It does no harm to enquire - I'm sure he'd appreciate a PM.

It's all been civil enough, people are passionate about their points of view, that's all.

I would let your friend look closely at your Pentax, maybe take some pictures, and then go and look closely at the D300. It's probably wise to leave the decision making in his or her hands, then they can regret their own decision and not yours!

However, to answer your question, we had a portrait session and a few photographers were shooting some images. One was messing with his D300 instead, which resolutely refused to display images properly and in the end I don't think he shot anything at all.

The problems continue, because clearly quality wise something is amiss. Previously he was a JPEG shooter and produced stunning Lake District landscapes. Suddenly his output has dropped, he's started messing with RAW and continually looks worried about it. The images are "not right" and it's a problem.

It might have been an "upgrade" but all the fun and success have evaporated. His wife has the D200 and she says, "He's not having it back!"

So change with care, and as for our new purchases, choose with care.

Maybe so - I think SRS and the others are not having much of a problem selling K7s.

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Why not phone them up and haggle? I'd want to pay £20, but maybe a compromise amount?

Noise is not a problem in this image, at least not at this resolution, but the main problem is the point of focus. I would have liked the face to be the sharp point, but the colours are great.

It's unlikely that anyone could deliver on that George.

I have two friends who have the D300 and both are somewhat unhappy. They don't work as well as they expected and are far too bulky and heavy and very over-complex.

I have had a very close look at the D300 and I don't see in what way it is better made than a K20D.

From what I have been told, the D200 is possibly a better camera than the D300.

I worked for a company that was taken over. The game plan seemed to be to introduce a new catalogue and reduce prices to compete with the "big boys" but unfortunately the number of customers remained the same.

Hence we just charged our existing customers less money, lost money even quicker, and of course you can guess the outcome.

I pointed out this to the CEO and the reply was a mysterious, "Yes, I know." "So why are we doing it?" just got a shrug as a reply, so go figure that one.

The f2 version was the "budget" one, but the design is an excellent one. A good sample should deliver excellent results.