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Nikon D80 versus D200

  • 16-01-2009 2:55pm
    #1
    spav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭


    I'm thinking of updating my D40 later this year, and I've been looking around for good second hand body-only deals. The main reason for the upgrade is that I've slightly damaged the D40 (nothing critical, but enough to make it slightly annoying to use), and rather than throwing money at a repair I'd rather put it towards a better body. Plus, that's probably just an excuse - I want a better camera!

    From what I can gather, a decent D80 will be about €400 and a D200 about €600. Obviously I'd like my next body to last me a good few years.

    Is the D200 significantly better than the D80? More than happy to pay the extra, just not sure if it would make that much difference to my shots til I get much more proficient. Any advice would be appreciated - online research into is making my head spin....


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  • #2
    quilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭quilmore


    try to get a D60 (going for 300 ish, spend the rest in glass) or a D90 (one sold for 600 in adverts not long ago)
    they are in a newer generation of cameras compared to the D80 and D200

    they can "see" more levels of light, from dark to bright, than the older models and have a few in camera features of which only a few are worth knowing about, D-lighting is one of them, that make them winners


  • #3
    spav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭spav


    Thanks for that - I'd be tempted with the D90, though I suspect there won't be quite as many second hand models available just yet. Conns seem to be carrying 4 or 5 D200 bodies at the moment.


  • #4
    Stephen
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    If you see a D90 for 600 anywhere, pounce on it. I'd call that a bargain.


  • #5
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    hummm d200 is ALOT better than a D80, in most aspects bar noise, thats where the d90 beats the d200 too but honestly not much else, Its a close call between than and a d90, personally i'd go for a d200 unless i intended on alot of low light stuff


  • #6
    xshayx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭xshayx


    I'd also recommend the D200


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  • #7
    spav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 422 ✭✭spav


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    hummm d200 is ALOT better than a D80, in most aspects bar noise, thats where the d90 beats the d200 too but honestly not much else, Its a close call between than and a d90, personally i'd go for a d200 unless i intended on alot of low light stuff

    The D200 would also be considerably cheaper than the D90 as they're much more readily available second hand.

    Food for thought anyway, thanks all.


  • #8
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    spav wrote: »
    The D200 would also be considerably cheaper than the D90 as they're much more readily available second hand.

    Food for thought anyway, thanks all.

    a d90 at the end of the day is ameteur and d200 semi pro... you'd really wanna to have a fiddle with them both and decide yourself


  • #9
    spav
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    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    a d90 at the end of the day is ameteur and d200 semi pro... you'd really wanna to have a fiddle with them both and decide yourself

    I'll do just that. The D90 does sound great, plus the option to record video could be useful, but I do like the idea of getting a semi-pro camera. Think I'll forget about the D80, I'd sooner save for the D90 I think.


  • #10
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    yeah a d80 isn't really an option if considering a d200. Bear in mind the video is woeful on the d90 by all accounts, very limited and to be honest a bit of a gimmick


  • #11
    quilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭quilmore


    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    a d90 at the end of the day is ameteur and d200 semi pro...

    agree, but that is to do with the build of it, weather sealing and roughness
    but the image processor of D90 is the same as the D300 (as well as the sensor) which is a generation further than the D200

    forget video, get a camcorder for that
    D-lighting, custom picture control profiles, auto ISO, etc are some of the gimmicks that really work and worth keeping and using
    D200 is a generation behind, it doesn't have all that

    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    you'd really wanna to have a fiddle with them both and decide yourself

    handle is the same, menues very similar only picture management is different, which is why the D90 and D60 have the edge over D80 and D200

    if the battle is strictly D80 and D200, if there is no much money difference, get the d200
    if there is big money, get the D80 and spend the rest in glass (a nifty fifty will give you more rewards than a slightly better camera on its own)


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