Nikon cams always look sexy - ooh D200! (nt)

David Chin · Oct 26, 2005

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curtnercn · Oct 26, 2005

Without size and prospective reference with D70/D50 one can't hardly get a good feeling about the solidness of the D200 body.

If you have a Nikon F100, hold that to your hand and imagine a bit thicker and taller with the same solid feeling, that would be what a D200 would feel.

Also if one doesn't pay enough attention to the pictures it's hard to tell the better texture treatment of the surface materials.

For example, the handgrip part of the back side is rubberized, and most the front surface are also rubber treated. Again the same kind of treatment like the F100 (and other pro-bodies like the D2 series).

David Chin · Oct 26, 2005

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bartP · Oct 26, 2005

it's pretty easy to put a d200 image over a d2x image since both carry a 2.5 inch lcd.
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PerL · Oct 26, 2005

curtnercn said:
Without size and prospective reference with D70/D50 one can't
hardly get a good feeling about the solidness of the D200 body.

If you have a Nikon F100, hold that to your hand and imagine a bit
thicker and taller with the same solid feeling, that would be what
a D200 would feel.

Also if one doesn't pay enough attention to the pictures it's hard
to tell the better texture treatment of the surface materials.

For example, the handgrip part of the back side is rubberized, and
most the front surface are also rubber treated. Again the same kind
of treatment like the F100 (and other pro-bodies like the D2
series).

I believe you earlier wrote the that the body felt like it had a polycarbonate surface (its OK even if I would prefer metal). However, some metal surfaces, like for instance on the Canon 20D, feels a lot like polycarbonate. Is it possible that this could be the case with the D200 too? I noticed that many of the controls looked very similar to those on D2X.

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David Chin · Oct 26, 2005

... at http://www.pbase.com/dlcmh/nikond200launch (#1) - it'll be fun to see how closely your post matches reality when the camera gets to new owners.

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littlebabylon · Oct 26, 2005

overall the design is great, especially the function dial (QUAL, ISO, WB) which is a pro level, but just the "head", it's a bit slim, like D50.

anyway, for these long years' wait, i will get one

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seahawk · Oct 26, 2005

Looks good so far, but we shoudl wait till we see the first tests and hold it the first time ourselves.

I do however feel that this is kind of a didigtal F100 for the serious amateur. It should last for a long time.

bartP · Oct 26, 2005

The d200 seems to have a great size, perfect backup and run around body.

(copy and paste this link

bartwork.tripod.com/d200-hs.jpg

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PerL · Oct 26, 2005

littlebabylon said:
overall the design is great, especially the function dial (QUAL,
ISO, WB) which is a pro level, but just the "head", it's a bit
slim, like D50.

anyway, for these long years' wait, i will get one

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Yes, it actually looks quite compact, at least in height.
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curtnercn · Oct 26, 2005

I don't recall I ever said anything comparing to the 20D as I never handle a 20D.

I believe I said it's feeling like the D2X/F6 than a D70.

PerL · Oct 26, 2005

curtnercn said:
I don't recall I ever said anything comparing to the 20D as I never
handle a 20D.

I believe I said it's feeling like the D2X/F6 than a D70.

No, sorry, I didnt meant that you said anything about the 20D - it was my own observation after playing with a 20D that its shell felt a lot like polycarbonate, despite being metal.

What I am wondering about is if the body surface of the D200 is plastic or metal.
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Pierre Sottas · Oct 26, 2005

The picture shows a CL CH on the top dial. A High Speed Crop à la D2X ?

Thanks

broodrooster · Oct 26, 2005

The size and build quality of the command dial should be some indication of the D200 being closer to the D2X than the D50 or D70s.

Can anybody tell me what that switch is under the joystick like button? I don't have it on my D1X.

bartP said:
The d200 seems to have a great size, perfect backup and run around
body.

(copy and paste this link bartwork.tripod.com/d200-hs.jpg

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broodrooster · Oct 26, 2005

And the supports for the strap are like the F100, F5, D1X and D2X screwed into the body. A body of magnesium alloy then?

PerL · Oct 26, 2005

broodrooster said:
And the supports for the strap are like the F100, F5, D1X and D2X
screwed into the body. A body of magnesium alloy then?

In the plastic bodies of D100, D70 and D50 the supports for the straps look different, not screwed through the shell.
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Thomas Comerford · Oct 26, 2005

broodrooster said:
The size and build quality of the command dial should be some
indication of the D200 being closer to the D2X than the D50 or D70s.

Can anybody tell me what that switch is under the joystick like
button? I don't have it on my D1X.

Which one? There's a switch around the directional pad for locking the active AF point, and the one below that changes the focusing mode.

broodrooster said:
bartP said:

The d200 seems to have a great size, perfect backup and run around
body.

(copy and paste this link bartwork.tripod.com/d200-hs.jpg

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littlebabylon · Oct 26, 2005

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piolet paul · Oct 26, 2005

Looks like a MLU button on the front...?

Just another very needed feature!

broodrooster · Oct 26, 2005

Ah, the focussing mode it is then. M, C, S.

Thanks,
Drew

Thomas Comerford said:
broodrooster said:

The size and build quality of the command dial should be some
indication of the D200 being closer to the D2X than the D50 or D70s.

Can anybody tell me what that switch is under the joystick like
button? I don't have it on my D1X.

Click to expand...

Which one? There's a switch around the directional pad for locking
the active AF point, and the one below that changes the focusing
mode.

Thomas Comerford said:

bartP said:

The d200 seems to have a great size, perfect backup and run around
body.

(copy and paste this link bartwork.tripod.com/d200-hs.jpg

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kind regards,
bart

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