Nikon D200: Phil Askey's Full Review

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

.. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

.. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

Deryck

"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

Why?

I've read a half dozen reviews, in magazines and on sites, that have come to
roughly the same conclusion.

Martin

deryck lant wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

I guess it probably will, but my question is why???

The D200 is a good camera. The EOS 5D is a good camera.

Wouldn't it be nice if people just made their choice and then went out
and shot some photographs. ;-)

John

deryck lant wrote:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.


Well. Maybe. But you shouldn't announce you'd like a flame burst; that
diminishes the probabilty of one occuring by 25.88 %.

--
John McWilliams

The message
from "Martin Francis" contains these words:


"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

Why?

I've read a half dozen reviews, in magazines and on sites, that have
come to
roughly the same conclusion.

I should have been more precise and stipulated the anti-Nikon brigade.

I liked the phrase "It fills the photographer with an air of confidence
that each time they need it the camera is going to perform."

That would also refer to the focusing under all conditions.

Deryck

"deryck lant" wrote in message
...
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

Deryck

Making my own judgments from looking at the comparison images. D200:
Excellent quality. No color moiré or odd patterns in angled lines or
repeating patterns. No sharpening halos! One of the smoothest outputs I've
seen from digital. It is a bit soft at default settings. There is hardly any
resolution advantage over the 20D although the image is very slightly more
natural to me.

Compared to the near 13mp 5D, the 5D does show a resolution advantage. In
the globe shot, the characters do seem a bit more defined in the 5D.

Given the price of the D200, any Nikon user or anyone considering Nikon
should be completely satisfied given the cost vs. image quality delivered.
It is an excellent camera and as the review stated, Highly recommended.
-S

"deryck lant" wrote:

I should have been more precise and stipulated the anti-Nikon brigade.

You called?

I liked the phrase "It fills the photographer with an air of confidence
that each time they need it the camera is going to perform."

That would also refer to the focusing under all conditions.

You mean _mis_-focusing under all conditions. Both the Japanese reviews and
Rob Galbraith have found that the D200's AF misses a lot more then the 20D
and 5D.

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:23:41 GMT, John Fryatt
wrote:

deryck lant wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

I guess it probably will, but my question is why???

The D200 is a good camera. The EOS 5D is a good camera.

Wouldn't it be nice if people just made their choice and then went out
and shot some photographs. ;-)

John

NO, dammit!
We want to shoot *SOMEONE*, not *something*!
Oh, wait, I did shoot someone (he survived; can I be VP now? :-)).
Here's someone else I shot:
http://pippina.com/images/rf06-2618-a.jpg

--
Bill Funk
replace "g" with "a"

John McWilliams wrote:
deryck lant wrote:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/

. . . . you really can't see any significant advantage or disadvantage
going either way (8 to 10 or 10 to 12). You really wouldn't be able to
see a difference in print even at very large sizes.

. . . it would be a pity to label it as 'semi-pro' because in use you
soon realize that it's a professional camera. Which brings us to the
competition, from a build/features point of view it's clearly ahead of
the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in that respect a step above the EOS 5D, a
baby D2X.

That should fan the flames nicely.

Well. Maybe. But you shouldn't announce you'd like a flame burst; that
diminishes the probabilty of one occuring by 25.88 %.

That's the stupidest statement I've ever heard. It's 26.04%.

The message
from "David J. Littleboy" contains these words:


"deryck lant" wrote:

I should have been more precise and stipulated the anti-Nikon brigade.

You called?

I liked the phrase "It fills the photographer with an air of confidence
that each time they need it the camera is going to perform."

That would also refer to the focusing under all conditions.

You mean _mis_-focusing under all conditions. Both the Japanese reviews and
Rob Galbraith have found that the D200's AF misses a lot more then the 20D
and 5D.

You're very dependable. I knew that would bring you out David. By the way -
the 5D is commonly available at a 30+ percent discount in the UK now.

Deryck