Re: Playing with a D200

2011-06-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The Nikon D200 was released onto the market in November 2005. It is the first Nikon body since the F3 that I found myself liking. I'd been shooting with Pentax since the beginning of that year and when my brother bought one of these I was very impressed with it. I remain so, although subsequent mod

Re: Playing with a D200

2011-06-07 Thread David J Brooks
I have a D200. I set up three custom functions A, B or C and then i can do a quick change for changing conditions. I like the feel of the camera in my hand, i have small hands but i like the bulkier feel. Try the camera with a VR 70-210 f2.8 if you want to see fast focus.:-) Dave On Tue, Jun 7,

Re: Playing with a D200

2011-06-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 7, 2011, at 12:45 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Reply interspersed... > > On 6/7/2011 09:47, Larry Colen wrote: >> I was at a party Saturday and a friend, playing drums in the band, >> asked if I could get some shots with his camera, rather than just >> using mine. A D200 with the 18-200 V

Re: Playing with a D200

2011-06-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Reply interspersed... On 6/7/2011 09:47, Larry Colen wrote: I was at a party Saturday and a friend, playing drums in the band, asked if I could get some shots with his camera, rather than just using mine. A D200 with the 18-200 VR lens. Am I right that this lens has slow 3.5-5.6 aperture? Am

Playing with a D200

2011-06-06 Thread Larry Colen
I was at a party Saturday and a friend, playing drums in the band, asked if I could get some shots with his camera, rather than just using mine. A D200 with the 18-200 VR lens. I haven't seen any of the photos yet, so I can't speak to the image quality, but I can say that shooting with the D20