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I was having similar thoughts particularly when high iso and DR are the priority, you're right to clarify that DXOmark scores can exaggerate differences but even then APS-C sensors have definitely improved quite a bit since the D300. If AF performance was a priority then I'd say the D300 was a better choice at the cost of IQ but that's not the case.
I've very limited experience with Nikon weather sealing but I've not been impressed with it, I have the D700 which is mostly the D300 body with a bigger sensor and it had problems in the first year which Nikon put down to water ingress. The camera had never been near water as I didn't want to risk it but Nikon wouldn't back down and charged me for the repair which I was also annoyed about. I'll admit that's just one case so it makes me a bit biased against Nikon for weather sealing, I used my Olympus DSLRs in heavy rain and poor conditions but neither camera skipped a beat as I'd expect from weather sealed cameras.
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