[Venomator]

Originally Posted by noah

that was amateur photographer, you can order specific reviews from their website for £3 if you can't get the issue.

a d200 and the new 17-55 f2.8 would be a very nice combo indeed for landscapes if you can afford it.

Home now ... it was actually the Practical Photography, March issue I was trying to remember ! A much more in depth side-by-side review than the AP one of 11 February.

To be fair the AP test placed the 5D 1% point ahead of the D200 whilst the PP one places the D200 ahead by a nose quote "it (the Nikon) offers so much for the price that for us it just sneaks it by a nose at the finishing post" !

Nuff said ... it is an extraordinarily even match depending entirely on your own personal preferences and precisely what you want from your gear !

I have the D200 and the 12 - 24 Dave refers to above and it is a phenomenal combination !

But I do not have the 5D so cannot compare from an informed persepctive ... my sig says it all for me !

[Ribby]

I'd just received my copy of PP through the post so I've read the article and in a nutshell it comes to the following conclusions:

The D200 "feels" more like a pro camera than the 5D.
The metering on the D200 is superior producing better quality detail in highlights.

The 5D has a full frame sensor.
The 5D's image sharpening is better than the D200.
The 5D has produces less noise (when over ISO 1600, at A3, at 200%).
The 5D's battery lasts longer between charges.

Overall, they said the 5D produced slightly better quality images but the D200 won because it was so close to the 5D but for around £600 less.

For me the full frame sensor doesn't seem hugely important. It only seems to make a difference at extreme wide angles. If I want an 18mm shot on the D200 I use a 12mm focal length. I can't imagine I'd ever want to go much wider than that anyway.

Seeing as I know my way around my Nikon I think I'd stick with that when I decide the time has come

[Steve]

When the time has come there may be new choices

I agree with your summary though

[Ribby]

Originally Posted by Steve

When the time has come there may be new choices

I ALMOST typed that lol

[mrgubby]

In my budget 300D opinion I would say that the Glass & the 'feel' of the Camera are the most important issues for Landscapes . Very generally speaking you don't need fast focus or multi frames per second , DOF is usually set V-deep and the number of pixels is dependant on how big you want to blow it up. 1.5 crop factor vs full frame , flippant answer would be stand further back . The deciding factor for me would be IR response , people seem to enjoy IR landscapes & from what I've heard Nikon spank Canon in this area .

So even though I've got canon kit ,if I was buying good stuff for landscapes I'd go for the D200