Trusted Reviews.com: Nikon D200 - Digital SLR Review
Cliff Smith posts an informed review of the Nikon D200 - Digital SLR, a camera which is not really targeted at the full-time professional photographer but carrying a price tag of over $1700 it is however for those person serious about their shoots. 'The D200 was announced in November 2005. Its name might suggest a close similarity with Nikon’s first non-professional DSLR the 6MP D100, which was launched in early 2002 and remarkably still going strong over four years later. However the D200 is much more than an update of the older model. Instead, it fits into the Nikon DSLR range above the D100 but just below the pair of professional workhorses, the D2h and D2X.'
Features:
•Adopts the industry-leading advanced imaging processing engine of the D2X.
•The advanced 10.2 megapixel DX format CCD sensor produces exceptionally detailed, high resolution images with pure, vivid colours, suitable for printing in large formats.
•Newly developed 11-area AF system (same as the professional D2-series), which enables the photographer to select individual focus areas from 11-area wide and 7 wide-area AF.
•3D Color Matrix Metering II (AE) with Nikon's 1,005-pixel RGB exposure/Color Matrix Metering Sensor, used in the D2X.
•Near instant power-up of 0.15 seconds. A mere 50-millisecond shutter time lag, and 105-millisecond viewfinder blackout time.
•The recommended all-purpose AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18–70mm f/3.5–4.5G IF-ED lens delivers a wide variety of picture angles and outstanding center-to-edge-to-corner image quality. Currently Nikon offers 7 DX lenses, which have been specially designed for the Nikon DX format sensor.
•Connection possible to a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit via the optional available GPS Adapter Cord MC-35.
•The camera comes with the newly developed high-energy EN-EL3e rechargeable lithium-ion battery (1,800 images on a single charge).
•The optional available MB-D200 Battery Pack adds extended shooting capability. Able to run on either six AA-size batteries or two EN-EL3e batteries, it also features additional main- and sub command dials and alternative buttons for shutter release and AF start. (Compatible AA-size batteries comprise alkaline, NiMH, lithium and nickel-manganese batteries.)
•The optional Wireless Transmitter WT-3 adds all the convenience of IEEE802.11b/g capability. (Available only in countries that approve the use of thirteen frequency channels.)
•i-TTL Flash Control and 1/250 sec. Flash Sync. speed.
•2.5-in., 230,000-dot, low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD Monitor with brightness adjustment.
•The viewfinder has a fixed eye-level pentaprism; built-in diopter adjustment (-2.0 to +1.0m-1), an eyepoint of 19.5mm (-1.0m-1), a Viewfinder Frame Coverage of approx. 95% (vertical & horizontal) and a Viewfinder Magnification of approx. 0.94x (with 50mm lens at infinity; -1.0m-1).
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