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What about a Nikon D200?

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Greetings all,

 

I am in market for one of these.  I have scoured the Internet and located many positive reviews and ratings.  If anyone here has first hand knowledge regarding this model's reliability and performance record, please advise.

 

Many thanks,

 

TT



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Very reliable. Good performance for it's time, but any body that is later than mid-year 2007 will outperform it significantly when it comes to noise and DR. It is easy to get nice skin colour from that generation of sensors, though as they were the last CCD sensors Nikon used. The rubber grips can swell up if subjected to ozone, just like the D300. Unlike the D300, the D200 won't get any faster with a vertical grip.



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Thank you.

 

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Very reliable. Good performance for it's time, but any body that is later than mid-year 2007 will outperform it significantly when it comes to noise and DR. It is easy to get nice skin colour from that generation of sensors, though as they were the last CCD sensors Nikon used. The rubber grips can swell up if subjected to ozone, just like the D300. Unlike the D300, the D200 won't get any faster with a vertical grip.

Hi Peter,

 

I have been re-reading your last sentence and I must plead either ignorance or stupidity.  Could be both.  How does a vertical grip determine the speed of the body?  Thanks again, greatly appreciated.  Tony



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The MB-D10 can use an EN-EL4A battery or a pack of NiMH cells that give a greater voltage and lets the rate of continuous shooting go up with the D300, D300s and D700.



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The MB-D10 can use an EN-EL4A battery or a pack of NiMH cells that give a greater voltage and lets the rate of continuous shooting go up with the D300, D300s and D700.

Thank you very much. TT



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The MB-D10 can use an EN-EL4A battery or a pack of NiMH cells that give a greater voltage and lets the rate of continuous shooting go up with the D300, D300s and D700.

One more question, please.  Will the D200 have the same issues with blown reds,yellows and whites as the D70/s?

 

thnx, TT



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The DR is smaller than the later sensors but they got much more out of the late CCDs than the early ones in the D70.

The matrix metering gets things wrong more often than later, more refined versions but again, it is better than in the D70. You will get the most predictable results with spot or center-weighted metering, but you will have to learn how the meter works, just like always. The D200 has auto-bracketing built-in and easy to activate as it has a dedicated BKT-button.



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Peter, as always, excellent advice and very much appreciated.

 

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