Fast forward to new creative possibilities. · • Designed to fine-tune a variety of camera...

Nikon Europe BVMarketing Communications

October 2005Embargo date: Nov. 1, 2005 (7:00 h CET)

Copyright Nikon Europe BV, 10/2005

Fast forward to new creative possibilities.





Positioning

• Target users – The dedicated amateur– The business user– The semi-professional– The freelance professional

• Comparison to other Nikon D-SLR– D50 (entry-level, event driven family user)– D70s (camera-driven hobby photographer)– D200 (passionate camera-driven and serious user)– D2Hs (professional photographer, sports & action)– D2X (professional photographer, studio & reportage)




Key benefits

Solid Look & FeelAdvanced OperationUltimate Shooting ExperienceProfessional ResultsUnequalled possibilitiesConvincing Pricing

Bridge the gap. Fast forward to new creative possibilities.




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Solid Look & Feel

• Durable Magnesium-alloy body– top section, back section, bottom

section, and body front– Lightweight and ready for the

most rigorous assignments

• Reliable double bladed shutter– Tested to well over 100,000

cycles and with refined mirror balance mechanism

• Enhanced ergonomics• Weighs 830g without battery




Solid Look & Feel

• Enhanced sealing system – to protect each and every seam

against dust and water

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Advanced OperationInherited from the D2X

• Inherited from the D2X– Quick access to WB, ISO and QUAL settings

• Large, bright 0,94x viewfinder• Industry largest top panel for best possible control• Large 2.5-inch LCD • Friendly GUI user menu• 38 custom settings• Enhanced power control• File format versatility

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Large & bright viewfinder

• 0,94x magnification that helps ensure a clear view for precise composition

• Approx. 95% frame coverage (vertical & horizontal)

• Built-in diopter adjustment for fine-tuning to user‘s eye-sight

• Larger rubber eyepiece• Viewfinder grids can be changed

without need to replace the screen

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Large top LCD panel

• Largest in the industry• Illuminated• Maximum information at a glance• Easy access to shooting data

– Shooting mode– Battery condition– Card information– Shutter speed– F stop– Number of remaining shots

(refered to storage media)

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Large LCD Monitor

• 2.5-inch high-resolution LCD monitor with 230,000 dots

– Assists accurate sharpness assessment

• Ultra-wide 170° viewing angle covering all directions

• Automatic brightness adjustment• Image previews up to

400% magnification• Low temperature polysilicon• RGB histogram display enables

greater precision in evaluating exposures

2,5-inch

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Ultra-wide viewing angle

From +30° above

From +45° above

From —30° below

From —45° below

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Friendly Graphic User Interface

• New colour-coded menu display• Large font size with optimized

contrast• Instantly intuitive keywords• New history menu that displays

the last 14 settings for shooting and custom menus

• Playback includes single frame, 4- or 9-image thumbnail display, zoom with scroll, histogram indication and hightlight point display

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Wide range of custom settings

• Designed to fine-tune a variety of camera settings to suit the user’s preferences, creating combinations of settings that differ from the factory defaults in effect at the time your camera was purchased

• Divided into 6 groups– Autofocus (10)– Metering/ Exposure (7)– Timers/ AE & AF Lock (5)– Shooting Display (8)– Bracketing/ Flash (8)– Control (7)

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Advanced power control

• Rechargable high-energy EN-EL3e lithium-ion battery(D200 is not compatible with EN-EL3a, although the size is equal. The colour grey has been chosen to differentiate the two types.)

• Up to 1,800 shots on a single charge• Features an accurate real-time fuel

gauge system that displays – Percentage of remaining charge– Number of shots taken since last

charge– Overall status of battery service life

• Recognition software helps to prevent usage of unapproved non Nikon batteries, which might damage the camera

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D200 Battery PackMB-D200

Multi-power MB-D200 battery pack• Ergonomically designed for extended stability and potential for vertical shooting• Running either AA-size batteries or two EN-EL3e batteries• Extra main and sub command dial• Alternative buttons for shutter release and AF start




File format versatility

• NEF (RAW) and JPEG file format versatility

• Nikon‘s NEF file format stores the RAW image data captured by the D200 image sensor, a thumbnail and the camera settings. These are never affected or degraded no matter how many changes are made with image processing software.

• 12-bit data is processed by Nikon Capture and displayed using full 16-bits per channel

– Tonal and other colour corrections can be made with greater fidelity

– Changes can be saved at 48-bit TIFF file or as JPEG

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Software - Picture Project

PictureProject (included)• Fast, intuitive for the novice user

– NEF (RAW) and JPEG file format versatility

• Transfer, Organize, Edit images• Print, Mail, or Burn to CD• Create Slideshows or muvee shows

– Weddings, parties.

