Digital Camera News and Reviews

Nikon D300 DSLR

Nikon has released an updated version of the firmware for their D300 DSLR camera. The new 1.03 version of the firmware fixes a problem often called “Dead Battery Syndrome” where the battery indicator falsely says that the battery is dead.

The 1.03 version of the Nikon D300 firmware can be downloaded here for Windows and here for Mac.

Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G

Dpreview.com has reviewed the popular Nikon lens AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF both for DX (APS-C) and FX (35mm full-frame) Nikon DSLR camera bodies.

Dpreview ends up giving the Nikon lens a “Highly Recommended” rating for the DX-format as the lens produces excellent images on this format. The Nikkor 70-200mm also got a very good image stabilzation and superb build quality.
For the FX-format the lens get a bit lower score with a “Recommended” rating as this lens is really constructed with the smaller DX-format in mind. Pictures made with the Nikkor 70-200mm on a FX-camera (D3) has soft corners and some vignetting. This might not be a problem for many photographers, but to some it’s a big con.
Overall the Nikon AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED-IF seems like an excellent lens.

Read the full review of the Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G lens here.

Nikon Coolpix S600

Digital Camera Review has reviewed the 10 megapixel, wide angel zoom camera from Nikon, the Coolpix S600.
Some key features for the Nikon Coolpix S600:
-10 megapixel sensor
-4x wide angle optical zoom (28-112mm equivalent)
-2.7″ LCD screen
-Image stabilization
-ISO sensitivity up to 3200
-”Fastest start-up time for any camera in its class”

Digital Camera Reviews ends up giving the Coolpix S600 an ok rating. The camera is able to take pictures of very good pictures, the image stabilization works good and it has good ISO performance.
But the Nikon Coolpix S600 has some shutter lag which seems a bit weird since Nikon claims the camera to be “the fastest start-up time for any camera in its class”.