Nikon D3000 & D300s

[peterottaway]

Photo Review Australia info is

D3000 with 10.2 MP CCD, 11 focus point AF, 30sec-1/4000 to 3 FPS and Multi Cam 1000 at 420 pixels. No Data LCD, No Live View, No Video. Pentamirror at 95%, SD/SDHC cards, En EL9a battery to 550 shots per charge, Flash to GN 12, ISO 100-1600 ( plus 1 ), 485 g without card,battery or lens. Available early September at AUD 999 with 18-55 kit lens.

D300s with 12.3 MP CMOS, 51 focus point AF, 30 sec - 1/8000 to 8 FPS with the 1005 pixel Multi Cam. Live View with contrast detection anywhere in frame in tripod view. Video at 24 FPS to 1280 x 720 to 5 minute clip. 100% view finder at 0.94 percent. EN EL 3a battery carried over. Dual CF/ SDHC cards. ISO 200 to 3200. Weight 840 g. Available early September at AUD 3299 body only.

So as has been leaked the D300s is just a D300 with a video capable sensor. But with a reail price twice what Sony A-700 have been selling for over the last few months. Which should give Sony plenty of room to introduce a A5xx family and a A7xx model but they better get the prices of the A230/330 down pretty quickly.

[David Kilpatrick]

The D300s also introduces what I asked Nikon for - manual control over built-in microphone gain, and a stereo external mic socket. Apart from that the video is identical to the D5000, but the D5000 is almost unusable due to the terrible sound quality (it can't record music or amplified sound even at fairly low levels, and therefore is useless at concerts).

David