NikonWeb.com

Discuss old Nikon and Kodak DSLRs
[ NikonWeb.com - Nikon Historical Society ]
It is currently Tue May 21, 2013 4:03 am

All times are UTC




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Nikon D200 released
PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:54 pm 
Offline

Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 9:25 pm
Posts: 308
Location: Washington DC USA
Hello to all,
A co-worker of mine has a D70 for the last year and a half, as a result he he is not using his F100 anymore, Upon the news of the D200 he went in and put in his order with Ritz camera (Ritzcamera.com) locally here in the greater Washington, DC area.
He got a call in today that his camera arrived( although the new 18-200 VR he ordered is still not here!), called me from the store all excited telling me about it, I told him to stop by so I could see it in person.
Impressive looking camera, Big LCD screen, nice clean layout,small battery, as robust as the F100 or even more so... but here is some negatives(at a first glance).
1) The batteries are exclusive, although similar in size and shape to D70, they are not interchangeable, Nikon claims they did this to prevent third party batteries over-heating the camera! So my friends batteries from his D70 are no good in his D200!!
2) I saw that STRANGE " Made in Thailand" writing on the base :? Almost made my heart stop pounding. I thought Nikon made the cheapies(such as my N75) over there, no wonder they managed to keep it at under $1700.00.
3) The owners manual is the size of a pocket Dictionary :cry:

But for the good part, camera comes with a strap and a free LCD clear cover and my friend got his grand kid a four Mega Pixel coolpix 4800 for $175.00 :twisted:

Kiu


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:42 pm 
Offline
Site Admin

Joined: Fri May 20, 2005 4:12 pm
Posts: 972
Location: Norway
I'm sure the D200 is a great camera. I've played with it and it feels very nice, even compared to the D2X. Fast AF, nice viewfinder, robust feel, etc.

I guess the old D100 is now officially part of my vintage DSLR collection :)

Jarle


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 2 posts ] 

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group