Comments on: Got my D200! http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130 Not a photo blog, but sometimes I play one on TV Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: Steven http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-2337 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 10:10:38 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-2337 Guys.. am contemplating on either getting the D 70S or D200. Which would be a better buy. Based on the looks and specs on the D200... its rocks! Even though its slightly heavier in terms of weight then the 70S. Please advise me.... Guys.. am contemplating on either getting the D 70S or D200. Which would be a better buy. Based on the looks and specs on the D200… its rocks! Even though its slightly heavier in terms of weight then the 70S. Please advise me….

]]> by: jenk http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-2105 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:41:05 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-2105 Yes, the d200 rocks. Yes, the d200 rocks.

]]> by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-1044 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:14:05 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-1044 It sounds like you're getting a bum deal from wherever you ordered it. It's been a while since I've seen in the camera-site forums antying about a lack of product. I just took a peek on Y! Australia's shopping site and found places shipping D200s.... (As for a classs action against product announcements w/o products, watch out, as such a thing would cause Microsoft to go bankrupt!) As far as Canon, they make fine cameras (my point-n-shoot has been a Canon for the last three generations). Just realize that when you pick a maker for an SLR, you're sort of getting married to it. The body may last a while, but the lenses and other stuff should last a lifetime, one would hope. It sounds like you’re getting a bum deal from wherever you ordered it. It’s been a while since I’ve seen in the camera-site forums antying about a lack of product. I just took a peek on Y! Australia’s shopping site and found places shipping D200s….

(As for a classs action against product announcements w/o products, watch out, as such a thing would cause Microsoft to go bankrupt!)

As far as Canon, they make fine cameras (my point-n-shoot has been a Canon for the last three generations). Just realize that when you pick a maker for an SLR, you’re sort of getting married to it. The body may last a while, but the lenses and other stuff should last a lifetime, one would hope.

]]> by: Ian http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-1043 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:43:54 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-1043 You are lucky - I have had a Nikon D200 on order here in Brisbane since middle of February and the latest word is - maybe mid May, maybe not. In the meantime potential clients just disappear because they are sick of waiting for me to actually get camera gear! Maybe we should start a class action against manufacturers who announce products they can't deliver. Should I buy a Canon instead? By the way, got the battery pack about two weeks after placing the order - seems less than fully thought out - seems to need removing from the camera body to access the three batteries so you can recharge them. Pretty lightweight plastic as well - not like the old F4 I had and loved. Of course the only batteries available are third party - Nikon doesn't even pretend to have supplies of those. Good luck with your new D200 - look after it, it may be hard to replace if you lose it! You are lucky - I have had a Nikon D200 on order here in Brisbane since middle of February and the latest word is - maybe mid May, maybe not. In the meantime potential clients just disappear because they are sick of waiting for me to actually get camera gear! Maybe we should start a class action against manufacturers who announce products they can’t deliver. Should I buy a Canon instead? By the way, got the battery pack about two weeks after placing the order - seems less than fully thought out - seems to need removing from the camera body to access the three batteries so you can recharge them. Pretty lightweight plastic as well - not like the old F4 I had and loved. Of course the only batteries available are third party - Nikon doesn’t even pretend to have supplies of those. Good luck with your new D200 - look after it, it may be hard to replace if you lose it!

]]> by: William http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-382 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:33:53 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-382 Yup, I'm a dinosaur. I'm still hanging onto my two Maxxum 7 film bodies. :-) Yup, I’m a dinosaur. I’m still hanging onto my two Maxxum 7 film bodies. :-)

]]> by: Jeffrey Friedl http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-344 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:09:09 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-344 Oooh, excellent advice on the sequence number, thanks! And I'll check out that 50mm... Oooh, excellent advice on the sequence number, thanks! And I’ll check out that 50mm…

]]> by: Jason http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-343 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:26:23 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2006-01-10/130#comment-343 My two pieces of advice: Get a Nikon AF-D 50mm f1.8 lens - I bet it's less than Y10000 - and set the "File No. Seq" setting to "On". The 50mm f1.8 never goes out of style, although I'd prefer a slightly more expensive 35mm f2 on this camera, and if you don't hit that setting the camera will reset image sequence #'s to "1" constantly. My two pieces of advice: Get a Nikon AF-D 50mm f1.8 lens - I bet it’s less than Y10000 - and set the “File No. Seq” setting to “On”. The 50mm f1.8 never goes out of style, although I’d prefer a slightly more expensive 35mm f2 on this camera, and if you don’t hit that setting the camera will reset image sequence #’s to “1″ constantly.

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