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Entries from April 2008

Overclock Your Nikon D300

April 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Don’t have the MB-D10 grip for your D300 but still want a taste of what 8 fps is like?  Try this secret trick to fool your D300 into shooting at 8 fps.

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Tags: Cameras

New D300 JPG Write Tests

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve reformulated my JPG performance tests, and re-tested more than a dozen cards.  The recommendations remain the same, with cards from SanDisk, Lexar, and PNY remaining the top performers, but the new rating scale does a better job, I believe, of differentiating JPG burst performance.

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Tags: Compact Flash

Nikon D300 Battery Compatibility

April 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Lots of traffic on the Internet about the non-compatibility of aftermarket batteries in the D300, thanks to Nikon’s Department of Interfering with Competitiveness and Customer Screwing (DICCS).

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Tags: Accessories · Cameras

Delkin CompactFlash PRO UDMA

April 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Delkin’s UDMA card gets subjected to the D300 RAW burst test.  See how it fared! 

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Tags: Compact Flash

Delkin CardBus 32 UDMA: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ FireWire

April 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Laptop users without a powered FireWire connector, fret not: Delkin’s UDMA PC card adapters to the rescue.

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Tags: Accessories · Compact Flash