Whats the diffrence betwwen the two models please?
 

I had my eyes on the Nikon D300 then I saw the D3100. Can anyone tell me what the diffrence is please? I do landscape and night photo's. I would like to know if there is a scene mode on it as I will be upgrading from my Fuji Finepix-60 compact. Thanks.

[QUOTE=AuraTodd;67024]I had my eyes on the Nikon D300 then I saw the D3100. Can anyone tell me what the diffrence is please? I do landscape and night photo's. I would like to know if there is a scene mode on it as I will be upgrading from my Fuji Finepix-60 compact. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

Have a look [URL="http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon_D300-vs-Nikon_D3100"]here[/URL].

To me there is no question about it, the D300 is a photographer's camera and the D3100 is aimed at the general market. You only have to look at the price to see what is the better camera.

I remember having this discussion sometime ago about the D90 versus the 5100 and I pointed out at the time that if you are really interested in taking photographs and not video then the D90/D300 cameras are the ones to go for.

Personally I use a camcorder for taking video, much easier to use and better results in my opinion.

The 5100 has more to offer than just video. It carries the d7000 sensor which is better than the one found in the d90/d300 so you could argue if your really interested in taking photographs buy Nikon's best image quality aps-c cameras like the d5100/d7000. There are lots of things that make up a good camera and the d90 beats the d5100 in lots of ways, but lets face it image quality is number 1, so get a d5100/d7000 or wait for the d400 in the new year.

[QUOTE=AuraTodd;67024]I had my eyes on the Nikon D300 then I saw the D3100. Can anyone tell me what the diffrence is please? I do landscape and night photo's. I would like to know if there is a scene mode on it as I will be upgrading from my Fuji Finepix-60 compact. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

The D300 (discontinued over 2 years ago, the current model is the D300s and if it weren't for events in Japan & Thailand it might have been superseded by now) is the top model in the Nikon DX range; the D3100 is the lowest in the range. That said, I think that the D300s surpasses the D3100 in features, but the D3100 might be ahead in image quality. The D300s is a lot bigger and heavier than the D3100. The D3100 has scene modes, D300s does not.

[QUOTE=greenwing;67061]The D300 (discontinued over 2 years ago, the current model is the D300s and if it weren't for events in Japan & Thailand it might have been superseded by now) is the top model in the Nikon DX range[/QUOTE]

*cough* D7000 is top DX model *cough*.

Sorry, something in my throat.

By the way, I have the feelin that the OP meant to ask about D3000 vs D3100?

Yeah your probs right matt