subject: Nikon D200 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Review [print this page] Nikon D200 10.2MP Digital SLR Camera Review
If you are considering this camera you doubtless to be in one in every of 2 camps: A Nikon person making an attempt to work out whether or not or to not purchase the N50, N70 or the D200; otherwise you already apprehend you would like one thing additional on the professional finish of the pro-amateur spectrum and try to decide on between a Nikon and a Canon. If you are within the latter camp then you cannot get it wrong with either the D200 or any of Canon's offerings. They each create glorious cameras. If you are already a Nikon person, get the Nikon; if you are already a Canon person, get the Canon. That said, i am a Nikon person, and when five years of getting fun with my film-based N80 I wished to create the leap into real digital photography. I say real, as a result of I've had a Canon Sureshot for four years and it's nice for snapshots, however when it involves landscapes or managing any quite lighting problems, it simply does not live up. Since i am a Nikon person (all my lenses work with the new digital SLRs) I checked out the N50, N70 and D200. There are many sites out there that compare these 3 cameras (against one another and also the competition) to death, thus I will not trouble with all the small print.
We purchase cameras to require a spread of various photos and my alternative was driven by my wants, thus my review goes to be coloured by the varieties of photos I tend to require. My favorite pastime is landscape photography. For this, any of the 3 cameras can take nice photos. The half dozen mega pixels on the N50 and N70 are over enough to require nice photos - I've got a 20x30 poster of Yosemite's [*fr1] Dome taken with a friend's N70 that's as crisp as something I've seen. Having 10mps offers me additional space to play with when it comes time for cropping, though, and that is forever nice, however hardly a reason to shell out an additional grand.
My next favorite photography subject is my yellow lab, Happy. If he is standing or sitting still, then all 3 of those cameras take glorious portrait shots. however when he is moving, like launching himself off the tip of a pier to fetch a toy within the lake, the D200 extremely shines. Its 5fps burst mode takes excellent photos. It focuses every shot and with its made twenty five image buffer engineered into the camera, I've nevertheless to fill it up. What this suggests is that it does not matter what speed your memory card is. The camera takes its photos and puts them into its buffer. Then a separate set of processors moves the image from the buffer to your memory card. i'd have to be compelled to hold the button down for over eight seconds before the burst mode would abate (it would merely abate to the speed of your memory card here - it would not stop taking pictures). This clarity of the photographs in burst mode is what created me select the D200, and with the 18-70mm DX kit lens you will get some sensible photos.
