Suffering from upgraditis

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 4th Apr, '08, 23:17

Just having another case of upgraditis. Thinking of getting a D300 to replace my D70. No real reason except for a few small things in terms of handling but nothing what would justify the money.... should I?

Morrolan · Post by **Morrolan** » 5th Apr, '08, 05:36

of course!

erh.. what is it?

Burbage · Post by **Burbage** » 5th Apr, '08, 05:45

Only three things count for me in a digital camera: ease of using in manual (ie separate and easy to access controls for both aperture and shutter speed), the light meter and the chip. If none of these three things has improved I wouldn't even think of upgrading. Battery life probably comes in as a fourth consideration, but most are pretty good until you start using flash. If one of them did improve I'd move on to deciding whether it was worth the money.

daffodil · Post by **daffodil** » 5th Apr, '08, 06:27

Morrolan wrote:of course!

erh.. what is it?

Kooky · Post by **Kooky** » 5th Apr, '08, 08:07

Diana is packing up as we speak, ready to come and live with you, and you're wavering over upgrading your toys now?

Jedi · Post by **Jedi** » 5th Apr, '08, 09:19

Yep, seems like his priorities are just about right!

Oh and the answer to your question is no, you shouldn't upgrade to D300 because I don't have one yet.

Kooky · Post by **Kooky** » 5th Apr, '08, 10:22

As a fellow sufferer of a partner's addiction to upgrading, I was offering Lichty some sound advice. Upgrade everything now, and it will probably save a lot of nagging later.

saint · Post by **saint** » 5th Apr, '08, 15:32

I'd wait until the D450 comes out if I was you

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 5th Apr, '08, 16:27

Kooky wrote:As a fellow sufferer of a partner's addiction to upgrading, I was offering Lichty some sound advice. Upgrade everything now, and it will probably save a lot of nagging later.

Thanks kooky, my thoughts as well. Chip has improved, shutter speed and aperture were okish before, but a few other things are much better to use (even on the D200). Battery life is fine on both and there always spare batteries anyway. Looks I got a shopping trip coming up

Duck · Post by **Duck** » 14th Jul, '12, 15:47

Where's a good place to purchase a replacement battery for a digital camera? I did think Courts but their website indicates that they stock camera batteries for the DSLR cameras only... Need a lithium ion battery NP-45? Will be a waste to throw a perfectly good camera out.

baloo · Post by **baloo** » 14th Jul, '12, 16:04

Duck wrote:Where's a good place to purchase a replacement battery for a digital camera? I did think Courts but their website indicates that they stock camera batteries for the DSLR cameras only... Need a lithium ion battery NP-45? Will be a waste to throw a perfectly good camera out.

http://worcell.com/index.php

Duck · Post by **Duck** » 14th Jul, '12, 16:24

Thanks Baloo!

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 14th Jul, '12, 17:41

So after 4 years this thread has come back from the grave it seems... incidentally I'm thinking of upgrading the D300 to a D800

Tas · Post by **Tas** » 16th Jul, '12, 11:08

Have liked the pics you take lichty

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 16th Jul, '12, 13:39

Tas wrote:Have liked the pics you take lichty

Thanks

Jedi · Post by **Jedi** » 16th Jul, '12, 17:12

Lichtgestalt wrote:So after 4 years this thread has come back from the grave it seems...

Rather unnecessarily if you ask me.

Lichtgestalt · Post by **Lichtgestalt** » 16th Jul, '12, 17:17

The upgrade or the thread?

Spike · Post by **Spike** » 16th Jul, '12, 21:16

Lichtgestalt wrote:So after 4 years this thread has come back from the grave it seems... incidentally I'm thinking of upgrading the D300 to a D800

I'm waiting for the D5000GT.

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