Nikon D300

The Nikon D300 is a DSLR camera launched on 12/03/2008.

Technically speaking, the Nikon D300 ranks in the average of its category, scoring 50 overall. The Nikon D300 weights 925 gr and spans 147 x 114 x 74 mm. This means that it is one of the largest and heaviest cameras within its category.

Going into details, the Nikon D300 behaves better than average in its category for:

• Speed Performance - Score 44, ranks in the category best 33%.
• Versatility - Score 66, ranks in the category best 48%.

On the contrary, the performance of Nikon D300 is below the category average in:

• Image Quality - Score 47, ranks among the worst 45% of its category.
• Comfort - Score 49, ranks among the worst 25% of its category.

However, the technical performance of your camera should be put in context. Indeed, depending on the type of photography you are interested in, each individual camera feature can impact your pictures to a different extent. This is the reason why we developed the iCamRank. iCamRank has been designed to weight all the individual technical specifications of each camera in the camerarace database, depending on different shooting conditions. Thus, here is what we suggest, depending on the photography type you like most:

• Portrait - Good, score 47, ranks in the best 52% of its category. Nikon D300 works well for Portrait photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Landscape - Good, score 47, ranks in the best 43% of its category. Nikon D300 works well for Landscape photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Sport - Good, score 52, ranks in the best 42% of its category. Nikon D300 works well for Sport photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Street - Good, score 52, ranks in the best 55% of its category. Nikon D300 works well for Street photography, however even better options are available, which you may want to take into account.
• Everyday - Good, score 55, ranks in the best 53% of its category. Nikon D300 works well for daily photography, however other options are available too, which you may want to take into account.

Last but not least, the price. You can find the Nikon D300 sold on Amazon for a price comprised between 1949.49 GBP and 1949.49 GBP, well above the average for this camera type.

Overall, Nikon D300 is not the best value for money. Unless you have specific reasons to go for it, we suggest you to consider available alternatives. Click here to see alternative options.