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Originally Posted by dseelig
Go to your local camera store pick up a d300 and a canon d40 and try them One note of caution both dp review and digilloyd have bad things to say about the nikon 70-200 zoom
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Actually, in the context of your recommendation, the 70-200 on the D300 is a superlative lens. DPReview does point out the shortcomings with it mated to the new D3 however.
I have been shooting Nikons for years and just recently made a move opposite to the one DaveEP is considering in that I have joined the rangefinder ranks with my recent purchase of an M8 coupled to a 35mm Summicron M f2 ASPH and an Elmarit M 21mm f2.8 pre-ASPH. It now seems that I have complete freedom to choose the system and lenses for the application. The DSLR is great for "heavy handed" applications like sporting events and nature/landscape photography while the M8 seems to me to be a camera much more at home in an "intimate" setting.
As an unabashed lover of camera equipment, I am now in f/stop heaven and would not abandon one system for the other. Glad I took the plunge, and glad to be here as well.
Brock