Digital BW, The Print

I find this paragraph in the conclusion of the review VERY
interesting especially in view of pricing differences:
   "When it was announced in November last year the D200 caused quite
stir (and not just in the Nikon camp). It was clear from the start
that about the only thing this camera shared with its official
predecessor (the D100) was the Nikon badge and it's '00 name. From a
design, build, features and performance point of view this camera
really creates its own niche, it would be a pity to label it as
'semi-pro' because in use you soon realize that it's a professional
camera. Which brings us to the competition, from a build/features
point of view it's clearly ahead of the Canon EOS 20D/30D and in my
opinion a step above the EOS 5D, a baby D2X."


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, jonathan wills
<jw@...> wrote:
>
> Ginny wrote:
> >  >And, I must admit, I still have NOT bought a digital camera. I'm
> >>waiting for something in the 12-14 megpixel range to be affordable.
> >>Or has that happened alrdy?
> 
> 
> At 5:32 AM +0000 2/22/06, Clayton Jones responded:
> 
> >"Affordable" is relative, of course.  Probably the Canon 5D is the
> >best thing going right now, 12mp and about $3K.  The 20D, at 8mp, is
> >another excellent price/image quality deal at about $1.5K (and the
> >Rebel XT is even lower cost for same image quality, just lacks some
> >features).  I'm using an 8mp Canon Pro-1 (smaller sensor than 20D, so
> >lesser image quality).  8mp is enough to make acceptable 11x14s and
> >still have room to crop.  I consider it to be the minimum acceptable
> >resolution.
> >
> 
> Nikon's brand new D200 should be considered.
> 
> Full comparison table between the 5D, 20D and the D200:
> 
> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond200/page25.asp
> 
> That page also includes a nice bit offering some perspective on the 
> megapixel chase.
> -- 
> 
> jonathan wills
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