Got a Nikon? Share your thoughts and photos here or ask a question! (III)

My new camera has just 10k on it and i paid just £180 plus 2 extra batts and 2 cards all boxed and original plastic sleeves.

Nice pic Roshan i love the sharpness of the j-fish.


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Can cameras like the D200 use ETTR to optomize getting cleaner images without noise, as i understand this camera in particular suffers because of low-mid level luminance, so in theory raising the Compenesation perhaps 2/3 - 1 stop might help.

Any ideas folks?


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Yep, ETTR will be helpful regardless of the body you are using as long as you aren't clipping highlights (or aren't clipping highlights that are important to you).

Pagman wrote in post #16388656
My new camera has just 10k on it and i paid just £180 plus 2 extra batts and 2 cards all boxed and original plastic sleeves.

nice D200! I am thinking about upgrading my 2nd body to the D200 (from D80). Will there be noticeable improvement? noise performance mainly

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^^I like the first one.

#1 like the composition best in it

Thanks Hyogen, im very pleased about my new d200 im just waiting on a 55-300VR now as i was let down and conned by some toe xxx on ebay on a 70-300VR, anyway the 55-300 should work ok with the d200 im interested to see how the af compares to my old 30d/nifty 250.


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Hydogen i dont know much about the d200 yet im still weining myself off a canon 30d that i sold, so im interested to know how my d200 will perform.


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I have heard and read that it can perform better than the D300 which switched to a different type of sensor... non-CCD I think. I've seen some low light examples and was quite impressed.. Low light shots from my D80 are pretty unusable in my opinion higher than ISO 400 or so.. at least for weddings.

Anyway, at the rate full frame cameras are dropping in price (saw new D600 plus 24-70? lens for $1600) and refurb D600 for $1350.....maybe I'll wait to upgrade my 2nd camera.


I could not be happier with the D600... yes, there are dust issues but not too hard to clean up in post (just a few clone stamps) when shooting landscape. Invisible when shooting at more open apertures

its the AF options that are interesting me, like the ability to increse the size of the focus brackets to help focus locking and tracking, that will help me Imencely with my planes, and hopefully the 55-300VR will be quite good in this departent as well?


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Just chasing a 55-300VR over here boxed exc ++ condition all the bits are included for £160.
Any good?


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Pagman wrote in post #16391280
Just chasing a 55-300VR over here boxed exc ++ condition all the bits are included for £160.
Any good?P.

No idea about the lens, never used it - but the current DX 55-300 VR is only £205 brand new from Amazon, and Nikon have a £40 cashback offer on it I believe (haven't checked the cashback small print).

Rob

Starting afresh with Nikon after 15 years with Canon. To be honest I'll probably wait until Canon catches up in the sensor stakes and then go back, but for now I'll be joining my son in the Nikon camp.

I think i'll be going for a D5100 & 50/1.8G for xmas. Seen nothing but good things said about that lens and it's very well priced, even here in the UK.

Gary.