D200 & sigma 500 HSM

Nice shot! I am liking this combo myself, with the notable exception of the problem with the AF-On not working. I'll be on the phone shortly with Sigma about that one, hope they can sort it out quickly.

You liking the camera? I sure am :smile:

By the way, any issues with AWB?

 

Phillip the deatil in your shots is amazing everytime I so look forward to your posts. Have a nice holiday

 

Beautiful Phiippe

Camera seems to have that D2X tone to color. Nice to see :>))))

 

I was "introduced" to the AF-On button by none other than Ron Reznick, who said "Do This", to which I answered along the lines of "No Way, you are CRAZY", but he convinced me anyway and I have never gone back. Sad to say, but once again, for me, Ron was spot on :smile:

For reasons I don't completely understand, I am much more stable, especially with Flight Shots, in tracking when I use my thumb to initiate AF and just use my finger to release the shutter. Trying to go back, I find that I don't seem to be as stable any longer with the Shutter Release. Sure it is all me, but I want my AF-On back!!!! :wink:

I think the grip is a couple of hundred US, and I will certainly get one when available. I really like the added resolution, the difference when cropping is really obvious from the D2H.

 

Bummer on the price of the grip over there. As to the AF-On, I disagree. Sigma reverse-engineers the protocol for the command set and given that all of the Nikon lenses have no problem understanding the D200 commands it appears that they understand a "range" of commands, where the Sigma doesn't. This is the same reason that 3rd party lenses have had to be re-chipped before. Now, as to why Nikon has changed this on the D200, I really don't know. Two possibilities come to mind. The first is to annoy companies like Sigma, the second, which I think is more likely, is that they have decided to record for future use which specific button was used to activate AF. With the D200 we now have: 1) the shutter release 2) the 10-pin remote 3) AF-On 4) the Multi-Selector in Shooting Mode setting and 5) AF-On from the vertical grip. Not sure why this would be important, but unless Nikon will tell me, and I asked, I can't say for sure. Oh, there is a third possiblity, they made a mistake that is somehow still recognized by the Nikon lenses :wink:

Time will tell, hopefully I'll have a response from both in the next few days.

 

Very nice shot Phillip. Like another poster said, I look forward to each of your posts. They show what can be done with long lenses, and give me inspiration to get better. :smile:

 

Sweet shot Phillip, nice to see you making the most out of your new cam!!!

 

Beautiful shot Phillip. I love my Sigma 500 and you inspire me to get better.

 

Very nice shot. I'm impressed with what I seen so far coming out of the D200.

 

Very nice shot. Glad that you're out and enjoying your new toy.