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Some of you may know I recently purchased a Nikon D200 body. First impressions when it arrived was the build quality, feels different in the hand compared to the Nikon D100 but better! Its Magnesium Alloy (the body structure) instead of plastic and is supposed to feel more along the lines of holding a Nikon F8
Anyway, yesterday I went to London to take it for its first test drive. First intial reactions were, woah the shutter sounds different and the Sigma f2.8 70-200mm is (imo) working to its optimum performance. The autofocus is much quicker, it doesn't hunt as much, could be due to the 11 AF points amongst being a better system. The 2.5 inch viefinder is rather nice, you can view your pictures outdoor without the need of going into shade due to reflection problem The D100 had.
Yesterday saw me experimenting with White Balance and was impressed at the quality "straight from the camera" Have to work on my low light (without flash) captures, I normally go down the route of bounce flash but yesterday tried without any flash. The London Tube is excellent if your after capturing "busckers" but had problems with noise which was dissapointing but the lightning was terrbile, plus capturing handheld at 1/25 is rather tricky for me but wanted to have a go!
I love the photography subject of "People" and well London is one of the best places for this imo. Here a few from yesterday:
All captured with Nikon D200 + Sigma f2.8 70-200mm, compressed for here
1. My favourite capture from the day
2. Taken by the Tower of London
3. Mobile Communcation
4. By The Tower Bridge
5. Never like cropping but I think this one works?
6. Captured this guy but he also spotted me!
7. Relaxing at Westminster
8. View from standing on Tower Bridge
My overall impression so far, is the image quality is something "totally different" it exposes better which leads to less processing in PS which is always a bonus for a photographer. I also love the weight of the camera with the additonal mb-d200 battery grip, it certainly helped using the D100 with the mb-d100 as I'm shakey. Lots of people hate "Big cameras" but there best suited to me.
Its quite scary that I can only capture 114 photos on Jpeg using a 1gb CF card? compared to the 300 odd I could with the Nikon D100! I wonder how many Raw will give me? I havn't tried yet!
Some guy asked me if he could have a go, if I knew the guy it would be no problem but him asking the question "How much was that camera" doesn't give me confidence in handing over the D200 to a stranger. If he asked "what do you think of the 11 point AF system" or some technical question which proved his knowledge then I may have thought (yup just thought) of handing the camera over! But not "How much was that? can I have a go?"
After I come back from holiday, I'm hoping to start studio/location photography which is the direction of photography I want to pursue. Dad is going to teach me all I need to know, so cannot wait....... Goona chill by the Thai sandy white beach and talk photography with Dad! kewl!
Constructive crititism appreciated as always......
Ed
Some of you may know I recently purchased a Nikon D200 body. First impressions when it arrived was the build quality, feels different in the hand compared to the Nikon D100 but better! Its Magnesium Alloy (the body structure) instead of plastic and is supposed to feel more along the lines of holding a Nikon F8
Anyway, yesterday I went to London to take it for its first test drive. First intial reactions were, woah the shutter sounds different and the Sigma f2.8 70-200mm is (imo) working to its optimum performance. The autofocus is much quicker, it doesn't hunt as much, could be due to the 11 AF points amongst being a better system. The 2.5 inch viefinder is rather nice, you can view your pictures outdoor without the need of going into shade due to reflection problem The D100 had.
Yesterday saw me experimenting with White Balance and was impressed at the quality "straight from the camera" Have to work on my low light (without flash) captures, I normally go down the route of bounce flash but yesterday tried without any flash. The London Tube is excellent if your after capturing "busckers" but had problems with noise which was dissapointing but the lightning was terrbile, plus capturing handheld at 1/25 is rather tricky for me but wanted to have a go!
I love the photography subject of "People" and well London is one of the best places for this imo. Here a few from yesterday:
All captured with Nikon D200 + Sigma f2.8 70-200mm, compressed for here
1. My favourite capture from the day
2. Taken by the Tower of London
3. Mobile Communcation
4. By The Tower Bridge
5. Never like cropping but I think this one works?
6. Captured this guy but he also spotted me!
7. Relaxing at Westminster
8. View from standing on Tower Bridge
My overall impression so far, is the image quality is something "totally different" it exposes better which leads to less processing in PS which is always a bonus for a photographer. I also love the weight of the camera with the additonal mb-d200 battery grip, it certainly helped using the D100 with the mb-d100 as I'm shakey. Lots of people hate "Big cameras" but there best suited to me.
Its quite scary that I can only capture 114 photos on Jpeg using a 1gb CF card? compared to the 300 odd I could with the Nikon D100! I wonder how many Raw will give me? I havn't tried yet!
Some guy asked me if he could have a go, if I knew the guy it would be no problem but him asking the question "How much was that camera" doesn't give me confidence in handing over the D200 to a stranger. If he asked "what do you think of the 11 point AF system" or some technical question which proved his knowledge then I may have thought (yup just thought) of handing the camera over! But not "How much was that? can I have a go?"
After I come back from holiday, I'm hoping to start studio/location photography which is the direction of photography I want to pursue. Dad is going to teach me all I need to know, so cannot wait....... Goona chill by the Thai sandy white beach and talk photography with Dad! kewl!
Constructive crititism appreciated as always......
Ed
