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"Very expensive for what it delivers" on
Pros: Solid build, nice ergonomics, bright, large viewfinder, high speed fps rate.
Cons: Poor sensor performance, very noisey above 200, unuseable shadow noise above 800. Poor auto white balance. Poor reliability for a pro camera (mine gives me ERR messages all the time, even after being checked out by Nikon), awful skin tones, especially in
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"I fully agree with the Dec. 28, 2004 review." on by mbriant
Pros: Ergonomics, solid body, extensive system.
Cons: Dependability. Most people who buy Pro level cameras expect and need them to work. That's why they pay the huge prices pro cameras command. The Nikon D2H really falls down in this area. When they work, except for poor high ISO, they're great.
Summary: I'm a pro photographer and have owned 9 Nikons since buying my first FE in 1980. I'm definitely not a Canon dealer, and I completely agree with the review dated Dec. 28, 2004. I still own 2 D2H bodies, both of which broke down within a few months of purchasing them with the common exposure/shutter problem. Despite bulletin boards full of identical complaints, it took Nikon months to acknowledge the manufacturing defect and finally repair them under recall. Now one of them has the common ERR message problem which Nikon will again not acknowledge or repair as a known manufacturer's defect. Pretty bad for expensive "Pro" cameras IMO.
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"Excellent performance for the latest 2005 price!" on by DocCamera
Pros: AWESOME battery life and speed!
Cons: A heavy camera with a lot of internal wasted space
Summary: This is an incredible workhorse which performs flawlessly as a high-speed digital imaging device. I have shot several marathons with D2Hs and am extremely pleased with the performance and battery power. If you turn the autofocus off, you can get over 8000 shots from 1 battery charge! One of my associates accomplished 10,000 shots by also turning the preview off once he did his initial test shots and checked his histogram. These numbers came from shooting the 2005 LA Marathon. I have also taken the camera apart and found that they still use the D1H internal design where there is a lot of room for downsizing some of the boards and reducing the size and weight of the camera. It is well sealed from dust and moisture and is built to take some serious pro action shooting abuse.
I am also a camera repairman so I get to take all these cameras apart and check the durability and quality from the inside. This is right up there with a Nikon F3 but not quite an F5.
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"Best value in a professional digital SLR" on
Pros: Built like a tank. Incredible speed in all aspects of operation: AF, 8 fps shutter, full speed flash sync when mated with the SB-800 flash unit. Great image quality! Higher megapixels are not everything. The quality of the resulting image is so high t
Cons: Noise levels could be better, but the noise appears to be "film grain", rather than chroma noise, easilly removable by Neat Image. I'd still like lower noise straight out of the camera, though. The D2Hs promises to deliver in this respect.
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"Now that they are $2000, get one..." on
Pros: Nikon quality and durability. Very nice images for only 4.7MP. Nice feel. Quick! Works every bit as good, if not better than, a a much higher MP DSLR
Cons: Flash sync limit is 1/250
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