Giving serious thought to buying a D300s

A switch from a 7D to a D300s is a step sideways at best, probably a slight step backwards according to most reviews and people I talk to with both cameras.
If you can't take the quality of images you like with the 7D, don't expect any better with the D300s.
The only reason I would consider it is if there were lenses you wanted that you couldn't get for your 7D.
If you are doing it to help your knowledge base as a teacher of photography, then that's another thing altogether and if you have the $$, then go for it.

Fantastic camera. Perfect fit in my hand, buttons in all the right places, fantastic dynamic lighting. I could go on and on. I sold it because I couldn't afford the Nikon lenses and they just don't have the same variety. Came down to that for me and I don't regret it.

Teach your students not to be so stupid..if you need a brand new camera of a certain brand to appeal to the students then you probably shouldn't be teaching photography.

Just tell them to hit up BH for the latest and the greatest reveiewed or starred piece of equipment. Fill up their credit cards to the brim with the best of G or L or Z lenses and fire away full tilt. Don't forget the green rectangle, cause that'll be important...

maverick678 wrote in post #9661147
Not clear why you need another thread ?.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=829061

This will probably be moved just like your previous one.

Yep...your right.

Except...

I really didn't get an answer from the Nikon folks...and they are thick on this forum.

I wouldn't mind a second(I originally shot with a D2H for our newspaper) experience with a Nikon.

Tx.

Sober up and see how you feel!

I had a teacher back in the good old film days that always did the assignments with us, and of course his prints were almost always "wows". We always assumed he was using his Nikon (F1?) to make take the pictures.
At the end of the first semester we walked in and he had his prints on the wall with the negatives attached to them and the cameras he used sitting out. Everything brand of camera and every size of fim available. He said "It's a tool. If you need to drive a nail in the wall a screwdriver will probably work, but it works a whole bunch better with a hammer" (nail guns didn't exist back then).

Won't really be a good comparison if you don't get Nikon's similar lenses. Using a D300s with whatever you bought (their nifty?) just to try out the body doesn't really compare it to the 7D.

They have their own spot:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=822524

Now I assume you know where to post question.

westernminnguy wrote in post #9661420
Yep...your right.

Except...

I really didn't get an answer from the Nikon folks...and they are thick on this forum.

I wouldn't mind a second(I originally shot with a D2H for our newspaper) experience with a Nikon.

Tx.

maverick678 wrote in post #9661147
Not clear why you need another thread ?.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=829061

This will probably be moved just like your previous one.

Threads merged.

Wow...I thought I was hallucinating.

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #9661589
Threads merged.

drisley wrote in post #9661211
A switch from a 7D to a D300s is a step sideways at best, probably a slight step backwards according to most reviews and people I talk to with both cameras.
If you can't take the quality of images you like with the 7D, don't expect any better with the D300s.
The only reason I would consider it is if there were lenses you wanted that you couldn't get for your 7D.
If you are doing it to help your knowledge base as a teacher of photography, then that's another thing altogether and if you have the $$, then go for it.

Thanks Drisley,

You have both cameras?

jerryclark wrote in post #9661434
Sober up and see how you feel!

You don't get it...do you??

KarinMichelle wrote in post #9661276
Fantastic camera. Perfect fit in my hand, buttons in all the right places, fantastic dynamic lighting. I could go on and on. I sold it because I couldn't afford the Nikon lenses and they just don't have the same variety. Came down to that for me and I don't regret it.

If you are teaching DSLR, most folks aren't as objective as you.

They think....

Canon is the only one...

Nikon is the only one.

You are practical...

Which is not practical when it comes to cameras.

Tx

I think you should get the 300s and shoot the same things side-by-side with your 7D and 300s and then demonstrate to your students that with either the resulting photographs would probably look the same, provided the same skills are used. That way you will illustrate the point that it does not really make as much difference. Your Nikon students will see that Canon shoots great photos and your Canon students will see that Nikon does great too. Everyone is happy. I understand

After that get Pentax, Olympus, Kodak, Hasselblad, Phase One, etc so every student understand how to use them.