Nikon D200 great camera, which was released back in 2005, but can still please you with a wonderful picture. The camera has a nice clone: Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro, which differs from the Nikon D200 only in software and better matrix.
It is very funny that now on the official website of Nikon there are only two sections for modern SLR cameras - this is a professional section and amateur. So, on the same site, the camera is positioned as semi-professional. Just after dividing only into two classes, D200 was not transferred to the “professional” section. Why am I? And to the fact that Nikon D200 is really a professional camera with which it’s not a shame to shoot any type of picture. Can here see the evolution of all Nikon cameras.
Nikon D200, view of the camera Nikon D200
In general, I am delighted with the Nikon D200, and after a day of working with it, I don’t feel like shooting anything else. The camera is quite weighty, sits perfectly in my hand, behaves perfectly with heavy lenses.
Sample photo on Nikon D200 without processing
When working with a Nikon D200 camera, I highly recommend paying attention to such important parameters as:
- Great ergonomics. This is expressed in everything from a rubberized handle and discs to a shooting mode lock. Using well-thought-out ergonomics, the camera is very convenient to control; all the most necessary settings are always available and always at hand. By the way, even the bottom of the camera (where the tripod socket is) is also rubberized.
- Optional monochrome display. Just an indispensable thing for a professional. The display shows all the most important settings - ISO, aperture values, excerptsamendments exposure, the amount of free space on the card, white balance, picture quality, flash mode, battery charge, focus point and all that is possible. When the camera is turned off, the number of frames that can be taken to the remaining space on the memory card remains on the display. The monochrome display is larger than in younger models Nikon D90, D80, D70(s) D50, D7000.
An example of a photograph on a Nikon D200 without processing. Poplar fluff
- Dust and moisture protection. Of course, it is worth mentioning that the protection will be complete only if there are dust and moisture protective lenses, but in nature I have not seen such, because I will say that the camera perfectly tolerates light rain, dust, dirt and slight frosts.
- Using the card CF. Big card CF can reach enormous read/write speeds, which is very important for continuous shooting, and indeed for copying files to a computer. Although, my CF 32GB 400x during operation showed itself to be only 5MB/sec better than SD 32 GB class 10. As you understand, the Nikon D200 can handle even 32 GB normally.
- Huge continuous shooting buffer. Buffer can store 21 RAW files. Given that the maximum shooting speed 5 frames per second, the camera can click as long as 4 seconds in quick mode. 4 seconds is already a normal indicator. For example, my Nikon D90 starts to slow down after three seconds of filming at a speed of 4.5 frames per second. Also, keep in mind that when shooting in JPEG, the buffer becomes almost dimensionless.
- Whole 10.2 megapixels. Chasing megapixels is not worth it at all, but still 10.2 MP is enough for shooting in almost any genre. Of course, more is better, but I do not see any difference between the 10.2 megapixels of my Nikon D200, D80 and 12.3 megapixels of mine Nikon D90. Anyway, baby Nikon D40 with its 6.1 MP it can sometimes do with sharpness Nikon D90 with the same lens - look at the section Battle of Megapixels.
An example of a photograph on a Nikon D200 without processing. High ISO 1600
- The matrix on ISO 100 allows you to get just a very good picture, everything above ISO 400 is already a very bad result. About it a little lower. Having experience working with processing images from different cameras, I can say that at low ISOs, at some points, a CCD image is simpler and easier to “bring to mind”. The matrix of the Nikon D200, although in some respects similar to the sensors used in the models Nikon D80, D40x, D60, D3000but still different. Details here.
- The camera has focus motor, this will allow you to use any optics that can focus on Nikon, for example, the camera works great with non-motorized lenses Nikon 50mm F1.8D, Nikon 70-210 F4, etc. The motor buzzes when focusing, but nothing can be done, in order to save money on non-motorized lenses, you can be patient.
