Nikon Acknowledges D200 Banding Issue
By
Mike Pasini, The Imaging Resource
(Friday, February 10, 2006 - 23:12 EST)
'Nikon has discovered that a limited number of early-production D200 cameras may, in specific and uncommon shooting conditions, record images that can present an excessive pattern of fine pitch lines throughout (long banding).'
Nikon has added an entry to its Knowledge Base that addresses the banding or "Corduroy Effect" reported in our D200 review.
The entry answers the question, "Why do I occasionally see vertical lines in my images?" citing patterns of vertical lines as "a digital imaging artifact." The entry further distinguishes between long banding, which appears "throughout an image," and short banding, which does not.
The entry further notes that "a limited number of early-production D200 cameras may, in specific and uncommon shooting conditions, record images that can present an excessive pattern of fine pitch lines throughout (long banding)." The entry claims "Nikon will, without charge, evaluate your camera to determine if adjustment to the camera's image output level is required." Support personnel can evaluate an image to confirm the problem and that an adjustment "to the camera's image output level" will correct it.
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