Typical price: £1,200
What is it: Digital SLR camera with 10.2-megapixel sensor and 64mm LCD
What we think: Aggressively priced and stuffed with pro-quality features, the D200 is serious value for money
Nikon D200 Review
Reviewed on: 23 February 2006
To the left of the hotshoe on the top panel is a lockable mode dial similar to the one found on the Nikon D2X. It rotates through single-shot, low-speed and high-speed continuous shooting, self-timer and mirror lockup settings. On top of the mode dial are buttons that you use in conjunction with the main and subcommand dials to set resolution, white balance and ISO. (Although the D2X uses a similar layout, the quality button is in a different location, while flash mode and bracket buttons replace the white-balance and ISO buttons on the D200.)
In addition to the shutter release with its concentric power/LCD-lamp switch and shooting mode and EV buttons, the top panel hosts a monochrome LCD with readouts showing the current settings. It's a crowded view because Nikon had to squeeze in ISO, white-balance and resolution/quality information, which are shown on a secondary status LCD on the D2X.
To the left of the 64mm (2.5-inch), 230,000-pixel LCD is a stack of buttons that activate picture review, the menu system, review layout options and image protection. The image-protection button also serves as a Help key when a menu is displayed, and there's an Enter button that activates scrollable and resizable zooming during playback.
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