An example of a photograph on a Nikon D200 without processing. High ISO 1600
- The camera can measure exposure with any lens (and without a lens at all). This means that it will be possible to work in semi-automatic aperture priority mode with any manual lens. Even if you wear instead of a lens tin can, the camera will still measure exposure meter correctly. Also, for older lenses, a menu for setting the focal length and maximum aperture is provided. It is very, very convenient. Personally, I put on the programmable button the choice of focal length and aperture for manual optics. When I use my Helios-81N AI-s type, the Nikon D200 camera correctly displays 50mm focal length and maximum aperture F / 2.0, and if I twist the aperture ring on the lens, the camera also understands this and shows the following values F / 2.8, F / 4.0, etc. Important set manual lens parametersfor matrix metering to work, otherwise only spot and center-weighted will work.
- At the camera 11 focus points and just one cross-shaped sensor. Now 11 focus points put on the simplest Nikon D3000You won’t be surprised. But the camera has 4 focus modes and a special switch for them.
Sample photo on Nikon D200 without processing
- Nikon D200 has a minimum 1/8000 short shutter speed, sometimes a very useful thing, especially when you need to shoot at aperture of 1.4 (or higher) on a sunny day. And still, Nikon D200 can fulfill non-standard excerpts type 1 \ 750, 1 \ 3000, 1 \ 90s, etc., which cannot be selected in priority mode excerpts or in manual mode. Intermediate values shutter speed allow adjust exposure more precisely. For example, with such shutter speeds, younger cameras, like Nikon D80, D90.
- The camera can control flashes in command mode. That is, if you have a Nikon D200 and any flash like Nikon SB-600, SB-700, SB-800, SB-900, SB-910 or third-party manufacturers, you can put it in a radius of 10 meters and shoot using Nikon's creative lighting system NIKON-CLS.
Sample photo on Nikon D200
- And of course, fast flash sync. You can shoot with an external flash that supports FP mode, with any shutter speedup to 1/8000. Very important and necessary parameter.
- A bunch of all sorts of connectors that you rarely use, it's just too lazy to write about them, who cares, download the instructions and read for yourself.
Example photo on Nikon D200
- Limit ISO 100-1600 (100-3200). At the moment, this is not the best indicator, but I would say very low.
- The camera has 1.005-pixel RGB matrix metering sensor exposureinherited from the flagship camera D2X. Measurement works very accurately.
Example photo on Nikon D200. Portert
- Those who have read up to this seventeenth paragraph have probably already grown tired. There are many more important points that should be written about, but this is already necessary for a very narrow circle of people, therefore we will limit ourselves to this list of important aspects of the camera.
Nikon D200 and Nikon D40 Camera Size Comparison
Disadvantages. Since I took the camera to a professional type, you can demand a lot from it. because I consider serious shortcomings:
- The delay when you turn on the menu or view pictures. Delay does not always occur, depending on whether you watched or took a picture on the camera. Usually, after turning on the camera and pressing the menu button or viewing the image, the camera “thinks” for 3-5 seconds, which is a disastrously long period of time. The card activity indicator is on. Actually the “communication" of the camera with the card takes this time. On my two cards, 2GB and 32GB 400x, the delay time is the same. This is not a very important point, but sometimes waiting for 3-5 seconds is still not a hunt. But the camera turns on instantly.
Example photo on Nikon D200. The light meter easily copes with non-standard tasks
- The battery runs out very quickly. Really I have enough battery for 400 shots. You can still take a small photo shoot on one charge. But, for example, at a wedding without 2-3 batteries just can not do (checked more than once). This disease is treated by buying a special booster. The booster adds convenience when shooting, but it takes extra space in the case and adds extra weight.
Example photo on Nikon D200
- The viewfinder does not give 100% frame coverage, but only the usual 95%. It's really annoying when after the picture you find an extra piece in the photo that fits in these 5%, which were not visible behind the scenes.
Example photo on Nikon D200.
- 2.5 inch display. Yes after Nikon D90, D300 look at 230.000 points after 900.000 points at D90 not that anymore. Of course, offending the old D200 is bad, but the display is not the same as before. Many say that the D200 gives a bad picture, from personal experience I will say that professionals will not distinguish a picture from Nikon D200 and Nikon D7000 with the same lens and the same settings at low ISO when printing and / or on a computer monitor (I personally conducted an experiment that confirmed this). But almost everyone will say that the picture looks much worse on the Nikon D200 display than anywhere else. Why is not known.
Example photo on Nikon D200. Landscape
- The standard lack of gum in all Nikon cameras is that they swell and fall off. Let me explain - the rubber, which is so nice to the touch, swells over time and comes off.
