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Originally Posted by cyclohexane
I think the camera's rep is essentially already ruined- at least, to anyone who frequents DPReview's forums.* This might not be a bad thing, as the meter problem on the D2H drove prices down on the bodies.* I got a sweet camera at a sweeter price; of course, the support for the meter problem was/is a lot better than this one for the D200 banding...
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There are quite a few nay-sayers on the dpreview forums. Most of them don't have the camera.
One wonders if they are professionally paid "bashers". One guy has a 4 page history of nothing but bashing the D200 and he doesn't even own one. (Gary Woodward on dpreview)
I have the D200 and I can reproduce the banding under certain conditions.
Where I have been able to produce it is shooting light bulbs at ISO 400 with EV compensation at +3 to +4. I can't even get the camera to do it when shooting directly at the sun with sunset shots, even at ISO 400.
How realistic is that? In none of my everyday, typical shooting have I experienced the banding. No matter what I've shot and no matter what settings. (I've not needed to go to +3 or +4 in any real shooting conditions.) Don't know that I ever did with the D100 either.
The issue of banding is getting far more attention that it should. If someone is experiencing the problem on everyday shots, then I say get the camera to Nikon so that they can do whatever it is they do to fix it.
I've not been on Dpreview much for the past couple of weeks because it's just been rediculous.
Of course, there are a few factors at play here. Is it really software and the processing of the image? Or is it stressing the ISO limitations of the camera to take ISO 400 and push EV to +4?? Nikon has acknowledged the issue / problem, but is it that prevalent? Or is everyone going crazy taking pictures of light bulbs so they can whine about it online? Who knows.
I still consider the D200 to be an incredible performer for the price and value. It's heads and tails above the D100 and chances are I'll probably sell the D100 and get a second D200 body.
Julio
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