02-14-2011, 07:51 AM
[quote name='genotypewriter' timestamp='1297640632' post='6084']
I think you're fabricating the context a bit here... the D300 was popular among people who pulled out their cheque books to spend $6000 on a D2x the night before it was announced and the D200 users who were stuck at ISO400 with P&S users for years. If you look back at the reviews/tests from that time, there were no significant reasons for anyone to switch from a 40D to a D300 or vice versa just for the camera... that also includes the final AF performance (see tests).
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Not fabricated and there are severeal good reasons. The moment I saw the D300 announcement I knew I'd switch. It's the perfect package that Canon failed to deliver for years (they now offer it as the 7D). The next one that pulled people over was the D700 (it still attracts people away from Canon).
-- Markus
I think you're fabricating the context a bit here... the D300 was popular among people who pulled out their cheque books to spend $6000 on a D2x the night before it was announced and the D200 users who were stuck at ISO400 with P&S users for years. If you look back at the reviews/tests from that time, there were no significant reasons for anyone to switch from a 40D to a D300 or vice versa just for the camera... that also includes the final AF performance (see tests).
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Not fabricated and there are severeal good reasons. The moment I saw the D300 announcement I knew I'd switch. It's the perfect package that Canon failed to deliver for years (they now offer it as the 7D). The next one that pulled people over was the D700 (it still attracts people away from Canon).
-- Markus
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