Nikon D200 Review: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review:

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The Nikon D200 was announced on 1st November 2005, some three and a half years since Nikon revealed their first prosumer digital SLR, the D100. It's fair to say however that the D200 is a completely different beast altogether, it shares far more with its 'bigger brother' the the D2X than its earlier namesake. The D200 has the robust build quality of the D2X, a 10.2 million pixel CCD sensor and a compact design more like the D100. Just as the D100 the D200 has a CCD sensor, unlike the D2X which utilized a CMOS sensor. It's clear that this camera is aimed at the same kind of market as the recently announced Canon EOS 5D. From a features, control and performance point of view the D200 is closer to the D2X than any other model.

The more I read about this camera, the more I can see it being my next - I'd like to be able to relegate the D70 into the position of backup/assistant camera, and I just can't see myself having the budget for a D2X in the short term. Longer term of course, I'd like to go something in the medium format digital range for the studio, only using the SLRs for the field - but I'm guessing that's a few years away, and a few thousand photos away yet...

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