• Optional Plug-ins:– PP Show to create stylish movies of

your images with sound– PP Filters to add 15 different photo

effects (developed with nik multimedia)

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Ultimate Shooting Experience

Professional and leading High speed• 5 fps continuous shooting• 0,15 s start-up time• Instant response with only 50 msHigh precision• New selectable 11-area AF or 7 wide-area AF• Unequalled 3D-color Matrix Metering IIAdvanced Creativity• Variety of Exposure Modes• Advanced RGB histogram function• Flexible WB control• Color mode options

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Uncompromised High Speed

• Instant power-up in just 0.15 sec. (The world‘s fastest!)• Shutter release time lag of 50 ms• Shortened viewfinder blackout time of just 105 milliseconds• Shutter speeds from 30 to 1/8,000s. to cover every shooting situation• Additional flash synchronized shutter speed up to 1/250 s. to greatly

enhance creative exposure flexibility and fill flash effects– up to 1/8,000 second with Auto FP High Speed Sync providing ample fill flash for

effective background blur, even when shooting in bright conditions.• Fast data transfer

– Write speed to CF card: approx. 6.3 MB/sec. or better– Read speed from CF card: approx. 7.5 MB/sec. or better– Transfer speed via USB 2.0 Hi-Speed interface: approx. 9.0 MB/sec. or better

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5 frames per second

5 fps continuous shooting • for 37* or more shots in JPEG format• for 22* or more shots in NEF (RAW) format* When using a SanDisk SDCFH (Ultra II) or SDCFX (Extreme III) 1GB CF card.

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New, highly flexible AF system

• Multi-CAM 1000 AF Sensor module– 11-area AF: operate each of its focus

areas individually for consistently fast and precise focus lock under varying shooting conditions; pinpoint focus.

– 7-area wide AF: broad coverage improves cameras ability to acquire moving subjects and delivers greater compositional freedom

– refined AF and lens control algorithms• AF modes

– Single Area AF, Dynamic AF with Focus Tracking and Lock-onTM, Closest Subject, Priority Dynamic AF, Group Dynamic AF

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Flexible AF system

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MeteringSpeed, accuracy, efficiency

• 3D-Color Matrix Metering II (same as D2x)• 1,005-pixel RGB Exposure/ Color Matrix Metering Sensor evaluates

– Brightness of focus area and average brightness– Color– Overall contrast and contrast between upper and lower areas– Selected focus area– Camera-to-subject distance

• References the results against expanded onboard database of 30,000 actual photographic scenes

• Calculates the final value instantly and delivers consistently dependable exposure for both manual and automatic operation.

Exposure adjustment to overcome washed-out highlights.

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Metering modes

• Variable center-weighted Metering– Concentrates 75% of sensitivity within the centre-weighted circle and

25% in the surrounding area• Spot metering

– Supports both 11 area and 7 wide-area AF– Provides precise metering reading 3mm-diameter area (corresponds

to the active AF area, even when using Dynamic AF modes)

11-area AF 7 wide -area AF

Frame area AF areaMetered area Spot-metered area

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Variety of Exposure Modes

• [P] Auto Multi-Program Mode with flexible program

• [S] Shutter-Priority Auto• [A] Aperture-Priority Auto• [M] Manual mode for full control over

both shutter speed and aperture.• Multiple Exposure

– Create a single image from up to 10 separate exposures within the camera

• Image overlay function– Create a composite image in-camera

from two selected NEF images (precise opacity control). Original files remain unaffected. Image produced can be saved in either RAW, JPG or TIFF format.

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Color Mode OptionsInherited from D2X

• Mode I: renders more natural-looking skin tones in portraits (supports Adobe RGB or sRGB)

• Mode II: wider colour reproduction range for high-quality output with wider color gamut (supports Adobe RGB)

• Mode III: more vivid landscape colors and greenery (supports Adobe RGB or sRGB)

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Flexible White Balance control

• Advanced Auto WB• WB bracketing• Choice of Manual settings incl. direct

selection of Kelvin color temperature• Pre-settings for specific lighting

conditions with fine-tuning– Incandescent– Fluorescent– Direct Sunlight– Flash– Cloudy– Shade– Grey or white object as white balance

reference for manual setting

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Speedlight

Built-in Speedlight• Guide number (ISO 100 at m/ft and 20°C/68°F):

approx. 12/39 (manual 13/42) covers 18mm wide-angle

• Full i-TTL flash control– Built in flash can be used in commander mode

for comprehensive control of different remote Speedlights (groups and channels)

– i-TTL pre-flash enables precise evaluation of flash exposure to achieve outstanding results.

• Flash Sync modes – 1) Front-curtain Sync (normal sync), 2) Red-eye

Reduction, 3) Red-eye Reduction with Slow Sync, 4) Slow Sync, 5) Rear-curtain Sync

• Flash compensation– -3 to + 1 EV in steps of 1/3 resp. ½ EV

Studio lighting– Built-in X-sync terminal (same as D2x)

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Professional Results

• 10.2 MP high-performance Nikon DX format CCD image sensor

• Advanced high-speed, precision image processing engine (same as D2X)

• RGB histograms for best image control• In-camera image optimization

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Sensor• New 10.2 MP high-performance Nikon

DX format CCD image sensor (effective: 10,92 total pixels)

• High ISO sensitivity range of100–1600 in increments of 1/3 EV plus HI-1 setting to approx. ISO 3200

• Incorporates a newly developed bi-directional separation Optical Low Pass Filter

