Phil, the Nikon experience was not a good one. Not one sharp photo out of 1626 shots, and the colors were terrible. Now I'm sure I could have worked on camera setup for the colors, but focus was absolutely junk. I have returned the Nikon and will never bitch about my Canon gear again. Now in all fairness, I most likely had a bad one, because I kid you not, the focus was not even close to acceptable. I know a guy up here in Canada that is a very good shooter (James Lissimore) and he said the D300 was the best camera he has ever used. He said everything about the camera was better than his D2x including the focus, so that's why I believe I had a bad one. Oh well, I tried it and It didn't work out. No biggie.