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Nikon D200
10.2MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-70mm AF-S DX f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED Nikkor Zoom Lens
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Product Description:
From the
Manufacturer
Nikon launches its powerful, feature-packed D200 digital SLR
camera, delivering a high-precision, high-performance package and
creating a new class of camera between entry-level and
professional digital SLRs.
The Nikon D200
combines the solid look and feel and advanced camera operation of
Nikon's D2 professional series with the approved user-friendliness
and stunning image quality that are the hallmarks of all Nikon
digital SLRs.
The D200 has been
crafted to connect a range of newly developed Nikon technologies
with advanced features inherited from the Nikon D2x, ensuring an
ultimate shooting experience with exceptional and versatile
imaging performance, high speed, and an instant response. The
result is a blend of superb features, high-quality components, and
fantastic results.
This combination
makes the D200 perfect for passionate, dedicated amateur
photographers, business users in fields such as the police,
dentistry and museums, and professionals or semi-professionals
looking for a second camera to complement their Nikon D2x or D2Hs.
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Solid look and feel
The D200 boasts a lightweight, durable, and robust magnesium-alloy body
and an advanced sealing system that protects the camera from moisture and
dust, making it suitable for a range of rigorous and challenging
assignments. The integrated double-bladed shutter, which incorporates a
refined mirror balance system, has been tested to well in excess of
100,000 cycles.
Advanced operation
The D200's camera operation is inherited from the Nikon D2x, and boasts
more than 40 well organized custom settings, so it is ideally suited to
the user's needs and preferences. The large, bright viewfinder offers .94x
magnification and 95% frame coverage both horizontally and vertically to
guarantee exceptionally detailed viewing control.
A 2.5-inch
high-resolution LCD screen provides an ultra-wide 170-degree viewing angle
from all directions. Images on the D200 can be magnified by up to 400% so
users can check for fine detail.
The top LCD panel is the
largest in the industry, containing a wealth of data such as shooting
mode, battery condition, card information, gridline display, shutter
speed, f-stop, and shots remaining. A new color-coded menu display
facilitates easy viewing, supported by intuitive keywords to assist speedy
navigation.
The newly-developed
high-energy EN-EL3e rechargeable lithium-ion battery delivers enough power
to the D200 to support the shooting of up to 1,800 images on a single
charge, which takes no longer than 2.5 hours. Battery status can be
checked through a real-time fuel-gauge system, found in the menu. An
optional
MB-D200
battery pack extends shooting capability, using AA-size batteries (six are
needed) or two NE-EL3e's.
AF-S DX 18-70mm
f3.5-4.5G IF-ED Nikkor Lens Included
The AF-S DX 18-70mm f3.5-4.5G IF-ED Nikkor lens covers a very popular
focal length range (equivalent to 27-105mm in 35mm format) and offers a
selection of Nikon's highly regarded technologies such as Silent Wave
motor (AF-S) for super fast and quiet autofocus operation, Extra-Low
Dispersion glass (ED) for minimized chromatic aberrations, and Internal
Focusing (IF) for convenient and balanced handling. In addition, the AF-S
DX 18-70mm f3.5-4.5G IF-ED also incorporates hallmark Nikon features that
customers have come to expect from Nikkor lenses, such as distance
information guide window, a reliable metal lens mount for years of
durability, and a M/A mode for seamless switching between autofocus and
manual modes.
Ultimate shooting
experience
The D200 is ideal for capturing unexpected or fleeting moments, thanks to
the 0.15 second power-up, a speedy shutter lag time of just 50
milliseconds, and a shortened viewfinder blackout time of 105
milliseconds.
The D200 is also capable
of ultra high-speed continuous shooting of five frames per second,
capturing up to 37 pictures in JPEG or 22 in RAW format (when using a
SanDisk SDCFH Ultra II or SDCFX Extreme III 1 GB CF card). A newly
developed and highly flexible Multi-CAM1000 Autofocus features a pinpoint
11-area AF system inherited from Nikon D2 series as well as a 7-area wide
AF to focus on larger moving objects easily.
Another feature inherited
from the D2x is the 3D-Colour Matrix Metering II, which delivers optimised
exposure using new technology developed for the Nikon 1,005 pixel RGB
exposure/Colour Matrix Metering sensor. This system evaluates seven
parameters in every shot--including brightness, color, contrast, selected
focus area, and camera-to-subject distance--and references this data
against an on-board database of over 30,000 actual photographic scenes to
instantly and accurately calculate the final value.