– Minimizes moiré and color fringing– IR (Infra Red) coat helps ro prevent

especially red colour shifting– UV (Ultra violet) coat helps to improve

image quality in peripheral areas• Low power consumption

Optical Low Pass Filter

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Analog processing

PGACDS

Digital Preconditioning

Image processing ASIC

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D200 DX Sensor

• Sharp details and versatile color imaging at 3.872 x 2.592 pixels (Pixel size: 6.05µm x 6.05µm)

• Plenty leeway for enlargements and creative cropping• 12bit A/D-conversion• Makes the most of Nikkor lenses by using the center of the lens,

which offers the highest resolution

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Professional Image processing

• Image processing features are comparable of the D2X ones; industry leading and exceptional color performance

• Combines color independent pre-conditioning prior to A/D conversion with advanced digital image algorithms

– 4 RGB channels• In-analog signal processing for improved image quality and more consistent results when shooting light-colour subjects• For high-speed data output, continuous shooting

• High-performance system LSI processor for more precision• Fine colour gradations with

consistent and smooth transitions throughout the selection of available color modes

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RGB histograms

• Exposure confirmation at a glance– Indicating saturated highlights

to assist adjustment decisions for exposure and white balance

• Conventional RGB:– Represents all three color

channels simultaneously• Selectable RGB:

– Each color channel viewed independantly

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In-camera Image Optimization

• Image optimization modes – Softer– Normal– Vivid– More vivid– Portrait– Black-and-white

• Full customization– Sharpening– Tone (contrast)– Colour – Saturation and Hue

Black-and-white-Optimization

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Unequalled possibilities

• Full integration with Nikon‘s Total Imaging System– Nikon DX lenses

• GPS Support• W-Lan Support• Nikon Creative Lighting System

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Nikon Total Imaging System

• Nikon F-mount• Compatible with

– More than 50 AF lenses*– Even non-CPU lenses*

• Speedlight system• Huge range of Nikon

photographic accessories

* When used with D200 or any other DX format digital SLR, all non DX lenses offer a picture angle comparable to 1.5x that of a 35mm format lens mounted on a film body.

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Nikon DX lenses

• Specially designed for use with Nikon DX format digital SLR cameras

• Optically designed to manipulate light rays more perpendicular to the sensor

• Outstanding center-to-edge-to-corner image quality even in wide-angle photography

• Reduced impact of vignette and aberration

• Lighter and more compact design than 35mm lenses

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New AF-S DX 18-200mm Zoom Lens

AF-S DX 18-200 Zoom-Nikkor f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED• Equivalent to 27-300mm (35mm)• Compact and leightweight• 11.1x high-power Zoom

Enhanced Vibration Reduciton VR II• For shutter speeds as many as 4 stops slower* (normal VR

is 3 stops) than shooting with out VR enabled lens

Two VR modes:• VR Normal: To compensate camera shake. Includes

automatic panning and tripod detection.• VR Active: Compensates vibration, resulting from e.g.

Moving vehicle.

2 ED Glas Elements and 3 Aspherical Glas Elements

• For higher resolution and higher contrasts, minimizing cromatic aberration astigmatism and other forms of distortion

Nikon‘s Silent Wave Motor• For fast, precise and super-quite operation

* As determined by Nikon performance test.

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Nikon Creative Lighting System

• Works seamlessly with SB-800, SB-600, SB-R200

– Advanced monitor pre-flash– Robust wireless operation– Renowned professional

performance• SB-800 & SB-600 feature

– Wide-area assist AF illuminator, which is tailored to selected AF area and metering mode

– Fast recycling times – Auto Zoom flash coverage

• Depends on Speedlight model

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Wireless Functionality

• Wireless Transmitter WT-3*• Free image transfer to a

compatible computer with added safety and versatility of wide-raging network and security protocols

• Supports PTP/IP wireless camera control with Nikon Capture

* WT-3 available as of April 2006

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Wireless Functionality

Proven convenience of IEEE 802.11 b/g capability

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GPS Support

• Connects popular GPS units (Garmin/Magellan with serial interface) using the Nikon GPS cord MC-35 to camera 10 pin Remote port.

• Latitude, longitute, elevation and UCT (universal coordinated time) recorded into image EXIFdata.

• Practical for applications in science, insurance, government and forensics

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Nikon Capture Professional Software

• Filed proven professional image editing software dedicated to extracting the ultimate perfomance from the NEF (RAW) file

• Total flexibility over todays images now and in the future

• Tools such as: – Vignette Control– D-Lighting– Color Aberration Control– Fisheye distortion correction– LCH editor

• New tools continuously being developed for yesterdays and tomorrows images.

• Optional nik Colour Efex Pro 2.0 filter packages available

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Supplied Accessories

Rechargeable BatteryEN-EL3e

Quick ChargerMH-18a

Video Cable

USB Cable UC-E4

Camera Strap withD200 logo

Body Cap

Eyepiece Cap DK-5

Rubber EyecupDK-21

LCD Monitor coverBM-6

Picture ProjectCD Rom

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Nikon CaptureCD Rom (Trial Version)




System Chart

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