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Apr 05, 2018
The D200 "The Tank That Still Can"
2 of 2 found this helpful The D200 is a awesome low light and night shot camera being only 10mp
(BIGGER Pixels gather light faster allowing faster shutter speeds). perfect for low light situations!
The D200 is still a awesome sport camera too, as I never lost a shot.
Colors are a little to punchy for my taste so I usually run the D200 muted or normal mode.
Images are super sharp using the Nikkor 50mm 1.8D "Aperture Ring lens"
And crisp with the Nikkor 24-50mm f3.3/4.5 lens (Both Cheep Glass that performs) Both offer the Aperture ring. I find the Aperture ring to be easier to use when shooting. These lenses seem to focus quick, quick enough for my needs.
The D200 will stand on it's own in heavy rain even without a sealed lens. I never had a D200 fail.
I have owned some D200's that clicked upwards 300,000 clicks and still went strong.
The D200 is a true BATTLE TANK!!
The only problem I encounter with the D200 is the foam/padding "what ever ya call it". that is used to cushion the mirror, the foam/pad somewhat gets in the way when cleaning the ccd. The foam also comes loose and ends up on the ccd a quick vacuum sucks it off the ccd. No big deal, some of my D200's I simply remove this foam/pad without any issues.
Love me some 10.2 mp!! The pixel war has ruined everything photography is about. 8mp is all that's needed to match a 35mm film camera negative. The D200 is 10.2 mp CCD! but 8mp is all that's needed. The CCD is a more costly to produce chip compared to a CMOS. Nuff Said! Todays 24mp, 50mp, etc. cameras yield grainy softer images while the lower mp cameras of the past, offer stronger solid colors, sharper images, and less grain. I can live with slight colored digital noise at high iso settings compared to over the top, in camera processing, that leads to softer images and fake color renditions.
No need to shoot RAW with this performer, no need to edit images either as the images are perfect right from the camera. OK... OK, maybe some slight tweaking of the WB here and there. I find out of 100 shots indoors, I might have to correct 3 or 4 images white balance. Not bad for a 15 year old camera.