I thought I'd start this thread since I just bought a new D300 and I've read a lot about the camera recently. I see a lot of people with questions asking for help and I thought I would compile some useful links in this thread for beginners as well as other folks Hopefully, with the help of the kind folks here, we can make this a very informative thread.

First, there's the owners manual, which you can download here for easy reading on your PC/Mac
http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/noprint/D300_en_noprint.pdf

Here's a thread from Nikonians with a very helpful spreadsheet about all of the settings.
http://www.nikonians.org/forums/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=149&topic_id=113811&mesg_id=113811&page=

Here's a discussion at NikonCafe with some very useful tips & tricks for settings and such.
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/showthread.php?t=138731

Here are a few excerpts from Elite's D300 made easy DVD
Active D-Lighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtWDS1va_Dk&feature=related
Live View
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSABJjmk-gI
Demo Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3lhyUNapqs&feature=related


Here are some links to a few articles and threads that are helpful.
High Pass sharpening in Capture NX
http://dptnt.com/2007/11/high-pass-sharpening-using-nikon-capture-nx/
Live View White Balance
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=25928617
Setting files for capture NX
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/capturenx.html


Other helpful websites
Nikon Digitutor
http://www.nikondigitutor.com/eng/d300/index.shtml
Luminous Landscape
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/
NikonCafe
http://www.nikoncafe.com/vforums/index.php?
Thom hogan
http://www.bythom.com/
Bjorn Rorslett
http://www.naturfotograf.com/index2.html
Rob Galbraith
http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/index.asp


I hope some of these links are useful for many of you and I hope we enjoy our news tools. Please feel free to use this thread to post more helpful ideas, thoughts, links, pics questions so that well all benefit.

Stay positive and shoot for the stars!

Brad.


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