I was considering D300S or D700 (and D700 still am), but wanted to see how will I like Nikon to begin with, w/o sinking tons of money into it... And this what I decided to start with:
So I bought an absolutely mint D200 from Albert here (Albert, thank you again so much!)
First impressions:
Great built quality
Excellent ergonomics
Nice, bright viewfinder
AF - why haven't I bough this sooner?
Metering - wow!
Anywho... I've had the camera for few days, but no time to get out, until this afternoon. First things first: AF is simply amazing! I can actually trust camera for the first time in 4 years. Do know how much of a relief that is??? Every single shot on the card in focus!!! Options and flexibility of AF setting are terrific!
Metering... What a pleasant surprise! To be honest with you, I've hardly every used AV mode in the past few years. I think you know why... And this thing's metering just blows me away! Even in the tough contrasty scenes!
Just some snaps from D200 with DX 35mm f/1.8 (nice, sharp lens for this body)
Did I mention that every single snap was in focus??? Well, it was! There is a reason why I hardly ever shot people on the street, and almost forgot how much fun it can be!
Starting with the basics on D200, going to shoot for a month or two with DX 35mm f/1.8 to get acquainted with the camera... It's great little lens, sharp, focuses quickly and accurately, quiet, close enough of a focusing distance. My first 35mm on the crop sensor, and much prefer to 50mm to be honest. Other lenses will follow, I'm sure... I'm a sucker for a narrow DOF, and will be looking at AF 180 f2.8 and AF 85mm f1.8 (or Sigma 85mm f1.4).
Regards,
D
P.S. Last of the home grown tomatoes for this season: Campari F2 (foreground) and Noir de Crimme (in the back). Same lens... I sure will miss them until the end of May of next year =(
Last edited by Duh_Vinci; 11-20-2010 at 06:14 PM.