Professional results
A fundamental feature of the D200 is a newly developed 10.2 effective
megapixel Nikon DX Format CCD image sensor that captures high level
sharpness and color at 3,872 x 2,592-pixel size, delivering the right
resolution to support significant image enlargements and enable greater
freedom for creative cropping. The highly sensitive new sensor covers an
ISO range from 100 to 1600, rising to 3200 in Hi-1.
High speed image
processing is inherited from the Nikon D2x, guaranteeing fine color
gradations and smooth transitions. A new Optical Low Pass Filter helps
prevent moire, color fringing, and shifting to get even greater colors.
For added control,
saturation and highlights of a shot can be controlled easily using the
D200's RBG histograms on the LCD monitor.
In addition, new image
optimization modes enable D200 users to produce results that more closely
match their intended results, with the ability to optimize sharpening,
tone and contrast, color, saturation, and hue in choices including Softer,
Normal, More vivid, Portrait, and Black and White in camera.
Unparalleled
possibilities
Like all Nikon digital SLR cameras, the D200 is compatible with Nikon's
Total Imaging System, which means it can be teamed with over 50
high-quality AF Nikkor lenses, including renowned DX Nikkors as well as
non-CPU lenses. It also opens up the creative possibilities that can
achieved with Nikon's Creative Lighting System thanks to a built-in i-TTL
Speedlight which can serve as master in Advanced Wireless Lighting
systems.
The D200 incorporates an
x-Sync terminal to connect to studio lighting and features GPS support to
record geographical data of the shot, as well as wireless functionality
for image capture and transfer.
Nikon D200 Major
features
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Newly developed 10.2
effective megapixel Nikon DX Format CCD image sensor with the power to
capture exceptional sharpness and faithful color at 3,872 x 2,592-pixel
size. Incorporates high-speed 4-channel data output that contributes to
5-frames-per-second continuous shooting performance and employs a newly
developed Optical Low Pass Filter that helps prevent moire, color
fringing, and shifting while improving resolving power.
Incorporates the
industry-leading advanced imaging processing engine of the D2x, which
allows color-independent pre-conditioning prior to A/D conversion to
work in concert with advanced digital image processing algorithms to
achieve fine color gradations with exceptionally smooth, consistent
transitions.
Newly developed 11-area AF
system packs the same number of focus areas available for the
professional D2 series into a space-efficient system, with the
photographer able to select individual focus areas from 11-area wide and
7-area wide AF for Single Area AF, Dynamic AF that delivers precise
Continuous servo AF mode operation for moving subjects, Closest Subject
Priority Dynamic AF, and also Group Dynamic AF. All these AF options are
supported by refined lens-controlling algorithms that realize improved
focus precision, better subject acquisition capability, keener subject
tracking ability, and overall improved system response.
3D Colour Matrix Metering II
(AE)--as used in the D2x--delivers optimized exposure through the use of
new technology developed for the Nikon 1,005-pixel RGB exposure/Colour
Matrix Metering Sensor. Evaluating brightness, color, contrast, selected
focus area, and camera-to-subject distance, this system references all
such data against an expanded onboard database that has been created
using data from more than 30,000 actual photographic scenes to instantly
and accurately calculate the final value with high-level dependability
during both automatic and manual operation. Also offers variable size
center-weighted metering which concentrates 75% of sensitivity within
the center-weighted circle, as well as spot metering supporting each
individual sensor of both the 7 wide-area AF and 11-area AF groups.
New image optimization modes
enable photographers to produce results more closely matching the
intended results, with a range of choice comprising optimization of
sharpening, tone (contrast), color, saturation, and hue, with choices
from Normal, Softer, Vivid, More vivid, Portrait, Custom, and
Black-and-white optimization.
Multiple exposure enables up
to 10 separate images to be used to create a single composite to produce
imaginative and even surreal results. Image overlay function creates a
composite image in-camera from two selected NEF (RAW) images. The
original files remain unaltered, opacity can be precisely controlled and
the resultant image can be saved in either RAW, JPEG, or TIFF format.
Connection to a GPS (Global
Positioning System) unit via an optionally available GPS Adapter Cord
MC-35 enables the recording of data including latitude, longitude,
elevation and UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) along with conventional
shooting data for each image.
A large 2.5-inch LCD monitor
with a 170-degree viewing angle from every direction assists accurate
assessment of sharpness by enabling image preview with up to 400%
magnification. It also offers RGB information as a single display or
separate histograms for each color channel to enable better
exposure-related decision-making.
A chassis crafted from
magnesium alloy gives the D200 lightweight resilience, while an enhanced
sealing system helps protect each and every exterior seam from
potentially damaging dust and moisture.
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