Reply interspersed... On 6/7/2011 09:47, Larry Colen wrote:
I was at a party Saturday and a friend, playing drums in the band, asked if I could get some shots with his camera, rather than just using mine. A D200 with the 18-200 VR lens.
Am I right that this lens has slow 3.5-5.6 aperture? Am I also right to understand that when you were shooting the light was rather dim?
I haven't seen any of the photos yet, so I can't speak to the image quality, but I can say that shooting with the D200 really made me appreciate the ergonomics of my K5.
Habit is the second nature, as we say in Russian.
Some of my issues are undoubtably unfamiliarity, but while I gripe about having to use two hands if I want to review photos on the K-5, it seems as if half the controls on the D200 are out of reach of the right thumb or forefinger. Changing mode, or ISO was a complicated process, and if they have the equivalent of the Tav mode, I couldn't find it.
A friend of mine has D200. After taking it to my hands few times I find it reasonably familiar and in fact I can shoot with it.
Focus with the 18-200 didn't seem to be any faster, if even as fast as with the 16-50 on the K-5.
See my questions above.
It's probably just unfamiliarity, but I didn't see a button conveniently marked as AF to disable AF once focus was locked.
If you keep pressing shutter button half-way, doesn't that do the trick?
And the shutter, while not as loud as the D700, was a far cry from the whisper quiet snick of the K-5.
D200 was the first camera after plethora of 6MP cameras based on Sony sensor. It was 2005 or 2006 somewhat before K10D. That certainly can explain few things.
I will say that I liked the feel of it in my hand. It was noticeably bigger than the K-5. I like that I can make my K-5 bigger with a grip if I were to want to, but if space is at a premium, I can also make the camera smaller, and easier to carry.
I dare you find Nikon F70 (film body) and familiarize yourself with it. Based on my experience, all modern digital cameras are pedigree of ergonomics and ease of use compared with this one...
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