After my bruising experience at the hands of a forum member who didn't believe, well, just about anything I said in the context of my faulty, banding-prone D200 (no names, no pack drill, you know who you are ), I said I wouldn't be back. And I won't.
No, Nikon Sweden isn't Nikon Corporation. But it backs up my first-hand experience with Nikon UK. And it sounds like good news for anyone with a defective camera. To those of you who still think that banding is caused by incorrect exposure / unrealistic expectations / misaligned planets / alien radio signals... yah boo sucks. As we say in this country ;-)
I still have no idea why there's a minority of forum users who seem determined to discredit anyone with D200 banding problems. But there you go. Life's strange, eh?
It's good to finally see a first hand and detailed explanation of a banding probklem. Oh wait, it is a link to a Swedish language web site without a translation...
It's a shame to have to go through slams to get some unpopular questions examined.
It happens sometimes ... but with a large community it's bound to. Hope you reconsider Seb - it's always good to have more voices.
yeah,.. i remained open minded from the off - one should EXPECT early issues with a brand new DSLR
At first i detected no banding - so thereby hoped i was a lucky one, now i occasionally see it, so if true, good news that Nikon are awake, and will fix it. I can live with the odd photo going wrong - hope it doesn't get worse for me.
other than the 3% images i've had it on, i'm flippin loving this camera. it's all i've wanted for a long long time in an SLR
Stick around Seb. For the most part the folks here are helpful. Maybe the member will be man/woman enough to publicly appologize. If not...that's their problem.
SebRogers wrote: I still have no idea why there's a minority of forum users who seem determined to discredit anyone with D200 banding problems. But there you go. Life's strange, eh?
Yes, life is very strange, Seb. You could have mentioned my name, you know, rather than being overly dramatic. I have no problem taking responsibility for my actions. I make no claim to infallibility.
You are not being entirely truthful, here, Seb. Which simply gives credence to my earlier points with you.
I don't recall seeing anyone saying that the issue didn't exist, nor do I recall seeing anyone determined to discredit any user with d200 banding problems. I certainly did not do that. Your assertion to the contrary is strange, eh?
Gerald (chemprof) demonstrated that his camera has/had a banding problem, as have a couple of others that I've seen, where the banding was present in images that didn't have severely overexposed areas of the image. I acknowledged that he had a defective camera and said that nikon should replace his camera. Here's a link to my post to Gerald, to refresh your memory.
In that long thread, I believe that I also stated the belief that all d200s would demonstrate some banding in images where there were highlights that were severely overexposed. So, by your logic, I was discrediting myself?
So, there you go, Seb. I wonder what you will do now.
Garry (grmedhat1) wonders if the person to whom you referred, would be man/woman enough to publicly apologize. I wonder if he'll wonder the same thing about you.
You want some bashing go over to the Nikonians.org web site. hahaha.
That being said, it is tiring to hear a couple of people cry and stamp their feet because their new toy isn't working perfectly. It's a piece of high tech HW.................... this stuff is sometimes (or often) defective. Just get used to it!
For those who wish to read a translation of the referenced Swedish article, here's a link to a nikonians post, by Robert (mureena) from Helsinki. It's post #2 in the thread, which is actually the 3rd one down.
Kerry Pierce wrote:
Yes, life is very strange, Seb. You could have mentioned my name, you know, rather than being overly dramatic. I have no problem taking responsibility for my actions. I make no claim to infallibility.
You are not being entirely truthful, here, Seb. Which simply gives credence to my earlier points with you.
I don't recall seeing anyone saying that the issue didn't exist, nor do I recall seeing anyone determined to discredit any user with d200 banding problems. I certainly did not do that. Your assertion to the contrary is strange, eh?
Gerald (chemprof) demonstrated that his camera has/had a banding problem, as have a couple of others that I've seen, where the banding was present in images that didn't have severely overexposed areas of the image. I acknowledged that he had a defective camera and said that nikon should replace his camera. Here's a link to my post to Gerald, to refresh your memory.
