Ivan Shukster wrote: > At work (and after work as well) I use the D200 with the 17-55 and 70-200 VR > but for certain assignments I use a 18-200 with the D200. Usually the 18-200 > is attached to a D2X. It is much easier walking around with, especially when > carrying a video camera and wearing a PPE and gas mask:) but I do perfer the > VR lenses.Our 18-200 has been sent back as the auto focusing stopped > working, most of the time on the D2X and sometimes on the D1X but seemed to > work on the D200 and the D2H on a short trial. CAnnot remember if it is the > VR model though.
If it's the Nikon, it's VR. They've only done one 18-200. > > If I did not have Pentax lenses and film cameras the D200 would be my first > choice for a digital. If the Pentax K10D is anywhere near as good of a > camera to use it should sell great. By the way both of my co-workers thought > the D200 too small for them. Put the MB-D200 on it. With the grip, it's bigger than the D2X or D2H. -Adam > > > > Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:49:47 -0400 > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Pentax 15mm on DSLR? > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Douglas Newman wrote: >> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher) >> << Given the choice, I'd probably go for the new Fuji >> S5 - if only for the dynamic range which would be a >> definite plus for my night stuff - provided it came >> with a better viewfinder than its predecessors. >> >> >> It has the same viewfinder as the D200 - which is to >> say, a very, very good one. >> >> Actually, the D200/S5 body is excellent (unless you >> find it too big/heavy). Superlative ergonomics and >> build quality. >> >> It is a great advance over the S3 body which was >> tolerable, no more. >> >> If it were affordable and I could get my hands on the >> Nikon 18-200mm VR, I might be tempted by it. But it >> will probably be very overpriced (like its >> predecessors) and that lens (the only wide-to-anything >> Nikon VR zoom for DSLRs) is both expensive and >> practically impossible to find, so I'm not tempted. >> >> New Doug >> > > The 18-200, while a good lens, is not one I'd pair with the D200. The > 18-200's virtues are good optical performance in a lightweight body, the > D80 is probably the best match for it (good ergonomics, the D200's > finder and AF unit and very similar sensors, in a similarly lightweight > body). > > I'd not invest in the D200 unless I was willing to pair it with serious > glass, like the 17-55 and 70-200 VR, or take advantage of its (almost) > full compatibility with MF glass and grab a set of top-end AI-S primes, > along with maybe an AI-S 80-200 f4. > > -Adam > Who would be buying a D200 for his set of good AI/AI-S glass if it > wasn't for the K10D. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
