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I have the D-80 and the D-300 I think you would love the D-300, It's costs about $1000.00 More than the D-80 but is an excellent choice. I like both of them very much. The 300 has and does a lot more than the 80 and is also 12.3 MP. The D90 I believe is just an upgrade of the 80 with the movie aspect included. I really don't care for the movie aspect.
Having owned and used a D300 for just under a year, I can recommend it as an excellent camera. It'll make the most of your lenses and there'll be the familiarity of Nikon layout and controls as well.
Dave
I upgraded a few months back from a D80 to a D300 but considered the D90 at the time.
Having used the D300 for a while now, if I had the choice again I would go for the D90. Most of the time the D300 is overkill for me, it's a great camera if you make use of the functionality. Otherwise I'd get a D90, save a few hundred pounds, get the same image quality and not have to carry around the brick of a camera that the D300 is.
Ken Rockwell even reckons there's better high ISO performance on a D90 ....and he know's what he's talking about.
Rob
Quote: I upgraded a few months back from a D80 to a D300 but considered the D90 at the time.
Having used the D300 for a while now, if I had the choice again I would go for the D90. Most of the time the D300 is overkill for me, it's a great camera if you make use of the functionality. Otherwise I'd get a D90, save a few hundred pounds, get the same image quality and not have to carry around the brick of a camera that the D300 is.
Ken Rockwell even reckons there's better high ISO performance on a D90 ....and he know's what he's talking about.
Rob
Judging by your PF you certainly got the best out of your D80.
I bet you'll find the functionality useful at some point and then learn to love your D300 . . .
Yeah Ken knows his stuff. . . cough. . . . choke. . . 
Quote: I'd get a D90, save a few hundred pounds, get the same image quality and not have to carry around the brick of a camera that the D300 is.
My reasons for getting the D90! I read that the sensor was equal to or better than the D300's. Plus I saved a few bones to spend on a funky lens!
People concentrate too much on the movie mode on the D90. Yes, it has it and it is crap... doesn't mean you have to use it though! The extra functionality doesn't make it heavier or anything...
Quote: Yeah Ken knows his stuff. . . cough. . . . choke. . .
Ha! You just HAVE to love him though!!!
Quote: People concentrate too much on the movie mode on the D90. Yes, it has it and it is crap... doesn't mean you have to use it though!
I will buy a dedicated video camera if i want to do video's, as is though i will probably go for the D90 and save a few quid and put it towards a new lens......
thanks guys
Terry.
look at it this way d300 with "ok" lens or d90 with prime lens.
i have the d90 and the iso is just great at max i do not see any problems. would love the d300 but for the price diff. would get a prime lens.keep the 70 great backup very little change between them on controls fps is great to. main reason is what type of work you would use it for.forget the "movie" function live view is great as well. only problem at the moment is raw, only cs4 bibble5 and lightroom v2.2
Just had this very dilema.
In the end I went for the D90 + Grip and got a nice new Sigma 18 - 50 f/2.8. In all about £100 more than the D300 body only.
I am really happy with it and I am quite sure I made the right decision.
Paul
It does not matter if you have a D90 or the D300, what matters is the lens you get.
I had D80, well still own it and then bought D3, then downgraded to D300 because of the cost of D3,
What I found is the image quality is the same for any camera, just the technique as well as the lenses you have, what I mean is you can notice the difference between a lens which has f1.8 and f4.5 in the dark only but if it is bright and sunny which we hardly get, the lenses will perform the same quality.
Save money and get D90 with a lens.
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