrow night. Prepare to be flooded with lots, and lots of photos taken in dark places
Rebecca McLean, 7 months ago
I have had my d300 for a few months now….........I JUST LOOOOVE IT!!!! everything I expected and more….....................the low light high ISO is just amazing!!!! Makes my job 300% easier!!