ken_b - 4:33 pm on Apr 17, 2007 (gmt 0)

Hi Liane;

Well, I picked the camera up yesterday. The battery is charged and ready to go now, so I'll be doing a little practice stuff to see how it goes.

Mostly I'll be using the camera at outdoor antique and classic car shows, and similar events.

I've done a bit more reading on the camera and it's features. I'm hoping the moire effect is less troublesome with the D200 than it is with the D70. Apparently they've made some changes that might help that.

I'm really hoping the 12-24mm lens works out well. That should offer me pretty much most of what I need most of the time.

I'm planning to use the 12-24mm on the D200 and leave the 18-70mm lens on the D70. I also a 28-105mm lens left over from an earlier 35mm film Nikon, but I can't recall the last time I used it.

Another thing about the D200 is that it is apparently sealed up a lot tighter than the D70, so dust, and especially rain, etc should be less of a worry. I still won't run out in the rain to shoot a picture, but I won't be as likely to panic (as much) if I don't get under cover as quick when one of those summer showers pops up either.

In the past I haven't shot in the RAW file format but I'm going to try that and see what happens. The file sizes are a lot bigger, but with an 8 gig memory card I should still be able to get by with out having to open the camera much, if at all, at most events.