- Oct 24, 2000
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I was at Penn Camera in DC last week renting a lens and decided to do a quick side-by-side comparison of the 40D and D300. I am unfamiliar with the buttons/menu structure of the Nikon, so I did not shoot with it. My observations were purely physical.
Comparing the viewfinders of the two cameras is like night and day. The Nikon's viewfinder is simply brilliant, possibly even better than the Canon 5D's. It was just so clear and bright that colors and details of the objects in the store seemingly came to life. The viewfinder of the 40D, for all intents and purposes, is the same as the one I have on my 20D. It works but nothing to write home about in terms of improvement.
Now for my smallish hands, the Canon's grip and size actually felt better to me. I found nothing spectacular about the D300's grip. The D300 is a slightly larger and heavier camera, a little less portable for me personally than the 40D.
So, that's it. Not much else to say. I preferred how the Canon felt in my hands but the view through the viewfinder on the Nikon was much much better.
Comparing the viewfinders of the two cameras is like night and day. The Nikon's viewfinder is simply brilliant, possibly even better than the Canon 5D's. It was just so clear and bright that colors and details of the objects in the store seemingly came to life. The viewfinder of the 40D, for all intents and purposes, is the same as the one I have on my 20D. It works but nothing to write home about in terms of improvement.
Now for my smallish hands, the Canon's grip and size actually felt better to me. I found nothing spectacular about the D300's grip. The D300 is a slightly larger and heavier camera, a little less portable for me personally than the 40D.
So, that's it. Not much else to say. I preferred how the Canon felt in my hands but the view through the viewfinder on the Nikon was much much better.