Comments on: The Nikon D200: Yet Another Review Nobody Asked For http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/ ...because my life is just as boring as yours. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: dalegaspi http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-14759 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:13:00 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-14759 DLP, sorry about your D200...it seems like worse than what i'm experiencing. If it helps, over the course of my ownership of the D200 (i still have mine), I'v learned tells me that it's more of a white balance issue...and if you shoot RAW it alleviates the problem a bit...but, yes, I know that still sucks. DLP, sorry about your D200…it seems like worse than what i’m experiencing. If it helps, over the course of my ownership of the D200 (i still have mine), I’v learned tells me that it’s more of a white balance issue…and if you shoot RAW it alleviates the problem a bit…but, yes, I know that still sucks.

]]> by: DLP http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-14758 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:38:46 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-14758 Thank you, I have talked to nikon numerous times and they act like they have never heard of this color shift problem . but it is a nightmare with the D200 and it is not just indoors , this happens in any and all low light situations in late afternoon sun, overcast, you name it it happens and the shift is not just towards magenta oh noooooo it shifts to green and yellow too, I can shoot 20 pictures in a row at the same settings and get a third that are good , a third that are magenta and the rest are green. The camera cannot handle saturated light conditons at all. I've also had intermittant problems where I switch to Fine quality mode start shooting and then realize that not a single shot was recorded? I have to cycle the camera on and off to fix the problem. I always check to make sure it is recording the images now. I'd love to get this camera fixed but so far nikon keep deneying they have heard about such problems so I have no confidence in sending it in to them to be looked at. I'm pro and I have been using Nkons for very long time, but I don't like dealing with their service dept. they are always quick to deny any problems with their products and the repairs either don't fix the problem or the problem comes back or they take a short cut or quick fi and send the camera back without addressing why you sent it in in the first place. I wish they would value their long time customers more and not be so arrogant about their products. Thanks again at least you have confirmed for me that this colorshift happens even if Nikon is in denial! Thank you, I have talked to nikon numerous times and they act like they have never heard of this color shift problem . but it is a nightmare with the D200 and it is not just indoors , this happens in any and all low light situations in late afternoon sun, overcast, you name it it happens and the shift is not just towards magenta oh noooooo it shifts to green and yellow too, I can shoot 20 pictures in a row at the same settings and get a third that are good , a third that are magenta and the rest are green. The camera cannot handle saturated light conditons at all. I’ve also had intermittant problems where I switch to Fine quality mode start shooting and then realize that not a single shot was recorded? I have to cycle the camera on and off to fix the problem. I always check to make sure it is recording the images now. I’d love to get this camera fixed but so far nikon keep deneying they have heard about such problems so I have no confidence in sending it in to them to be looked at. I’m pro and I have been using Nkons for very long time, but I don’t like dealing with their service dept. they are always quick to deny any problems with their products and the repairs either don’t fix the problem or the problem comes back or they take a short cut or quick fi and send the camera back without addressing why you sent it in in the first place. I wish they would value their long time customers more and not be so arrogant about their products. Thanks again at least you have confirmed for me that this colorshift happens even if Nikon is in denial!

]]> by: bob http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10754 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:51:07 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10754 'Japan matters: anyone who disagrees is a hypocrite because... because I'm going to put words in their mouths and therefor MAKE them hypocrites.' Get some sense. ‘Japan matters: anyone who disagrees is a hypocrite because… because I’m going to put words in their mouths and therefor MAKE them hypocrites.’

Get some sense.

]]> by: dalegaspi http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10313 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:07:29 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10313 Carlos, Nikon natively accepts AIS/AI lenses; Canon cannot us any of those lenses without an adapter. And you can't use matrix metering, record apertures in EXIF and all those features mentioned above... ...BUT you have a point: Pentax, Zeiss, blah lenses will mount on an EOS camera with a simple (i.e., "simple" as in "no lens glass element") adapter. Carlos, Nikon natively accepts AIS/AI lenses; Canon cannot us any of those lenses without an adapter. And you can’t use matrix metering, record apertures in EXIF and all those features mentioned above…

…BUT you have a point: Pentax, Zeiss, blah lenses will mount on an EOS camera with a simple (i.e., “simple” as in “no lens glass element”) adapter.

]]> by: Carlos http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10284 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10284 Love the review, though I don't agree with Nikon being better than Canon when it comes to shooting with manual focus lenses. You can use pre-AI lenses and a bunch of Contax, Leica, Olympus, Pentax and Zeiss lenses on EOS cameras, not so with Nikon digitals. Love the review, though I don’t agree with Nikon being better than Canon when it comes to shooting with manual focus lenses.

You can use pre-AI lenses and a bunch of Contax, Leica, Olympus, Pentax and Zeiss lenses on EOS cameras, not so with Nikon digitals.

]]> by: Luis Lebron http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10283 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:56:10 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10283 Great review. It was fun reading it, especially the bit (redacted) about the pixel Nazis. Great review. It was fun reading it, especially the bit (redacted) about the pixel Nazis.

]]> by: Adobe Forum » The Nikon D200: Yet Another Review Nobody Asked For http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10276 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:53:30 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10276 [...] Read More… [...] […] Read More… […]

]]> by: dalegaspi http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10275 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:09:04 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10275 Anton: c'mon...real men don't RTFM. he he. ;-) Anton: c’mon…real men don’t RTFM. he he. ;-)

]]> by: dalegaspi http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10274 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:07:48 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10274 Sean re: noise. yeah, I know exactly what you mean...and you make a valid argument. However, if you try to look at it as noise density, it's kind of a letdown (using the term letdown very, very loosely here) that not much has changed to address the noise *density* issue 3 years later. but, like you said, at the end of the day, we take off our "pixel nazi" hats and look at the prints...and in this respect it should not be an issue at all. Sean

re: noise. yeah, I know exactly what you mean…and you make a valid argument. However, if you try to look at it as noise density, it’s kind of a letdown (using the term letdown very, very loosely here) that not much has changed to address the noise *density* issue 3 years later. but, like you said, at the end of the day, we take off our “pixel nazi” hats and look at the prints…and in this respect it should not be an issue at all.

]]> by: Anton http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10273 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:06:52 +0000 http://www.subtleimages.com/blog/2006/09/09/the-nikon-d200-yet-another-review-nobody-asked-for/#comment-10273 I enjoyed your write-up! :) I agree with some of your opinions and disagree with others. But one recommendation: It won't hurt to read through the manual (first)... c'mon.. it took you 5 minutes to figure out how to open the CF compartment!? ... I enjoyed your write-up! :)

I agree with some of your opinions and disagree with others.

But one recommendation: It won’t hurt to read through the manual (first)… c’mon.. it took you 5 minutes to figure out how to open the CF compartment!? …

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