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December 31, 2005
Nikon D200 First Images
Concerned about the occasional reports of Nikon D200 geometric vertical stripe noise "banding" problems I've been reading about, I was eager to get a lens and take my own camera out for a spin. I ended up getting the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF and shooting a bunch of initial photos in various lighting conditions.
I'm pleased to note that so far I seem to have no such banding problems, and I'm very happy with the camera. I'm looking forward to using it in concert with the soon-to-be-released Maxwell Renderer.
UPDATE 12/31/2005
I followed the procedure outlined by jmeagher in post #45 of this thread: http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/DCForumID202/15664.html and I got the stripes myself. Here's a 100% crop:
I shot at ISO 400 with a wide open aperture and exposed for a foreground object in front of an open window.
I'm not sure what to do now. Send the camera back? Or avoid such extreme lighting ratios under those conditions.
I'm keeping track of my experiences with the banding issue here.
Posted by digital artform at December 31, 2005 12:18 AM
Comments
yes, i have this prob too...hopefully a nikon fix soon or do we have to live with it?
Posted by: phat at January 4, 2006 06:19 PM