Comments on: Comparing 2 Aspects of the D700 and D300 Cameras http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/ Photography, travel, games Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:05:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kristy Rybka http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Kristy Rybka Mon, 31 May 2010 14:49:29 +0000 http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/?p=169#comment-1038 thankyou lots, I have to announce that your website is excellent! thankyou lots, I have to announce that your website is excellent!

]]> By: Jon Van Dalen http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Jon Van Dalen Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:40:15 +0000 http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/?p=169#comment-392 Sorry Mike, but I did in fact own and use both cameras. And, as I stated in my post, I stood in the same location and used the same lens for each shot. So I'm not sure what your beef is. Sorry Mike, but I did in fact own and use both cameras. And, as I stated in my post, I stood in the same location and used the same lens for each shot. So I’m not sure what your beef is.

]]> By: Mike http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Mike Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:47:07 +0000 http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/?p=169#comment-389 These are not accurate pictures at all. A crop factor does not magnify the subject being photographed. In the above images the cans and the bags should appear to be the SAME size. Clearly the DX shot has the cans/bottles/bags appear larger. Whether DX or Fx or medium format, 50 mm is 50mm. The only difference is the angle of view. A 50 mm lens on a DX body has the same magnification as an FX body. The difference is that the DX ANGLE OF VIEW is the same as if a 75 mm lens was placed on an FX body. The images above are for demonstration only and don't reflect accurately what a 50 mm lens looks like on a D700 and then a D300. I doubt both cameras were used here. Putting a 200 mm lens on a DX body does not make it magically become a 300 mm lens. Instead it remains a 200 mm lens but with 100% less viewable area compared to an FX lens. Ack! These are not accurate pictures at all. A crop factor does not magnify the subject being photographed. In the above images the cans and the bags should appear to be the SAME size. Clearly the DX shot has the cans/bottles/bags appear larger. Whether DX or Fx or medium format, 50 mm is 50mm. The only difference is the angle of view. A 50 mm lens on a DX body has the same magnification as an FX body. The difference is that the DX ANGLE OF VIEW is the same as if a 75 mm lens was placed on an FX body. The images above are for demonstration only and don’t reflect accurately what a 50 mm lens looks like on a D700 and then a D300. I doubt both cameras were used here. Putting a 200 mm lens on a DX body does not make it magically become a 300 mm lens. Instead it remains a 200 mm lens but with 100% less viewable area compared to an FX lens. Ack!

]]> By: JIM HAY http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/comment-page-1/#comment-362 JIM HAY Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:22:35 +0000 http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/?p=169#comment-362 And as far as my first of 2 emails are concerned is there any validity to what I had written early today? tnx JIM HAY Says: October 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am Jon: Thanks so much for your response regarding the D300 and it’s 1.5X enlargement. You mentioned that there are no “drawbacks” when an image is enlarged on a D300, so if that is the case, then I am assumming with each 50% enlargement of a medium telephoto or long range telephoto lens there is roughly a 50% cost-savings from buying the more powerful 270mm lens when i use my 180mm….adding to that the 180mm will give me an advantage of far less chance of “camera shake” than i would have had if i were to use an actual 270mm on a D700. I would also think that sports photographers would use the D300 rather than a D700 because of the reasons above…although when i go to a baseball game their lens-lengths are so long they seem to reach first base. Tnx again, Jim Hay Brooklyn, NY PS: I am afraid if i has a split screen installed it would cancel my WARRANTY.... And as far as my first of 2 emails are concerned is there any validity to what I had written early today? tnx
JIM HAY Says:

October 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Jon:
Thanks so much for your response regarding the D300 and it’s 1.5X enlargement. You mentioned that there are no “drawbacks” when an image is enlarged on a D300, so if that is the case, then I am assumming with each 50% enlargement of a medium telephoto or long range telephoto lens there is roughly a 50% cost-savings from buying the more powerful 270mm lens when i use my 180mm….adding to that the 180mm will give me an advantage of far less chance of “camera shake” than i would have had if i were to use an actual 270mm on a D700. I would also think that sports photographers would use the D300 rather than a D700 because of the reasons above…although when i go to a baseball game their lens-lengths are so long they seem to reach first base.
Tnx again,
Jim Hay Brooklyn, NY
PS: I am afraid if i has a split screen installed it would cancel my WARRANTY….

]]> By: Jon http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/2008/08/10/comparing-2-aspects-of-the-d700-vs-d300-cameras/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Jon Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:15:35 +0000 http://jonvandalen.com/newblog/?p=169#comment-361 Hi Jim, The only way to improve manual focus on the D300 is to see if there is a split focus screen available from Katz-Eye which replaces the Nikon focus screen, or to use live view and see if that helps. Hi Jim,

The only way to improve manual focus on the D300 is to see if there is a split focus screen available from Katz-Eye which replaces the Nikon focus screen, or to use live view and see if that helps.

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