THE EQUIPMENT

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. From a features, control and performance point of view the D200 is closer to the D2X than any other model.

This will give me a very large shooting capacity in JPG format, and quite an impressive capability in RAW format. These cameras and lenses create superb photos when printed up to 11.7x16.5" (A3) and are great for magazine and newspaper photos.