Nikon D300S vs Sony A58

Nikon D300S advantages over Sony A58

• Lens selection
  Excellent vs Good
  Better lens selection gives you more options
• Bigger pixels
  ~ 5.50 vs 4.31 microns
  Better low-light and dynamic range (all else equal)
• Fast startup
  ~0.30 vs 1.9 sec
  Faster startup lets you catch the moment
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  950 vs 700 shots
  Capture more photos
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• More cross-type AF points
  15 vs 3
  Cross-type AF points improve autofocus performance
• Higher max flash sync
  1/250 vs 1/160 sec
  Reduce the effect of ambient light in flash shots
• More dots on screen
  922k vs 461k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.63x vs 0.57x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• Dual card slots
  Yes vs No
  Gives you more storage flexibility
• More AF points
  51 vs 15
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Faster JPEG shooting
  7.1 fps vs 4.9 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  26 vs 8 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster RAW shooting
  7.1 fps vs 4.8 fps
  Faster RAW shooting in burst mode
• Bigger RAW buffer
  17 vs 6 shots
  Larger buffer for RAW shots (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light