Example photo on Nikon D200.
- Very poor results at high ISO. Given the age of the camera, you can come to terms with this.
Example photo on Nikon D200. Portrait. Color rendition.
- It’s bad that when switching the compression level, the RAW buffer still shows 21 frames. For example: compressed RAW weighs about 10 MB, and not compressed about 16 MB, it would not be bad if the camera placed more frames in the buffer with the compressed format.
Example photo on Nikon D200.
- No focus adjustment. Honestly, when I bought a Nikon D200, I was just saddened by this, since for some of my lenses adjustment would not hurt.
Example photo on Nikon D200.
- Nikon D200 is one of the few cameras that does not have a menu for post-processing photos. In general, no processing of the filmed material with the camera is provided. I was very surprised when I discovered this. You can't even convert from RAW to JPEG.
An example of a photograph on a Nikon D200 without processing. Poplar fluff
A couple more moments:
Nikon D200 bribes with its ability to enlarge the image is actually 1 to 1 with one button. This is real, very much accelerates the choice of a sharp picture. Moreover, the camera enlarges the picture at the focus point. The camera is not such a familiar (for all users of the line below) the method of zooming the picture. To enlarge the picture you need to press as many as two buttons and the main control dial. But the multi selector has 8 directions. Impressions are positive.
Sample photo on Nikon D200 without processing
Choose and don’t know what to take?
It is unlikely that someone will say with certainty whether the camera is suitable for you or not. At the moment Nikon D200 is outdatedher descendant Nikon D300 Has matrix cleaning, Live View and less noise at high ISO. Nikon D300s in addition, it also shoots video and clicks the shutter much faster, and even on 2 cards. Well and Nikon D7000 in general can still better. Well, if it’s at all hot to take a camera of a similar level, you can look at Nikon D80, which has similar image quality with the Nikon D200 and the only significant difference is not the ability to work with manual optics. More photos in gallery of autumn photos.
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Nikon D200 - professional digital SLR camera, which is now not available and which can be taken at a ridiculous price. Able to do almost everything you need. Not suitable for beginners in photography - there is not a single automatic shooting mode, for everything you need to think for yourself. It is also hardly suitable for the pros, since it quickly eats up the battery and has strong noises at high ISO. But in fact, the only drawback of the camera is that now there are much more advanced Nikon D300(s) D7000that make things even better. So who will suit Nikon D200 - I can’t say for sure, but in skillful hands you can squeeze a lot from her.
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Hello Arkady! At one time, exchanged the D3000 for the almost new D200. I am very pleased with the transition and pleased with the ergonomics of the camera, weight, appearance, ease of control, omnivorous lenses. My question is: tell me, for the best result, what values should I set in the camera (sharping, noise reduction, color mode, and other nuances, if there is something to share)? I like to have sharp pictures, including street portraits. And one more question: how to use the AE-L / AF-L modes correctly? Thank you in advance!
I advise you to turn off the noise reduction, set the sharpness, saturation, contrast to maximum (there may be only 3 options). Better to bring RAW in the converter, you can greatly overestimate the sharpness. How the AE-L / AF-L button works is described in detail here - https://radojuva.com.ua/2012/11/knopka-af-l-ae-l/
Arkady, I can’t achieve sharpness on the D200 + AF Nikkor 80-200 2.8D system at different aperture values and a long end. Could there be a front / back focus and how to eliminate it, if possible? Thanks for the good advice!
Yes, may be. Check by test pattern. Often complain about 80-200 at 200mm is wrong in focusing.
As I understand it, the D200 is an option for those who are not ready to spend money on D300 or D300s, but want to experiment with professional capabilities - banks, etc. That is why I want to buy this device, and I will solve the problem of a rapidly discharging battery by purchasing an additional battery ... Well, high noises at ISO above 400, I consider a fair compensation for the difference in price between D200 and D300 - on auкro.ua and slando.ua D200 costs ~ 3000 UAH, D300 in good condition ~ 5500 UAH.
we have a D200 with 7000 frames on the counter you can buy for $ 200. I think whether it is necessary having 4 other carcasses :)
but do not tell me where you have it? I would take for such a price ... in general, for aukro / slando d200 with mileage ~ 100000-150000 it costs 2300-2400gr - a little expensive
Now I have the Canon ultrasound, but after the last shootings in difficult conditions (sports in the forest, there were continuous spots of flare, noise and grease :() I had a desire to switch to a DSLR; such Nikon turned up. I'm ready to work with manual settings, but they are frightening and the weight of this camera. How comfortable is it to move over rough terrain? Is it tolerable or worth looking at something more compact and without moving parts?
