daniel_smithson

<p>The law requires consumers to be educated, Nikon is COMPLETELY REFUSING TO TELL PEOPLE WHO MADE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE D7200, THIS IS ILLEGAL. Thus Nikon can change this sensor at will, or in fact be testing more than one sensor in this camera, which equates to the consumer being used as a testing source, as Nikon will eventually find out which sensors will fail first. This is not legal in the USA. </p> <p>It's not rocket science. </p>

<p>No my conclusion that VR is useless, is based upon the fact that the literature about VR and what is being said here, is that VR does not help with moving subjects, and that if this is the case, that the VR should be turned off. Thus VR is useless to wildlife photographers who have to expect that their subject will run or fly away, or be involved in a chase that they want to capture on camera. Paying double for a lens, then turning off the feature that you paid double to get on the lens is knucking futz. Furthermore as I said, while you are fumbling for the off switch, the bald eagle is flying out of range. This is a fact, as you can see in this useless 400mm image captured with a Nikon 80-400mm lens. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22642432038/in/dateposted-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22642432038/in/dateposted-public/</a> My photos just confirm what you are saying, which is that VR can not be used for high speed photography which why it is useless to me, and to all others who shoot similar things to me. </p>

<p>It is not irrelevant who makes the sensor, as if the sensor is made by Sony, a new prospective buyer who has not bought Nikon yet, could easily opt to buy Sony instead, as it appears that Sony is now the world leader in image sensors. <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/06/sonys-new-sensors-exciting-new-cameras/">http://www.wired.com/2015/06/sonys-new-sensors-exciting-new-cameras/</a> <a href="http://www.sony.com/electronics/cameras">http://www.sony.com/electronics/cameras</a><br> I build computers, so the parts are important to me, not to all perhaps, some people just push the button, however I connect the button to the motherboard. knowledge matters, and an informed consumer is a good consumer.</p>

<p>Barry, thanks you are correct of course, shutter speed is the best way to obtain a clear image of a moving subject. That said it is being said that VR can not be used over 1/500th of a second, thus you can not get a clear image from a VR lens of a moving subject, unless you turn off the VR, which means it is not needed, and should not be there if your targets move</p>

<p>Here is a photo I took out of my files, that does show that my 80-400 worked fine with my D80. <a href=" The only difference is the camera. </p>

<p>I can not bring my car into the woods where the animals are, I typically hike 5 to 10 miles per day. At any rate taking this part on and off every day, will wear out the connectors, it's a bad design. as for car charging, if there was a power port on the camera, you could charge that as well while you drove. Like I can do with my Sony Camcorder.</p>

<p>There is no website that explains what sensor is in the D7200, I personally contacted Nikon and they will not say what this sensor is. So until a website or competitor rips this camera apart and looks for identifying marks or serial numbers on the sensor, and divulges this information, no web site has any info on this part. Thus no consumer can make an educated decision, that is based upon the lack of information. This is clear.</p>

<p>I said that I did the tuning already, last night in my bedroom. I shot pics at plus 5 10 15 and 20, then at minus 5 10 15 and 20. NX view 2 confirmed those settings and every picture looked the same, no difference. I had to use flash of course, logically this can not be done, but no where is that said. Here is a test pic from the other day, the camera was tripod mounted and I used a slow landscape setting, and the maple leaves are just blurry. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22660040709/in/dateposted-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22660040709/in/dateposted-public/</a><br> Does that pass any image test? Seriously I wish the lens were broken, but everything seems to be working, except for clear images.<br /> </p>

<p>Links and message displayed below. <a href=" <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22607791828/in/photostream/lightbox/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/136279335@N04/22607791828/in/photostream/lightbox/</a><br /> Just to be positive for a change, VR is needed for nothing in photography. Except doubling profits to corporations.<br /> <br /> PS. I just bought a Nikon 50mm1.4G, no VR, the lens is stunning as the above photos detail.............</p> <p> </p>

<p>There you go again (to quote Reagan) every time someone has an important photo to take, they have to turn off the VR. I hate to be redundant, but if you had to turn off your CPU or hard drive to use your computer, there would be a problem. The fact is that anything you need to turn off in order before you take a photo with a camera lens, should not be there in the first place. And here is what makes it worse than impossible, while you are looking for the switch and turning it off, the shot just left town. You need to be ready when the shot happens, not turning stuff off, in order for the camera to work. It's a con.</p> <p> </p>

<p>The easy design change would be to incorporate a power port on the camera, like my Sony camcorder has, then the grip could be installed on the camera and never removed, unless the battery fails.<br> It's not rocket science.</p>

<p>The 200-500 has VR, NOT VR11, my lens has VR. The fact that Nikon is still selling VR after the advent of VR11, is inconceivable. Then again they are still selling a 16mp camera for $6,000.00, which is really sad.</p> <p>Data on the 200-500 <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-nikkor-200-500mm-f%252f5.6e-ed-vr.html">http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/camera-lenses/af-s-nikkor-200-500mm-f%252f5.6e-ed-vr.html</a> </p> <p>And a 16mp junk for $6,000.00 <a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/dslr-cameras/d4s.html">http://www.nikonusa.com/en/nikon-products/product/dslr-cameras/d4s.html</a> <br> It's illogical.</p> <p> </p>

<p>A consumer can not make an educated choice, if they do not know what sensor is in the camera. If the sensor in the D7200 is made by Sony, an educated consumer can certainly choose to buy a Sony camera based upon the information that Nikon believes that Sony sensors are the best in the world, and better than anything that they can make on their own. This is logical...</p> <p>Seriously, has anyone bought a computer without knowing what CPU was inside? Lets make that question a poll, how many people bought a computer without knowing what was inside the case......................<br> Say yes and you admit ignorance, because the case does not matter, the guts do.</p>

<p>The 200-500 has the same VR system as my 80-400 lens, it does not even boast the new VR11 as my 18-200 has. So the 200-500 is just another $1500 flushed and you actually say that it is having problems that require it being sent back to the manufacturer for repairs. Sanity alert. I can take my 80-200 and computer zoom to 500mm and probably have better clarity, though I have to spend the $1500.00 to find out.<br> Been there done that.</p>

<p>Ok, so I want a second battery in my 7100 because for some reason after updating the firmware my batteries seem to be going dead sooner, and I want the external power grip. My question is, if I want to have two batteries in the camera, do I have to take this grip off every time I use the camera to charge the main camera battery, the one under the grip, not the one in it? Because this seems to me that this would be very time consuming, or is there a way to charge this battery without removing the grip?</p>