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07/10/2007 02:51:37 PM · #1 |
Well, I am very excited (but now totally broke!) after purchasing a brand new D200. (I have been using a D70S which I think I am selling to a friend)
What can I look forward to with this camera? I am looking forward to the 5fps when shooting action, getting 100 iso, and generally having a more rugged camera.
Any advice, tips, tricks?
Ernie
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07/10/2007 02:55:30 PM · #2 |
Congrats on your new acquisition. My only advice is to send it to me to check it out. PM me and I will send you my address....
Originally posted by basssman7:
Well, I am very excited (but now totally broke!) after purchasing a brand new D200. (I have been using a D70S which I think I am selling to a friend)
What can I look forward to with this camera? I am looking forward to the 5fps when shooting action, getting 100 iso, and generally having a more rugged camera.
Any advice, tips, tricks?
Ernie |
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07/10/2007 02:55:55 PM · #3 |
Shoot in raw, edit nikon capture, set the color mode to III and change your DPC-profile! :P
Message edited by author 2007-07-10 14:56:08.
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07/10/2007 02:57:52 PM · #4 |
Buy a spare battery. Don't expect good battery usage until several charges as the internal batt/cap charges up.
Read the manual, several times. If you shoot RAW, gone are the days of 1000 or more shots with a single charge, unless you do a lot of rapid shooting. I got 600 raws in one charge while trying out the 5 fps. For some reason you get more shots with faster shooting.
In normal shooting I average 200 to 400 RAWs.
Work out with your weights, the 200 is a heavy sucker compared to the d70.
Otherwise the 200 is just a grown up d70 and you're going to love it. Looks like you do action, so the 5fps will be neat!
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07/10/2007 03:04:37 PM · #5 |
Congrats!
Especially now that your broke, take advantage of the D200's ability to use older Ai & Ais lenses. Thanks to so many recent Nikons inability to meter with these older lenses, the prices on the used market (ebay) have dropped considerably. Feel how much more robust the D200 is over the D70s? Well that is how much better older lenses feel over most current offerings. Even Nikon's late 70s early 80s e-series economy line offers superior construction than many current lenses. |
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07/10/2007 03:11:06 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Buy a spare battery. Don't expect good battery usage until several charges as the internal batt/cap charges up.
Read the manual, several times. If you shoot RAW, gone are the days of 1000 or more shots with a single charge, unless you do a lot of rapid shooting. I got 600 raws in one charge while trying out the 5 fps. For some reason you get more shots with faster shooting.
In normal shooting I average 200 to 400 RAWs.
Work out with your weights, the 200 is a heavy sucker compared to the d70.
Otherwise the 200 is just a grown up d70 and you're going to love it. Looks like you do action, so the 5fps will be neat! |
You must use your display a lot, because I get a lot more shots out of 1 battery.
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07/10/2007 03:50:06 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by k4rp:
You must use your display a lot, because I get a lot more shots out of 1 battery. |
Quantify "a lot more". 600 RAW shots is the most I've ever gotten. Remember I'm saying RAW, not JPG. With JPG which I seldom use, I've gotten as many as 1100. I've turned the backlight on the display to the lowest level and chimp only when I need to see the histogram. I've found on this camera that creating RAW files is very battery intensive. Especially if you're doing it off and on, not continiously.
When I got 600 RAW files on a single battery they were taken within the space of less than an hour. I was shooting in high FPS mode to try out the buffer and speed of my CF cards. When I take studio shots, 8 or 10 at a time, taking the card out editing then doing it over to perfect the shot I get the fewest frames per charge. As low as 150 frames. I'm chimping no more than with other modes of shooting. If fact, I turned off the auto image viewing on the camera shortly after I got the D200.
I only see the shots if I press the play button.
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07/10/2007 04:19:53 PM · #8 |
Thanks to everyone for their advice and suggestions. Keep watching that ribbon page for shots taken by the new camera very soon! (ya right....lol)
Ernie
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07/10/2007 04:28:15 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Work out with your weights, the 200 is a heavy sucker compared to the d70.
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Now that is true! The thing is HEAVY! Lugging it around with a Manfrotto and a couple lenses is giving me muscles :) |
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07/10/2007 04:31:18 PM · #10 |
Well I could certainly use the muscles!
I am presently reading the Steve's Digicams review to get a jumpstart on all those controls.
Now I just have to figure out how I can use it to pay my visa back off!!
Ernie
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07/10/2007 05:19:40 PM · #11 |
Only thing I can suggest is getting a battery grip. But that is a "to each his own" accessory you may or may not like the feel of the grip. Worth checking one out though.
Enjoy the new toy. |
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07/10/2007 05:29:36 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Only thing I can suggest is getting a battery grip. But that is a "to each his own" accessory you may or may not like the feel of the grip. Worth checking one out though.
Enjoy the new toy. |
I concur! I love mine and have not take it off since I put it on. |
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07/10/2007 05:30:47 PM · #13 |
Welcome to the club! Mine is only 6 weeks old. :)
I find I use the WB and ISO buttons constantly, so learn how to use them.
Another thing is that I initially set it so I could dial in exposure compensation without holding down the button (back dial in A mode, front dial in S mode). But I found I kept bumping the dials, and had compensation when I didn't want it, so I went back to having to hold the button down while dialing to make it work.
Learn about settings banks. You can establish up to 4 different sets of settings, including WB, ISO, quality, image processing (sharpness, contrast, etc.), flash behavior, etc. I have one for artsy stuff with lower sharpening and contrast because I'll do it in PS and one with those turned up for snapshots that look good right out of the camera.
Play with the vivid setting vs. others to see what that does.
Have fun!
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