1.9. 3-Inch Monitor
This is one of the reasons that I started using the D300 over my D2X. I made some images on the D2X, and they looked okay on the monitor. I shot similar images on the D300 and realized that I could see more detail on the screen.
The D2X has a 235,000 dot screen resolution, while the D300 has 920,000 dots. That's nearly 4 times more resolution! In fact, the little monitor on your D300 is roughly the tiny equivalent of an XGA resolution computer monitor (1152X768). The color saturation and contrast is great too. What you see on your camera monitor is pretty much what you'll see on your big monitor later at home.
This has allowed me to be more aggressive in deleting files. I was used to shooting a huge number of images so that ...
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