Alan R
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Nov 2, 2006, 10:39 AM
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Wow, if that's the case it's obviously not an appropriate body for event work. Fine for studio. My D200 is almost instant displaying the image in raw. I only use ExtremeIII cards. I LOVE the D200, just an amazing camera. I have not one bad thing to say about it, other than zooming in preview could be a bit easier. Minor detail. I even like how it feels in the hands. No different than my film slrs. Most of the other dslrs I lifted felt 'cheap', even the expensive ones, and I lifted a lot in the stores before buying mine. I hear D2H people on other boards ranting about their AF, but to be honest the D200 is very, very good in the AF department. When I mount the 200/2 and set focus to continuous I almost laugh out loud everytime at the performance of AF. It's mind-boggling good. I think they can't accept the fact that AF is all they have going for them on the old 4MP body, do they pound the exceptionally fast AF of the D2H into the ground. The D2X snobs do the same thing, but I've owned a D2X and there's not enough difference to justify double the price of the D200...unless all you shoot is NASCAR (and who does that).
Nice seeing another fan of the D200. I bought one in Sept and love it. This is my first DSLR, and I am very comfortable shooting with it coming from 30 years of using film SLRs. I haven't done too much with it yet, but I did have my 2nd (video) shooter use it at a wedding we were doing a couple of weeks ago (after getting the ok from the official photographer). He inadvertantly left the ISO setting at 1600 during most of the shoot, not a good thing to do. A lot of people complain about Nikon high ISO noise performance, but with some help from Noise Ninja, I was able to get some very nice results (I'll post examples later).
Since getting the D200. I have been paying more attention to what the photographers are using at weddings that we are working at. The last two that we have done have both had Nikon shooters. One had two photogs, a D200 user and another photographer using the S3 Pro. At our most recent wedding the photographer had 2 D2X's, one D2H and a D70 (she shoots for the local paper during the week, hence all the cameras).
I notice that on the wedding photography boards Canon users outnumber Nikon users, but not by as wide a margin as Sony vs Canon/Panasonic/JVC in the video world. Canon low light performance is one factor in their favor, as is their full frame DSLRs. But when looking at what to buy, it basically came down to the Canon 30D or the Nikon D200. After researching both cameras, I decided on the Nikon, due to nicer ergonomics, and a better kit lens (yes, I know that I should get some really good glass, but I have to start somewhere). Since buying the D200, I have added a cheap but optically decent tele zoom (70-300 f4-5.6G) and an SB800 flash.
The S5 sounds like a very interesting camera. If we decide to add photography in the future, having a D200 and an S5 would be a very nice combination (along with some faster lenses).
Alan Robinson
Bonnie Blink Productions
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