Nikon D300 is Pop Photo’s Camera of the Year

My dream camera, the Nikon D300 is named as Pop Photo’s Camera of the Year for 2007.

Upgrades aren’t enough. A new feature here, a firmware tweak there doesn’t cut it in today’s DSLR battleground. Every finalist for the 2007 Camera of the Year Award can attest to that. But none of the eight contenders for this Oscar of the Photo Industry has proven the point as forcefully as the Nikon D300. The camera that best refines or redefines photography? The D300 triumphs on both counts, and raises the benchmark for every camera maker.

Nikon has beaten 7 other cameras on this race, namely Canon 40D, Fujifilm Finepix, Olympus E-3, Panasonic Lumix L10, Pentax K100, Sigma SD14 & Sony Alpha 700.

The decision was based on the following advantages this camera has to offer:

1. It’s high ISO performance, D300 scored high at it’s image quality at ISO3200 up to ISO6400.
2. The camera’s 51 AF points, which is best for low-light & fast action photography.
3. It’s shooting speed at 6fps, which produces the highest quality whether in JPG or RAW/NEF format.
4. And who can deny the beauty of it’s 3″ LCD.

It made my mouth water more & more, arrghhh! When will I own this beauty?!