In that long thread, I believe that I also stated the belief that all d200s would demonstrate some banding in images where there were highlights that were severely overexposed. So, by your logic, I was discrediting myself?
So, there you go, Seb. I wonder what you will do now.
Garry (grmedhat1) wonders if the person to whom you referred, would be man/woman enough to publicly apologize. I wonder if he'll wonder the same thing about you.
I'm not going to dig into the archives to read what this is all about but if apologies are needed from both camps so be it. But I do hope it is said with sincerity so the matter can be put to rest.
It's unforunate that things end up this way but thats part of the human dynamic range
I didn't bother weighing in on that thread but despite being very vocal I felt Kerry was doing a service in trying to avert potential hysteria. Within this thread a poster said he is scared to use the D200? Wonder why? When I have seen some exceptional examples of fine photography using the D200.
I am not trying to minimize your plight Seb. If I have to zoom in 100% and see pixels for the banding to be evident then most likely it won't show up in prints and that is not a critical error to me. That said, It wouldn't make me happy if it was my camera andI would expect Nikon to fix but at the same time I wouldn't try to encite the masses with hysterics (not saying your post was hysterics, merely it could encite them).
It did get somewhat uncomfortable in that thread and on reason I stayed out of it (the other is that most likely I won't be buying a D200 anyways) but at the same time Kerry was doing a service in trying to keep facts evident.
Seb I am sorry you felt bashed. On a forum such as this sometimes we are called to answer for ourselves, particularly being new to the forum and lamenting problems at the outset.
I would like to see you stay and realize the real value of this forum. You may even come to appreciate the input of those you found putting your back against the wall at the outset. Stay a while, grab a coffee and enjoy Nikon as some of us others do.
Hey .... I've been bashed a bunch of times! Sure I may have said something dumb ... can't remember now (how convenient).... but over a period of time the positive value of this forum takes the few flare-ups and miscommunications and puts them into insignificance. People have their ways but in the end most are just trying to add to the wealth of knowledge here. That's pretty cool.
I just wish people would stop disagreeing with me! .... oh yeah, better not forget that smiley ..... !
Pavel wrote:
Hey .... I've been bashed a bunch of times! Sure I may have said something dumb ... can't remember now (how convenient).... but over a period of time the positive value of this forum takes the few flare-ups and miscommunications and puts them into insignificance. People have their ways but in the end most are just trying to add to the wealth of knowledge here. That's pretty cool.
I just wish people would stop disagreeing with me! .... oh yeah, better not forget that smiley ..... !
Hey Pavel
Want to know what you can do with your Canon gear? Shove it where........... ..... ......... hahaha .
OK folks, let's laugh at this for a minute and realize that we're not complaining about Drebels and D1's.
Kerry, 'You are not being entirely truthful, here, Seb.' Truthful about what? 'Which simply gives credence to my earlier points with you.' Ah, point-scoring again? 'I don't recall seeing anyone saying that the issue didn't exist, nor do I recall seeing anyone determined to discredit any user with d200 banding problems. I certainly did not do that.' Funny, because that's exactly how it came across. Your tone right from the start was confrontational and disbelieving. I recall you suggesting that respect is a two-way street. So true. What have you done to earn mine?
I still fail to understand how my initial posts, which simply related the problems I'd been having with my D200 (I wasn't exactly the first) and passed a few observations on the many threads on this subject, could arouse such interest - let alone 'hysteria'. I don't feel I have anything to apologise for, but I certainly don't intend sticking around in a place where the assumption is that I'm a troll until proven otherwise, even if that assumption is only asserted by a single person.
I'd like to say it's been fun, but for the most part it hasn't Enjoy yourselves, all, and take lots of great pictures!
), I said I wouldn't be back. And I won't.
Which simply gives credence to my earlier points with you.