“We have D200 with 7000 frames on the counter you can buy for $ 200” Give two! : D
Arkady, please tell me. I have a D200. But for some reason I don’t like the sharpness. In the settings everything is on the move. This may be a camera problem or I have excessive requirements. 18-135. Thank you
Arkady, thanks for the article!
From myself, I bought a d200 a couple of weeks ago with low mileage (I took it with my own grab), and immediately sold the d3100 when I looked and compared the pictures.
I will say this, the old horse does not spoil the furrow ..., but on the contrary)))
Very good, solidly made device. For the soul t.s.
I bought this device in May this year, with high mileage, but well preserved. After a month of use, I realized that everything new is well spoiled old. No video and no need, but the D200 renders color as it is with the possibility of very flexible correction in the editor (by the way, too). Soft transitions of halftones and unobtrusive, in my opinion, noise at high ISO. The viewfinder after 3xxx and 5xxx is simply gorgeous and, finally, this camera does not decide for us what the photo should be in the opinion of Nikon programmers and engineers.
I am the happy owner of the D200, the camera is beyond praise, and the DD and BB are simply gorgeous, I shot it in the rain, snow and storms, there aren’t any failures .. I’ll say one thing about ISO, with a properly selected exposure, good and completely noisy pictures come out even at 1200 (verified), all a matter of experience)))
Hello, Arkady.
Is it worth changing the old D70s to the D200? Will there be a noticeable difference?
In principle, the 70th is fine, but honestly tired of it)) I want something better with the CCD, and the choice, alas, is only from used.
Thank you in advance.
Arkady hello! But is the nikon d200 suitable for the role of macro shooting? Your opinion is very interesting?
For macro, the lens is first of all important, and the camera is the second thing.
Hello everyone. I am the owner of NIKON D200. noticed a tiny back focus and ... .. climbed to fix it (like the last FOOL !!!!)
As a result, only the central point is well focused and the system D lenses do not work.
help out ... throw off the link I'm going to step on the rake and try to fix everything.
the rest of the camera is wonderful ... and the owner is a bastard ...
I hate myself for my mistake ...
I urgently ask the advice of a pro. I am offered d200 for $ 200, but he has a mileage of 170 thousand, what do you advise the plug is not cretical for him ??
Mileage with a guarantee of 150 thousand.
Please advise what do you think is it worth buying a second-hand D200 for $ 550? Urgently!
Thank you for the article! Yesterday I bought this device, it is from the USA and there are no instructions in Russian yet ... I read the article and the question appeared, where and how to turn this on: “the possibility of enlarging the picture is actually 1 to 1 with one button. This is real, it really speeds up the selection of a sharp shot. Moreover, the camera enlarges the picture exactly at the focusing point. ”?
the bottom button to the left of the screen .enter seems to be called.
Press the center of the selector
I also tried to find this “the possibility of increasing the picture in fact 1 to 1 with one button. This is real, it really speeds up the selection of a sharp shot. Moreover, the camera enlarges the picture at the focus point. " - failed. Both of the tips - enter and the center of the selector - did not help. Enter turns on the zoom mode, the center of the selector switches to the thumbnail display mode.
C'mon, I’ve been using this feature all my life on the d200, is it really so difficult to find this feature in the menu?
Menu Control - Center key - Zoom function, select the zoom level. I am using small magnification! but someone will like the average, and there is still a large one.
Figured out how it's done. In order for the center of the selector in the image review mode to work to increase the active autofocus area, which Arkady praised, you need to go to the f1 setting -> View mode -> Zoom on / off. -> choose low, medium or high magnification.
Arkady, please tell me, there is a separate sync-contact for the flash on the d200 and c5pro, can Soviet flash units, in particular electronics fe27, be connected to this sync-contact?
