kfoster70

The D70 battery, EN-EL3 or EN-EL3a battery will not work in the D200. Only the EN-EL3e battery will work. It has an extra contact on it that works with the battery meter in the camera. I havent see any 3rd party batteries yet. I got lucky when I ordered my 2nd battery last month from b&h, they were in stock then. I would assume that since many people are now getting their D200's that they all bought backup batteries at the same time.

 

If you get the MB-D200 battery grip for your D200 it has an adapter to use 6 AA batteries.

In apeture priority mode the shutter speed will automatically be set to 1/60th sec. no matter what the apeture. If the apeture is set to small you will get undereposed shots.

 

In shutter priority mode you will be able to set the shutter speed to a max of 1/500th sec., which is the max sync speed for the D70.

 

In program mode and auto mode the camera will determine all settings.

Welcome from Harrisburg. Im up in Allentown, and your right you do live in the sticks, LOL. Anyway, I bet you got a bad card. I have a D200 and a Scandisk Extreme III 2 gb card and have absolutely no problems.

 

I would take the camera to a local circuit city and tell them you bought the camera online from them and you are having a CF card issue. See if they will let you try one of their cards to verify if its the camera or the your card.

 

Or you could just go buy another card and try it. I would get something from Nikons approved list, but only like a 512mb card so your not risking a bunch of money. And this way you will have a card to use now if the other one is the problem. You can get 30 NEF shots out of a 512mb card on the D200.

You would need to buy the R1C1 kit that includes two SB-R200 flashes plus the SU-800 commander. You will also need to get the optional flash cable for this(SC-35, I think). The SU-800 controls all the fucntions of the two flashes via the cable. The cable must be used with any system not compatable with i-TTL.

The main reason they used the CR123a is because its a 3v battery vs a 1.5v for the AA. To keep the size and weight down for the SB200 flashes and still get enough power this battery was chosen. Othewise you would need 2 AA batteries to get enough power, but the weight would kill the whole system. Trying to say consistent they used the same battery in the SU800, because its main purpose is to be used with the SB200 macro flashes.

 

I personally wouldnt buy the SU800 as a controller for SB800 or SB600 flashes. For less then $100 I would get another SB800 to use as a controller. In fact, I have the R1 macro kit with 2 SB200 flash units, and I use a SB800 flashes to control them. This way I can get extra flash power when taking shots a little farther away.

I have the Sigma EM140 DG ring flash that is compatable with the the D70 i-TTL metering. It works great. And if you have a SB-800, or 600 you can use them off camera with the sigma in wireless mode.

 

I'm sure Nikon will be developing an new SB-29 that is compatable with the i-TTL, but I'm sure it will be twice as expensive as the Sigma.

 

I own only Nikon stuff except for this ring flash. I am very pleased with the quality that sigma put into it.

 

K