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PROS: photo quality, auto setting is more accurate than most, love the higher ISO with reduced noise, size

CONS: very happy with camera

PROS: Fast 9-Point Focus; Great Low Light Performance; Sharp LCD Screen; HD Video; Long Battery Life; Size; Solid Build;

CONS: Heavy for its 'compact' size'; Backlight on the Control Panel LCD Screen not bright enough; A bit cumbersome to activate "Timer".

PROS: AWESOME

CONS: little heavier than D80

PROS: Image quality and excellent buy for the money!

CONS: NONE!

PROS: D300 Image Quality, High ISO use; gets MANY features once exclusive to >$2,000 models (see Comments); 920k LCD, drive speed (5fps on mine), JPG processing, , 11-point

CONS: Software for advanced editing is very good but costly (Capture NX2, appx. $150), as is the PC control software (Camera Control 2, $75 or so?). Canon gives similar software for free. Awful bundled apps

  Excellent Camera to Own!

PROS: - Ease of Use - Picture Quality - Flexibility - Display (3") Overall an excellent package for the money!

CONS: NIL

OVERALL SCORE:9/10

PROS: Excellent image quality, many advanced features yet easy-to-use, included lens is light and compact, HD movie mode is fun to mess around with

CONS: Zoom range of lens is limited (18-105mm), limitations of HD movie mode (no autofocus, 5 minute limit for HD)

PROS: Lightweight, good fast lens

CONS: MOTHING

PROS: Sharp photos, automatic dust removal, video

CONS: A little heavy with zoom lens connected, a zillion features to learn, video is not continuous focus