I categorically do not advise, on a sync contact of Soviet outbreaks of voltage for a hundred, d200 mb and will survive, but I will not promise.
Arkady, the choice fell on the d200 but without knowing the specifics of the camera and its weaknesses, I can’t do the right inspection before buying.
Please help in what points before buying it is worth paying attention.
Thanks in advance!
I really need help! I have a choice - d200 or d90. With us they cost about the same. Two hundred is like its gluttony with lenses, but it frightens off batteries and compact flash cards with greediness (they are expensive, but I already have good sidiks).
The second has long been cute, more youthful, has a motor (like the first).
Photo - family, landscape, genre and everything that comes to hand. Advanced amateur photographer. There is a fleet of manual optics: Mir-1 automatic, Nikkor-200, Nikkor-24, Helios 44-2. Autofocus fifty dollars.
I clicked on d3000, I want to go up, but the question is - with which device?
both will have to go. D200 on, clicked 16 tons of frames, D90 closer, made 9 tons.
I'm confused.
Any thoughts will be constructive. Not necessarily I will do as advised, but help is needed :)
And then there is the Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro with 58 thousand mileage pecked. What to choose? Ah-ah ...
look for the D300.
Solidly more expensive d200.
Nikon D200, mileage 100427 (from about 250k)
+ Nikkor 35-135mm 3.5-4.5
+ Spiratone 24mm 2.8 (manual)
+ Buttons Nikon MB-D200
+ two batteries
+ 2 flash drives (8 and 2gb)
Price for all 4000.
Good starter kit?
for 4 thousand Russian rubles - more than good to study ... True, you will be heavy (because of the need to carry a battery block with batteries, taking into account its short operating time), but if not a girl is taken a set, then the rules.
I remember one summer carcass D40 with 30 thousand mileage given for 5500 rubles.
And here with two glasses, possibly raw.
The main thing is to look at the carcass, so that it is not battered or battered (+ what kind of thread documents or boxes to say was not wanted)
If you have finances, then of course it is better to look towards something newer, but based on the position “it’s not a pity to shake things up, if anything, it is planned to use both in the tail and in the mane, and not only for filming the New Year and a trip to Turkey, and money for this not much yet ”is not a bad option.
Please tell me, is there a choice between D80 (15 thousand run) and D200 (30 thousand run), what to choose?
I understand that both are already outdated, but I want to touch the floor about)
So I shoot on the D5100, but it’s a pity to carry it everywhere.
D200 definitely))) Almost pro-class!
Arkady, you have a very high-quality and understandable review! Can I have your advice? I have been using Nikon D1.5 camera for 3100 years now and I was interested in D200 but also D7000! Which one would you advise me to buy! The complexity of manual settings does not scare me) ... or should I take a higher level camera? D7100 or D300s
Here is a small part of mine (pics) http://500px.com/sagirov …thanks in advance!
years Є Tsіkava Stattya http://photo-element.ru/ts/nikon/D200/D200.html , de є information about those that are 90 dXNUMX pidіyde і in the phone (all the same mene) for pictures ^ __ ^
Zagaglі, as if seriously, then in front of you is a song.
And, if it’s already vzgalі vserioz, then in 200 - an old steep matrix in colorah. In 7000 etc. - a greater threshold of noise. і marvel at your pictures, I think you need a new camera, hіba bіplіvkovy .. ^ __ ^
Good shots.
Hello Arkady, please advise, is there a choice between D70 (1000-1200gr.) Or D200 (2300-2500gr.) ((Or is it cheaper somewhere? :)), with the expectation that over time, in the future, take a photo professionally? - is 6mp enough for the client or is it worth picking up to D200 (and is 10mp enough)? ... I don't look at older and newer ones because of the price
For a client, d70 is not enough, but you can get out, depending on the pricing policy. For the same money, you can take something from Canon - 20d with 8 MP.
garna recommendation. Having read here about d200 і znayshov tsikavu article http://photo-element.ru/ts/nikon/D200/D200.html ^ __ ^
Thanks for the answer (D)
Arkady, good afternoon! The second day I sit on this site in thought. I choose between d200 and d90. The camera is needed mainly for professional shooting of pets (cats) and will be used for documentary photography. There is a Nikor 28-105 lens. Image quality and color reproduction are very important. Thanks.