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I am now into week 5 of my D200 - my diary continued...
*** UPDATED 21st JAN ****
6th Jan 2006 - 20th Jan 2006
A lot of people have been asking me when I plan to update my site. Sorry for the delay to anybody that is looking - I have had a busy 2 weeks. I have ben spending most of my time working or at the hospital with Thomas (my new 8 week premature son).
I did manage to take a few shots down in London last week though. This gave me chance to look at the long exposure capability of the D200. I have to admit - it isn't something that I have done a lot of in the past. However, the overnight stay in London was too good an opportunity to miss. I spent 2 hours taking photos around the Westminster area of Big Ben, the London eye and various other london landmarks. I switched on Long Exp NR on all the photos that I took.
I was pleased with the results out of the camera and they had very little noise.
Under Ben - D200, Nikon 24-85mm Lens - 24mm F16 / 30s / ISO 100 / NEF
I was really please with this image - the detail in the stone work that has been picked up is amazing. The A3+ print on my Epson 2100 printer really is stunning. The only post processing that I did in photoshop was White balance correction, curves (a slight S curve) and 110% sharpening with unsharp mask (radius 1.4, threshold 4)
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I bought a new remote off ebay recently for the D200. This is one thing that I think is missing. Why do you have to pay >£100 to get a half decent remote? On the D70 (which really isn't in the same class of camera, I know, you can get a remote for about £15 and it is wireless!). The 10 pin connection is a real pain as well. When I was in London it was cold and it is difficult to talk the 10 pin cap off without dropping it. Nikon - please sort this out in the future!
Since I have had my remote I have used the mirror lock up function a lot - this is a great addition and very useful to be able to lock the mirror up and then with a second press take the picture.
Quack - D200, Nikon 70-200mm Lens - 98mm F4.5 / 1/640s / ISO 400 / JPEG After taking 2000 shots it is the focusing that impresses me most about the D200. It has an amazing ability to be able to focus on subjects in dark conditions and when the contrast difference is minimal.
Four on a bridge - D200, Nikon 24-85mm Lens - 85mm F4.5 / 1/4s / ISO 800 / JPEG
I took a lot on this bridge but this was the only one that I was happy with - I was trying to get silhouettes of people between the bright downlights - unfortunately there were too many people on the bridge and I didn't really get the look that I wanted. One thing that this shows really well is the exposure latitude - the highlights and shadows still have detail (probably not too easy to see on this jpeg image)
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21st Jan 2006
I paid another visit to the zoo today - here are a couple of shots with my D200 and 70-200mm VR lens.
Chimp - D200, Nikon 70-200mm Lens - 200mm F2.8 / 1/180s / ISO 100 / NEF
In hindsight I should have taken my bigger lens for this and zoom in a little bit more - as it would have made a powerful image. There has been a lot of talk on the forums about the B&W mode on the D200. My personal feeling is that it is not that useful if you want to do serious b&w work but for quick snaps I don't see the harm of it. It is always best to take in colour though as the you can then use the channel mixer to create the exact look you are after with anything from a green - red filter.
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Cheeky - D200, Nikon 70-200mm Lens - 200mm F2.8 / 1/200s / ISO 100 / NEF |
