To buy or not to buy....

I am currently a want-to-be D200 owner... haven't made the leap yet.
I currently shoot film with a Nikon F80 and digital with a little
Nikon S10 (Nikon recently replaced my less than a year old Nikon S4
with the S10 because of warranty issues that could not be fixed after
ending up back at Nikon repair for the 3rd time since October 2006!!)

I have made my want-to-be ownership known and was advised by one D200
owner "The D200 is a great camera if you shoot in manual.... with the
D200 is that it does not have all those settings on the dial that the
other cameras do. Ya know, the portrait, sports, nighttime, etc. It
is actually very different from the D70 as far as settings go." I
have not had the opportunity to ask if you can shoot successfully in
Auto or not. Can you? I like the auto setting on my F80 when I am
in a hurry and don't have time to figure things out manually (I
haven't had as much time as I would like to spend with my optics...
life has thrown me/ us some punches.)

We do not have a Nikon dealer where I live so I have to do a lot of
research on the camera without being able to touch and feel it, and
grill a salesperson on the features and what it can and/or can't do!

We are birders... and are interested in photographing the birds we
see, too.

Would you recommend the D200?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me...

- Mary Ann (in Saskatchewan, Canada)

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Subject: [NIKOND200] To buy or not to buy....

I am currently a want-to-be D200 owner... haven't made the leap yet.
I currently shoot film with a Nikon F80 and digital with a little
Nikon S10 (Nikon recently replaced my less than a year old Nikon S4
with the S10 because of warranty issues that could not be fixed after
ending up back at Nikon repair for the 3rd time since October 2006!!)

I have made my want-to-be ownership known and was advised by one D200
owner "The D200 is a great camera if you shoot in manual.... with the
D200 is that it does not have all those settings on the dial that the
other cameras do. Ya know, the portrait, sports, nighttime, etc. It
is actually very different from the D70 as far as settings go." I
have not had the opportunity to ask if you can shoot successfully in
Auto or not. Can you? I like the auto setting on my F80 when I am
in a hurry and don't have time to figure things out manually (I
haven't had as much time as I would like to spend with my optics...
life has thrown me/ us some punches.)

We do not have a Nikon dealer where I live so I have to do a lot of
research on the camera without being able to touch and feel it, and
grill a salesperson on the features and what it can and/or can't do!

We are birders... and are interested in photographing the birds we
see, too.

Would you recommend the D200?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me...

- Mary Ann (in Saskatchewan, Canada)

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I say buy it. &nbsp; 99% of my shots ;are Aperture priority.&nbsp; &nbsp; I also own a D70   David       David H Smith dhsmithphoto.com -------Original Message------- &nbsp; From: maadhatter22yahoo.ca">Mary Ann Date: 06/10/07 21:01:31 To: NIKOND200@yahoogroups.com">NIKOND200yahoogroups.com Subject: [NIKOND200] To buy or not to buy....   I am currently a want-to-be D200 owner... haven't made the leap yet. I currently shoot film with a Nikon F80 and digital with a little Nikon S10 (Nikon recently replaced my less than a year old Nikon S4 with the S10 because of warranty issues that could not be fixed after ending up back at Nikon repair for the 3rd time since October 2006!!)   I have made my want-to-be ownership known and was advised by one D200 owner "The D200 is a great camera if you shoot in manual.... with the D200 is that it does not have all those settings on the dial that the other cameras do. Ya know, the portrait, sports, nighttime, etc. It is actually very different from the D70 as far as settings go."  I have not had the opportunity to ask if you can shoot successfully in Auto or not.  Can you?  I like the auto setting on my F80 when I am in a hurry and don't have time to figure things out manually (I haven't had as much time as I would like to spend with my optics... life has thrown me/ us some punches.)   We do not have a Nikon dealer where I live so I have to do a lot of research on the camera without being able to touch and feel it, and grill a salesperson on the features and what it can and/or can't do! &nbsp; We are birders... and are interested in photographing the birds we see, too. &nbsp; Would you recommend the D200? &nbsp; Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me... &nbsp; - Mary Ann (in Saskatchewan, Canada)     &nbsp; &nbsp; Yahoo! Groups Links &nbsp; &lt;*> To visit your group on the web, go to: &nbsp; &nbsp; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIKOND200/   <*>; Your email settings:  &nbsp; &nbsp;Individual Email | Traditional   <*&gt; To change settings online go to: &nbsp; &nbsp; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIKOND200/join &nbsp; &nbsp; (Yahoo! ID required)   <*> To change settings via email:   ; &nbsp; NIKOND200-digest@yahoogroups.com">mailto:NIKOND200-digestyahoogroups.com   ; &nbsp; NIKOND200-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com">mailto:NIKOND200-fullfeaturedyahoogroups.com   <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: &nbsp; &nbsp;  NIKOND200-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com">NIKOND200-unsubscribeyahoogroups.com   &lt;*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: &nbsp; &nbsp; http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ &nbsp; .