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Tara: This is Nikon's D300s and it's a great camera for serious amateurs as well as professionals.
And it's wonderful for shooting sports, wildlife, or anything really.
Julie: Right. It builds on the really popular and established D300 model, which has been
around for a few years, but it adds some cool features that that camera lacked, like HD
video. And we're going to demo that in a second, but first we're going to look through the
basics.
Tara: The D300s is extremely well built and it's really rugged. It's sealed against dust
and moisture and it has a magnesium alloy body.
Julie: Right. That makes it a nice sturdy camera, and I think it's going to be really
good for people who spend a lot of time outdoors. I especially think of hikers for this camera.
Tara: Definitely. New to the D300s is a virtual horizon and that's on the LCD screen and it
shows you when the camera's level.
Julie: Right. Another thing that the D300s has is two card slots — one for compact
flash cards and one for SD cards. And that doesn't just give you more storage for your
photos. It gives you some flexibility in how you store your photos. For example, you can
store all photos to both cards so you always have a backup if something goes wrong with
one of them, or you can decide to store RAW files to one card and JPEGS to another. You
basically have a lot of options.
Tara: This camera also records HD video, and that's really fun to play around with. You
can put different lenses on the camera and then get different video effects.
Julie: You can also watch the videos you record on your HDTV. Now naturally you can pass them
to your computer by way of the USB cable just as you would with photos, but if you add an
optional mini HDMI cable to the camera you can use the camera to send those videos and
the audio that goes with them to your HDTV.
Tara: This camera comes as a couple of different options. There's a kit with an 18-200mm VR,
or vibration reduction lens, and it also comes body only. And that's what we have here, and
we've paired it with the Nikon 35mm lens because it's one of our favorites.
Julie: And you can learn more about this camera and about the lens online at crutchfield.com
or you can always call us.