At work (and after work as well) I use the D200 with the 17-55 and 70-200 VR but for certain assignments I use a 18-200 with the D200. Usually the 18-200 is attached to a D2X. It is much easier walking around with, especially when carrying a video camera and wearing a PPE and gas mask:) but I do perfer the VR lenses.Our 18-200 has been sent back as the auto focusing stopped working, most of the time on the D2X and sometimes on the D1X but seemed to work on the D200 and the D2H on a short trial. CAnnot remember if it is the VR model though.
If I did not have Pentax lenses and film cameras the D200 would be my first choice for a digital. If the Pentax K10D is anywhere near as good of a camera to use it should sell great. By the way both of my co-workers thought the D200 too small for them. Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:49:47 -0400 From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pentax 15mm on DSLR? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Douglas Newman wrote: > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ralf R. Radermacher) > << Given the choice, I'd probably go for the new Fuji > S5 - if only for the dynamic range which would be a > definite plus for my night stuff - provided it came > with a better viewfinder than its predecessors. >> > > It has the same viewfinder as the D200 - which is to > say, a very, very good one. > > Actually, the D200/S5 body is excellent (unless you > find it too big/heavy). Superlative ergonomics and > build quality. > > It is a great advance over the S3 body which was > tolerable, no more. > > If it were affordable and I could get my hands on the > Nikon 18-200mm VR, I might be tempted by it. But it > will probably be very overpriced (like its > predecessors) and that lens (the only wide-to-anything > Nikon VR zoom for DSLRs) is both expensive and > practically impossible to find, so I'm not tempted. > > New Doug > The 18-200, while a good lens, is not one I'd pair with the D200. The 18-200's virtues are good optical performance in a lightweight body, the D80 is probably the best match for it (good ergonomics, the D200's finder and AF unit and very similar sensors, in a similarly lightweight body). I'd not invest in the D200 unless I was willing to pair it with serious glass, like the 17-55 and 70-200 VR, or take advantage of its (almost) full compatibility with MF glass and grab a set of top-end AI-S primes, along with maybe an AI-S 80-200 f4. -Adam Who would be buying a D200 for his set of good AI/AI-S glass if it wasn't for the K10D. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
