Archive for the ‘Tips on operating your Nikon D200’ Category

A quick heads-up on the D200’s inability to name folders the way you want.

Credit to Greg Zillgitt for this shutter release tip.

I remember holding my brother-in-law’s Nikon D200 for the first time and browsing its menus. One particular option caught my eye - JPG Compression, which was set to ‘Size Priority’ by default. I looked at the other value that was available, which was ‘Optimal Quality’ and switched to that setting immediately without thinking.

Octane wrote up a fantastic post on how the interval timer function of the D200 can be put to use.

You have an SB-800 mounted on your D200, and it’s switched on, but then don’t want the SB-800 to fire for a particular shot. Is there a way to prevent the SB-800 from firing other than pressing on the power button to turn it off, and the turn it on again?

One fully charged battery can give you anywhere between 250 to over 1000 shots with the Nikon D200.

A good analogy is shared by DaveEmtb to help grasp the difference between custom settings and shooting banks.

The Nikon-Euro.com link mentioned in the older D200 Manual post does not work anymore.

The Nikon D200’s sensor is not as sensitive to IR as say, the one in the D70, rendering the D200 relatively impractical for capturing IR images. It’s still doable though, so let’s learn about the infrared filters, techniques and other accessories that we can use to photograph in IR with the D200.

All Nikon D200 owners should get hold of this settings spreadsheet.

Three different photographers share three different sets of settings for optimal D200 JPEG output.

Techniques to shoot macro photos of flowers.

How to determine the number of times the shutter on your D200 has been tripped.

Three different ways of setting up the exposure compensation functionality on the D200.

The old and outdated way of downloading the D200 manual.

How to prevent the D200 from resetting the file sequence numbering every time you format or change CF cards.