mrodgers
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I have experience in a "simulated" F1 car :mrgreen:. Though limited experience because I do not like racing in the single seaters. I prefer the tin-tops (www.lfs.net).Think of it like this... You have an MR2, and somehow can afford an F1 car. Both have an engine, both have a transmissions, both are RWD and Rear Engine.
You will be faster in an F1 car... But with no experience in one, you wont be able to go full speed without wrecking and killing yourself.
If you dont want to shoot in Manual 100% of the time, The D300 isnt for you.
Another comparison. MS paint Vs Photoshop CS3.
So, a D300 does not have aperture or shutter priority mode? I assume that the majority who are in the photography hobby use any of the 3 main modes, aperture, shutter, and manual (majority, I do know many still only use auto or Program shift).
If a person indeed does always use shutter or aperture priority, it is a very simple step to move to full manual. The OP does state that he does not use Auto. I don't even have a dSLR and I shoot entirely in manual. It's not difficult to do. But judging by how people talk on this forum, only a select few have the brain power to accomplish such a task as shooting in manual. I've been doing this for 4 months now and have been in manual only for 2 months. Exactly where the OP stated he is. He said he bought his D40 2 months ago. That is where I started shooting strictly in manual with my camera.
I think indeed, I could pick up a D300, read the manual so I know what all the features are, and shoot with it. It's a camera, a better camera than I'm use to, but still a camera.
I think the analogy between driving an MR2 and an F1 car is completely wrong for this topic.
Yes, I agree with what you say here as well. They depict the quality of the camera, not how difficult it is to take a photo. Again, these "features" of the camera has nothing to do with the ability to expose a photograph. It is better quality equipment resulting in a better result, nothing else.JerryPH said:As far as the differences beyond ISO, aperture and speed, there is one other, and thats how the capability of the camera and the way it processes whatever is captured. Some say MP is a feature, way the picture is processed is a feature, high ISO sensitivity is a feature, FPS is a feature. I see that as improvements, or forms of evolution that permit one to take a better picture.
The comments that come up in this forum as a result of the attempt of someone asking a simple question just drive me crazy. Just this week, I've learned that I am not a real photographer because I do not have a dSLR, I can not possibly edit my digital photographs because I use JPEG and not RAW because my camera does not have the capability of RAW, I could not possibly use a D300 because if a guy who has been using a D40 couldn't, then I surely couldn't since I would be going from my fixed lens to the D300.
Oh, and I also could not drive an F1 car. I sure wouldn't beat Michael Shumacher (sp?), but I'm pretty sure that I could beat anyone on this forum driving an F1 car, or any car for that matter.