New D200s?

I was in B&H Photo today, and a salesman who I know and trust told me that his friend who works for Nikon in Japan was handling a Nikon D200S. He said its 12 MP, just like the D2xS. Interesting rumor....
Time will tell
Lou

Seems that this is not the first "far out" rumor from a salesperson at B&H. Seems as if they would put such a sensor in a new body though.
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JohnE
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'My children say that I am the family paparazzi .'

Interesting. I've got a D200, and it made think about whether I'd want to upgrade to a 12 MP version if true. I'm assuming the primary reason for a sensor upgrade would be to eliminate the banding-tainted 10 MP sensor and maybe tweak Canon a little in the process. For new buyers, having a sensor without banding would be a plus. However, having used the D200 since January, and having it adjusted once at Nikon, banding has never been a problem. Also, I'd be a little concerned about the noise level of the new sensor, and the need more computer power to process the files. So, let the speculation begin. I can live with the original version. :> )

Alan

I'd love one. Probably at least 6 month's before we'd see it though.
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Rudi

It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby. - Elliott Erwitt

Lou Cohen said:

I was in B&H Photo today, and a salesman who I know and trust told
me that his friend who works for Nikon in Japan was handling a
Nikon D200S. He said its 12 MP, just like the D2xS. Interesting
rumor....
Time will tell
Lou

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The only thing I would drop my D200 for would be for a body with a live histogram display inside the viewfinder. To be able to see the histo. without taking my eye away from the viewfinder , that would be perfection. I am assuming that Olympus has the patent on that feature?

I find the D200 is superb at high iso , meters very accurately, a great body. I can live with the slower fps vs the D2h. What are two megapixels going to do for anyone but slow down processing?
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Rick Q.
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... the guy named "Jumbuck".

Ok, he wrote sometimes hard to believe statements and was sometimes very rude with our friends from the other side.

But I remember one post (ca. mid 2005) where he stated, that the D200 will have a 12MP Fuji sensor in it...hmmmmm....time will tell.

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best wishes and always good light
Kurt

Kurt said:

... the guy named "Jumbuck".

Ok, he wrote sometimes hard to believe statements and was sometimes
very rude with our friends from the other side.

But I remember one post (ca. mid 2005) where he stated, that the
D200 will have a 12MP Fuji sensor in it...hmmmmm....time will tell.

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best wishes and always good light
Kurt

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It's called the Fuji S5 Pro .

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Zach Baum
Associate Photo Editor, The Polytechnic
http://poly.rpi.edu