Nikon announce Nikon D200 and Nikon 18-200mm VR

[King Tiger]

Nikon D200
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond200/



Nikon 18-200mm VR
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0511/05...on18-200vr.asp

[icarus]

[simon80]

i think must start going on bread and water already

[TMC]

On sale in JP, 16th Dec

Launch tryout in Osaka Nov 25th and 26th.

[zaxh81]

when is it going to hit stores here?

[kahheng]

It's extremely impressive on paper.

Couple of salient points (which interests me) that I have gathered from the available info out there (Dpreview and RG):

1. Weather sealed
2. Much larger than normal viewfinder for a 1.5x crop camera (excellent - fixes one of the biggest problems with 1.5x cameras that most manufacturers choose to drag their feet on - apparently even more comfortable than the D2x's)
3. Very fast USB 2.0 port (tethered shooting plus? We'll have to see.)
4. Fairly long life shutter - will likely do 2-3x tested life as is quite usual
5. Nice LCD

Last of all, an absolute bargain for the specs.

I am optimistic that they won't cripple it by lowering the quality of the RAW files via overcompression like they did with the D70s. This is meant to be a semi-pro model like the F100 was.

It's good to see Nikon making such a mighty and laudable effort at striking back at Canon. More competition = better cameras at lower prices. This camera looks like quite the winner already.

I await with bated breath for what Canon will release in retaliation.

[wiz23]

Siao liao lah ... Anyone interested to buy a one-year old D70

[Zerstorer]

Originally Posted by kahheng I am optimistic that they won't cripple it by lowering the quality of the RAW files via overcompression like they did with the D70s. This is meant to be a semi-pro model like the F100 was.

Its confirmed. It spits out 16MB uncompressed RAW files as well.
Finally a worthy successor the F100.

[Joel Lyn]

haha.... Yes!!!....

Papa:' can I have a Nikon for my birthday cum Christmas cum New Year cum Good Results Present?? I promise to be good boy!!'



He better say yes.... *good boy looks...

Wait where are the acessories?? Kit lens? Vertical Grip? No mention??

[TMC]

hmm ISO 100, first time I heard of it on a Nikon. and yikes, older ENEL3s cant be used on the D200

[zaxh81]

Originally Posted by Joel Lyn haha.... Yes!!!.... Papa:' can I have a Nikon for my birthday cum Christmas cum New Year cum Good Results Present?? I promise to be good boy!!' He better say yes.... *good boy looks... Wait where are the acessories?? Kit lens? Vertical Grip? No mention??

Do you need a brother?

[Joel Lyn]

Originally Posted by zaxh81 Do you need a brother?

Kor... Daddy prefers me la....

You older, go work la... don snatch place with me.... heehee...

[kahheng]

Originally Posted by Zerstorer Its confirmed. It spits out 16MB uncompressed RAW files as well. Finally a worthy successor the F100.

Now that's good news indeed.

I was looking at getting a Canon 5D within the next six months to supplement my 1Ds. If the D200 actually turns out to be as good in reality as it looks on paper, it might just tempt me to go back to shooting with Nikons. I think I can live very well with a D200 body and a 17-55DX lens. The speed of the USB port as tested by DPreview interests me tremendously for tethered shooting.

Unfortunately, my first and last Nikon pro digital body was such a thoroughly underwhelming experience that's it turned me off the brand for quite a while when considering digital SLR bodies. Which is such a pity because after Olympus, Nikon is probably the only other good SLR manufacturer of digi-centric lenses. (I suspect Canon's next 'revolution' would be lenses better suitable for digital sensors. To me, it's their current 'handicap', though not enough people seem to care ;-))

The only thing I don't like on the spec sheets for the D200 is that the super high speed flash sync'ing with non Nikon strobes is no more. You can't have everything I guess.

[snowspeeder]

Coupled with a vertical grip, the d200 will be a mean machine.

[pktam71]

Good News from Letsgodigital

http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/re.../dslr_EN1.html

[Zerstorer]

Originally Posted by kahheng Now that's good news indeed. I was looking at getting a Canon 5D within the next six months to supplement my 1Ds. If the D200 actually turns out to be as good in reality as it looks on paper, it might just tempt me to go back to shooting with Nikons. I think I can live very well with a D200 body and a 17-55DX lens. The speed of the USB port as tested by DPreview interests me tremendously for tethered shooting.

Better idea, buy the 5D for your studio work, buy a D200+17-55 for all other shooting and sell off your 1Ds.

Best of both worlds.

Quote: Unfortunately, my first and last Nikon pro digital body was such a thoroughly underwhelming experience that's it turned me off the brand for quite a while when considering digital SLR bodies. Which is such a pity because after Olympus, Nikon is probably the only other good SLR manufacturer of digi-centric lenses. (I suspect Canon's next 'revolution' would be lenses better suitable for digital sensors. To me, it's their current 'handicap', though not enough people seem to care ;-))

Methinks the D200 should be attractive enough to sooth your previous mental trauma. Nikon's DX lineup is maturing pretty well and even more so when helped along by 3rd party manufacturers such as Sigma. Olympus finally managed to expand their lens lineup with some notable ones such as their 7-14mm. However, given the inherent demands/limitations of the 4/3 format, it will be a couple more generations of sensor improvements before they become an attractive enough package for my preferences.

Canon can afford to be slow with their lens update for the time being...pple always go gaga over full frame, but this cannot hold out for too long if other manufacturers keep improving.

[SNAG]

Just to ask, is the D200 eyepoint a high eyepoint viewfinder?

[bigfatfish]

Wow.... finally d200. Looks so good and so tempting. how much do you guys think it will retail at?

[mpenza]

finally announced good to see good products coming out helps with the faster introduction of better products to the consumers.

The lens looks very interesting and could become a hot favourite if the image quality proves to be decent.

The lens incorporates VRII:
The VR II feature enables significantly sharper handheld images at slower shutter speeds and in a wider range of lighting conditions than previous models. Equipped with the new lens, users can take pictures at shutter speeds up to four times slower than is possible with a non-VR lens.

It has silent focussing as well (probably more similar to the AF-S 55-200, rather than the pro-level AF-S 70-200VR):
Incorporates a compact SWM (Silent Wave Motor) for quiet focusing

[King Tiger]

Originally Posted by mpenza The lens incorporates VRII: The VR II feature enables significantly sharper handheld images at slower shutter speeds and in a wider range of lighting conditions than previous models. Equipped with the new lens, users can take pictures at shutter speeds up to four times slower than is possible with a non-VR lens. It has silent focussing as well (probably more similar to the AF-S 55-200, rather than the pro-level AF-S 70-200VR): Incorporates a compact SWM (Silent Wave Motor) for quiet focusing

VR II