Nikon has recently (July 14 2005) registered a US trademark for the term ‘D200′. Details are as follows:

Word Mark D200
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Cameras
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 78670451
Filing Date July 14, 2005
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) NIKON CORPORATION CORPORATION JAPAN 2-3,
Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo JAPAN
Attorney of Record Mark I. Peroff
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

If the released D200 specs are correct:

12 Meg at 3fps for 10 RAW
6 Meg at 5fps for 18 RAW Crop Mode
52 ms shutter lag
11 area AF with 9 cross type sensors (same as D2X)
6.2×4.8×3.4 inches (same as F6)
810 gram magnesium body

Then this is definitely a very responsive semi-pro camera.
Which could be a couple of thousand USD or more.

Nikon aficionados are beginning to salivate about the upcoming new DSLR, and are speculating wildly about what features it’ll have and when it’ll arrive.


You can join the discussion over at the Nikonians forum.